Dressed Up as Life

Dressed Up as Life
Studio album by Sick Puppies
Released	3 April 2007 (2007-04-03)
Studio	Rock Mafia (Santa Monica, California) [1] Vibatorium (Woodland Hills, California)
Genre	Alternative metal post-grunge hard rock
Length	45:33
Label	Virgin
Producer	Rock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato)
Sick Puppies chronology
Sick Puppies EP (2006) Dressed Up as Life (2007) Tri-Polar (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Type 3 Media	[3]
IGN Music	[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

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

No.	Title	Writer(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

• "Pathogen" (3:03)
• "Shards" (3:43)

Personnel

Sick Puppies

• Shim Moore – lead vocals, guitars
• Emma Anzai – bass, backing vocals
• Mark Goodwin – drums

Charts

Album

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

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

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.