Dressed Up as Life

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Dressed Up as Life
Studio album by
Sick Puppies
Released3 April 2007 (2007-04-03)
Studio
Genre
Length45:33
LabelVirgin
ProducerRock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato)
Sick Puppies chronology
Sick Puppies EP
(2006) 		Dressed Up as Life
(2007) 		Tri-Polar
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[2]
Type 3 MediaStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]
IGN MusicStarStarStarStarStarStarStarHalf star[4]

Dressed Up as Life is the second studio album by the Australian rock band Sick Puppies, released on 3 April 2007 through Virgin Records. It was their first album to be released in the US, peaking at No. 181 on the US Billboard 200 chart. Deutsch Advertising creatives Michael Leibowitz and Eric Rojas oversaw the CD design for Dressed Up as Life.

This is the band's first studio album with drummer Mark Goodwin, who replaced Chris Mileski in 2003.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Shimon Moore, Emma Anzai, Antonina Armato, and Tim James, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My World" 4:00
2."Pitiful" 3:44
3."Cancer"
  • Moore
  • Anzai
  • Armato
  • James
  • Brett Creswell
3:05
4."What Are You Looking For" 4:09
5."Deliverance"
  • Moore
  • Anzai
  • Creswell
3:12
6."All the Same" 4:18
7."Too Many Words" 3:21
8."Howard's Tale"
  • Moore
  • Anzai
4:12
9."Asshole Father" 3:00
10."Issues" 4:00
11."Anywhere but Here"
  • Moore
  • Anzai
  • Armato
  • James
  • Refayat Ali
3:59
12."The Bottom"
  • Moore
  • Anzai
  • Armato
  • James
  • Creswell
4:37
Total length:45:33

Outtakes

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  • Pathogen (3:03)
  • Shards (3:43)

Personnel

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Sick Puppies

Charts

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Album

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Chart performance for Dressed Up as Life
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 62
US Billboard 200[6] 181
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[7] 4

Singles

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Chart performance for promotional singles from Dressed Up as Life
Year Song Peak positions
US Modern Rock
[8] 		US Mainstream Rock
[9]
2006 "All the Same" 8 36
2007 "My World 20 —

References

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  1. ^ "Sick Puppies Frontman: '100% Satisfied' with New Album | Interviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ "Type 3 Media review". Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Sick Puppies - Dressed up as Life - IGN". 28 June 2007.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 251.
  6. ^ "Sick Puppies Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Sick Puppies Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  9. ^ "allmusic ((( Sick Puppies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2010.