One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying

One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying...
Studio album by The God Machine
Released	1994
Genre	Alternative rock, post-hardcore, slowcore, alternative metal
Length	69:18
Label	Fiction/Polydor
The God Machine chronology
scenes from the second storey (1993) One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying... (1994)

One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying... is the second and final album by The God Machine. It was released on CD and LP in 1994 by Fiction Records/Polydor. The band had already ceased to function by the time of the album's release due to the sudden death of bassist Jimmy Fernandez earlier in the year.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rock Hard	8/10 [2]

In 2005, One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying... was ranked number 353 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Tremolo Song"	4:04
2.	"Mama"	2:52
3.	"Alone"	4:50
4.	"In Bad Dreams"	3:10
5.	"Painless"	3:59
6.	"The Love Song"	3:56
7.	"The Life Song"	4:42
8.	"The Devil Song"	5:05
9.	"The Hunter"	7:59
10.	"Evol"	4:07
11.	"The Train Song"	4:28
12.	"The Flower Song"	5:42
13.	"Boy by the Roadside"	5:50
14.	"The Sunday Song"	8:34

Charts

2025 chart performance for One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Danish Vinyl Albums (Hitlisten) [4]	40
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5]	51

References

1. "Allmusic review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
2. Schleutermann, Marcus. "Rock Hard review". issue 89. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
3. Best of Rock & Metal – Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 68. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
4. "Vinyl Top-40: Uge 05 – 2025" (in Danish). Hitlisten . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – The God Machine – One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2025.