Life on the Ropes

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{{Infobox album

| name = Life on the Ropes

| type = studio

| artist = Sick of It All

| cover = soia_liferopes.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 9, 2003

| recorded = Atomic Recording, Brooklyn, New York, US

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hardcore punk

| length = 38:22

| label = Fat Wreck Chords{{Cite web|url=https://fatwreck.com/products/life-on-the-ropes|title=Life On The Ropes|website=Fat Wreck Chords}}

| producer = Sick of It All
Dean Baltolonis

| prev_title = Live in a Dive

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Outtakes for the Outcast

| next_year = 2004

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-on-the-ropes-mw0000317293|title=Life on the Ropes - Sick of It All | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}

|rev2 = Drowned in Sound

|rev2score = 8/10{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3477/reviews/8155-|title=Album Review: Sick Of It All - Life On The Ropes / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound}}

| rev3 = Punknews.org

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/2252/sick-of-it-all-life-on-the-ropes|title=Sick Of It All - Life On The Ropes|website=www.punknews.org}}

}}

Life on the Ropes is a studio album from American hardcore punk band Sick of It All.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OEc81fEaBwC&q=Life+on+the+Ropes+sick+of+it+all+2003&pg=PA29|title=Loud Rock|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=September 1, 2003|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} Released in September 2003, it was the band's final album of new material on Fat Wreck Chords until 2018's Wake the Sleeping Dragon! The album features guest backing vocals from, among others, John Joseph of Cro-Mags.{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/sick_of_it_all-life_on_ropes|title=Sick of It All Life on the Ropes|website=exclaim.ca}}