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The Jaws of Life it just didn't sell." In North America it was released by Slash Records. In July 1991 "The Jaws of Life" was re-issued on CD by White Label Records/Mushroom Records, with the inclusion of a further four tracks from an earlier extended play, "Payload" (November 1982). The album was subsequently re-issued on CD by Phantom Records in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2002 and was re-mastered and re-released by Liberation Music on 11 August 2003. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described "The Jaws of Life" as having "a stripped-down rock sound, a driving rhythm, more concise arrangements and stronger songs". While