Building a Better Me

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Building a Better Me

| type = Album

| artist = Dogwood

| cover = BuildingaBetterMe.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 10, 2000

| recorded = Goldentrack, San Diego, California and The Blasting Room Studios, Fort Collins, Colorado

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| studio =

| genre = Punk rock

| length =

| label = Tooth & Nail Records

| producer = Stephen Egerton; Dogwood

| prev_title = More Than Conquerors

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Matt Aragon

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Punknews

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5.|5}}{{cite news |author1=Ryan |title=Dogwood - Building A Better Me |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/605/dogwood-building-a-better-me |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=Punknews.org |date=10 October 2001 |language=en}}

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Building a Better Me is the fifth full-length album from San Diegan punk band Dogwood released in 2000. Instrumentation for the album was produced and recorded by Sam Boukas and Dogwood at Goldentrack studio in San Diego but vocals were produced and recorded at the Blasting Room studios in Fort Collins, Colorado by Descendents and ALL guitarist Stephen Egerton, whose vocals appear on the final track "Nothing New". In 2001 the band was awarded the San Diego Music Award for best Punk band for the album.