Dressed Up as Life

Dressed Up as Life is the second studio album released by the Australian alternative rock band Sick Puppies, but was their first album to be released in the United States. It was released on 3 April 2007 and peaked at No. 181 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. The song "All the Same" is the theme for Juan Mann's Free Hugs Campaign video on YouTube, although it also has its own video. Deutsch Advertising creatives Michael Leibowitz and Eric Rojas oversaw the CD design for Dressed Up as Life.

Dressed Up as Life
Studio album by
Sick Puppies
Released3 April 2007 (CD)
Recorded2006 at Rock Mafia Studios in Santa Monica, California[1]
Genre
Length45:33
LabelVirgin
ProducerRock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato)
Sick Puppies chronology
Sick Puppies EP
(2006)		 Dressed Up as Life
(2007)		 Tri-Polar
(2009)
Singles from Dressed Up as Life
  1. "All the Same"
    Released: 26 September 2006
  2. "My World"
    Released: 23 October 2007
  3. "What Are You Looking For"
    Released: 13 May 2008
  4. "Pitiful"
    Released: 26 August 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Type 3 Media[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]
IGN Music[5]

The album has sold over 150,000 copies in the United States to date. This is also the band's first studio album with drummer Mark Goodwin, who replaced Chris Mileski in 2003.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My World"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James4:00
2."Pitiful"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James3:44
3."Cancer"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James, Creswell3:05
4."What Are You Looking For"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James4:09
5."Deliverance"Moore, Anzai, Creswell3:12
6."All the Same"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James4:18
7."Too Many Words"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James3:21
8."Howard's Tale"Moore, Anzai4:12
9."Asshole Father"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James3:00
10."Issues"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James4:00
11."Anywhere but Here"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James, Ali3:59
12."The Bottom"Moore, Anzai, Armato, James, Creswell4:37
Total length:45:33

Outtakes

Pathogen (3:03)

Shards (3:43)

Personnel
Sick Puppies

Chart performance

Album
Chart performance for Dressed Up as Life
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 62
US Billboard 200[7] 181
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[8] 4

Singles
Chart performance for singles from Dressed Up as Life
Year Song Peak positions
US Modern Rock
[9]		 US Mainstream Rock
[10]
2006 "All the Same" 8 36
2007 "My World 20 —
2008 "What Are You Looking For" 34 —
"Pitiful" — —

References
  1. "Sick Puppies Frontman: '100% Satisfied' with New Album | Interviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. "Type 3 Media review". Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  4. "Sick Puppies - Dressed up as Life (Album review 2) | Sputnikmusic".
  5. "Sick Puppies - Dressed up as Life - IGN". 28 June 2007.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 251.
  7. "Sick Puppies Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  8. "Sick Puppies Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  9. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  10. "allmusic ((( Sick Puppies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
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