| One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying... | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, progressive rock, post-hardcore, slowcore | |||
| Length | 69:18 | |||
| Label | Fiction/Polydor | |||
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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.
| 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]
| 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 |
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