Dressed Up as Life

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Dressed Up as Life
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Studio album by
Released3 April 2007 (CD)
Recorded2006 at Rock Mafia Studios in Santa Monica, California [1]
Genre
Length45:33
Label Virgin
Producer Rock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato)
Sick Puppies chronology
Sick Puppies EP
(2006)
Dressed Up as Life
(2007)
Tri-Polar
(2009)
Singles from Dressed Up as Life
  1. "All the Same"
    Released: 26 September 2006
  2. "My World"
    Released: 23 October 2007
  3. "What Are You Looking For"
    Released: 13 May 2008
  4. "Pitiful"
    Released: 26 August 2008
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Dressed Up as Life is the second studio album released by the Australian alternative rock band Sick Puppies, but was their first album to be released in the United States. It was released on 3 April 2007 and peaked at No. 181 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. The song "All the Same" is the theme for Juan Mann's Free Hugs Campaign video on YouTube, although it also has its own video. Deutsch Advertising creatives Michael Leibowitz and Eric Rojas oversaw the CD design for Dressed Up as Life. The album title can be heard in the lyric of the third track, "Cancer."

Contents

The album has sold over 150,000 copies in the United States to date. This is also 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.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

Pathogen (3:03)

Shards (3:43)

Personnel

Sick Puppies

Chart performance

Album

Chart performance for Dressed Up as Life
Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 62
US Billboard 200 [7] 181
US Billboard Top Heatseekers [8] 4

Singles

Chart performance for singles from Dressed Up as Life
YearSongPeak positions
US Modern Rock
[9]
US Mainstream Rock
[10]
2006"All the Same"836
2007"My World 20
2008"What Are You Looking For"34
"Pitiful"

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