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| Life Gets You Dirty | ||||
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| Released | 12 October 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, glam punk, glam metal | |||
| Length | 43:00 | |||
| Label | SPV/Steamhammer | |||
| Producer | Michael Monroe, Dan Tigerstedt | |||
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Life Gets You Dirty is the fourth studio album by Finnish glam rock singer Michael Monroe, released on 12 October 1999, through the German label SPV GmbH.
All tracks are written by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Life Gets You Dirty" | 2:17 | |
| 2. | "Just Because You're Paranoid" | 3:07 | |
| 3. | "Since When Did You Care?" | 4:22 | |
| 4. | "Self Destruction Blues" (Hanoi Rocks cover) | Michael Monroe, Andy McCoy | 2:20 |
| 5. | "Always Never Again" | 3:27 | |
| 6. | "Go Hard" | 4:00 | |
| 7. | "I Send You Back" | 4:24 | |
| 8. | "What's With the World?" | 4:59 | |
| 9. | "Love and Light" | 2:50 | |
| 10. | "If the World Don't Want Me" | 3:00 | |
| 11. | "Little Troublemaker" (Ian McLagan cover) | Johnny Lee Schell | 2:28 |
| 12. | "Not Bad for a White Boy (Shitmuthafucka)" | 2:52 | |
| 13. | "No Means No" | 3:20 | |
| Total length: | 43:30 | ||
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