''A City Dressed in Dynamite'' is the debut album by

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, released in 2008. It was recorded at Cybersound Studios in

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. The songs featured on the album are darker in tone and content than those on the band's debut EP, with some dealing explicitly with

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and death. The album includes numerous samples of the 1967 educational video "Narcotics: Pit of Despair". The cover art and illustrations in the album booklet were done by Neil "Women 158" Parkinson.

Track listing

;Notes * "Atom Shell" appears as a hidden track on the physical CD. * The iTunes exclusive bonus tracks are "Karaoke Burial" and "Power Drunk". * The

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exclusive bonus tracks are "Powderbomb" and "Romance is Dead".

Personnel

* Godforbid – lead vocals * Jeremy Page – guitar, bass, keyboard, banjo,

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, glockenspiel, percussion, accordion, synthesizers,

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, backing vocals * Naoko Takamoto – backing vocals * Andy Bauer – drums, percussion, accordion, guitar, backing vocals * Evan Sanders – keyboard, trumpet,

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* Martin Rodriguez – guitar * DJ Beyonder –

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* Lucas Lajuene – violin * Benjamin Powell – violin * Fabrizio Mazzetta – cello

Appearances

* "Rob the Prez-O-Dent" is featured in '' Rock Band 2''. * A portion of "Mexico" was featured in the seventh episode of '' Weeds'', "Yes I Can". * "Squares" is featured in ''

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'' in the episode "Rebellion".

References

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