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Album
Real Life Ain't This Way
- Peak position
- #86
- Weeks on chart
- 16
Real Life Ain't This Way (1979) is a Jay Ferguson album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
Real Life Ain't This Way (1979) is a Jay Ferguson album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #86 and charted for 16 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Shakedown Cruise".
The music
1 Shakedown Cruise
- 2
No Secrets
- 3
Real Life Ain’t That Way
- 4
Davey
- 5
Turn Yourself In
- 6
Do It Again
- 7
Paying Time
- 8
Too Late to Save Your Heart
- 9
Let’s Spend the Night Together / Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
- 10
City of Angels
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Apr 21, 1979#172
A rocket up the chart — jumping 30 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #172, exploded upward for 11 weeks to reach #86 and fell quickly across 16 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- Singles"Shakedown Cruise"
- ArtistJay Ferguson
- Year1979