The Game of Life (album)

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The Game of Life
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 14, 2007 (2007-08-14)
Genre Deathcore, avant-garde metal
Length38:27
Label Century Media
Producer Zack Ohren [1]
Arsonists Get All the Girls chronology
Hits from the Bow
(2006)
The Game of Life
(2007)
Portals
(2009)
Professional ratings
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The Game of Life is the second studio album by American deathcore band Arsonists Get All the Girls. The album was released on August 14, 2007. This is the last Arsonists Get All The Girls album to feature bassist Patrick Mason due to his death in November 2007 from alcohol poisoning.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Business in the Front" (instrumental)1:14
2."Save the Castle, Screw the Princess"5:11
3."Mantipede"1:17
4."Cuffed to Your Ankles"4:18
5."Shoeshine for Neptune"2:52
6."To Get Eaten by the Rats"0:47
7."Tourtasia"3:47
8."Claiming Middle Age a Decade Early"3:05
9."Taiwanese Troft Trouble"3:30
10."Thirteen Year Old Ruby"3:48
11."Robando de los Muertos"4:45
12."So You Think You Know About the Game of Life (Party in the Rear)"3:53

Personnel

Arsonists Get All the Girls

Additional musicians

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References

  1. "The Game of Life = Arsonists Get All the Girls | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  2. Eduardo Rivadavia. "The Game of Life - Arsonists Get All the Girls : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". Rovi Corporation . Retrieved June 21, 2013.