| Life in San Antonio | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | August 2, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 75:30 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Don Smith | |||
| Budgie chronology | ||||
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Life in San Antonio is a reunion 2002 album by Budgie, recorded live on 2 August at the Sunken Garden Theater in San Antonio, Texas.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Crime Against the World" | 5:58 |
| 2. | "Melt the Ice Away" | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Gunslinger" | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Panzer Division Destroyed" | 6:26 |
| 5. | "I Turned to Stone" | 6:23 |
| 6. | "Black Velvet Stallion" | 6:59 |
| 7. | "In for the Kill/Rape of the Locks/Guts" | 7:45 |
| 8. | "Breaking All the House Rules" | 3:04 |
| 9. | "Zoom Club" | 6:15 |
| 10. | "Napoleon Bona-Parts One and Two" | 7:33 |
| 11. | "Wildfire" | 7:25 |
| 12. | "Breadfan/Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" | 7:53 |
The other bands that performed on this bill were:
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