Dressed Up as Life
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dressed Up as Life
| type = Album
| artist = Sick Puppies
| cover = Sick puppies-dressed up as life.jpg
| alt =
| released = 3 April 2007 (CD)
| recorded = 2006 at Rock Mafia Studios in Santa Monica, California{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/sick_puppies_frontman_100_satisfied_with_new_album.html |title=Sick Puppies Frontman: '100% Satisfied' with New Album | Interviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com |accessdate=4 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618234756/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/sick_puppies_frontman_100_satisfied_with_new_album.html |archivedate=18 June 2013 }}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 45:33
| label = Virgin
| producer = Rock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato)
| prev_title = Sick Puppies EP
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Tri-Polar
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dressed Up as Life
| type = Studio
| single1 = All the Same
| single1date = 26 September 2006
| single2 = My World
| single2date = 23 October 2007
| single3 = What Are You Looking For
| single3date = 13 May 2008
| single4 = Pitiful
| single4date = 26 August 2008
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1030876|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Type 3 Media
|rev3 = Sputnikmusic
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/45309/Sick-Puppies-Dressed-Up-as-Life/|title = Sick Puppies - Dressed up as Life (Album review 2) | Sputnikmusic}}
|rev4 = IGN Music
|rev4score = {{Rating|7.5|10|score=7.7/10 stars}}{{Cite web|url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2007/06/28/sick-puppies-dressed-up-as-life|title=Sick Puppies - Dressed up as Life - IGN|date=28 June 2007 }}
|width=22em
}}
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. The album title can be heard in the lyric of the third track, "Cancer."
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
{{track listing
| headline =
| all_writing = Shimon Moore, Emma Anzai, Antonina Armato, and Tim James, except where noted.
| title1 = My World
| length1 = 4:00
| title2 = Pitiful
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = Cancer
| writer3 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Armato|James|Brett Creswell}}
| length3 = 3:05
| title4 = What Are You Looking For
| length4 = 4:09
| title5 = Deliverance
| writer5 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Creswell}}
| length5 = 3:12
| title6 = All the Same
| length6 = 4:18
| title7 = Too Many Words
| length7 = 3:21
| title8 = Howard's Tale
| writer8 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai}}
| length8 = 4:12
| title9 = Asshole Father
| length9 = 3:00
| title10 = Issues
| length10 = 4:00
| title11 = Anywhere but Here
| writer11 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Armato|James|Refayat Ali}}
| length11 = 3:59
| title12 = The Bottom
| writer12 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Armato|James|Creswell}}
| length12 = 4:37
|total_length = 45:33
}}
Outtakes
Pathogen (3:03)
Shards (3:43)
Personnel
;Sick Puppies
- Shim Moore – lead vocals, guitars
- Emma Anzai – bass, backing vocals
- Mark Goodwin – drums
Chart performance
=Album=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for Dressed Up as Life !Chart (2007) !Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=251}}
| align="center"|62 |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=all}}|title=Sick Puppies Chart History – Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=12 March 2011}}
| align="center"|181 |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Top Heatseekers{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Heatseekers Albums}}|title=Sick Puppies Chart History – Heatseekers Albums|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=12 March 2011}}
| align="center"|4 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable"
|+ Chart performance for singles from Dressed Up as Life !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Song !colspan="2"|Peak positions |
| width="70"|US Modern Rock {{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Alternative Songs}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=7 November 2010}} !width="70"|US Mainstream Rock |
|---|
| 2006
|"All the Same" |align="center"|8 |align="center"|36 |
| 2007
|"My World |align="center"|20 |align="center"|— |
| rowspan="2"|2008
|align="center"|34 |align="center"|— |
| "Pitiful"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |