''Life Left to Go'' is the debut studio album by American

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SafetySuit SafetySuit is an American rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Their 2008 major label debut album ''Life Left to Go'' featured songs "Stay" and " Someone Like You", the former first achieving fame by climbing t ...

, released on May 13, 2008, through

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. It was produced by Greg Archilla, who had previously collaborated with SafetySuit on their independent EP. The album produced three singles, the most successful of which were "

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" and " Someone Like You"; both charted on several ''

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'' charts in 2008 and 2009. The song "Annie" was also released as a single in late 2009. The album was met with a highly positive response by critics.

Critical reception

''Life Left to Go'' received highly favorable reviews from critics. Tom Spinelli of ''

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'', who gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, declared that "if you are looking for the modern rock album of the year, this may be a top contender in your collection", as "SatefySuit releases their masterful, epic debut Life Left To Go with enormous melodic power". ''

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'' described ''Life Left to Go'' as "easily the best debut album so far in 2008", praising both frontman Doug Brown as "an impressive vocalist... hoabsolutely gets what it takes to make a great song--good melody and good lyrics", and Dave Garofolo, whose guitar work he called "original and unorthodox...

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what makes SafetySuit unique".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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;SafetySuit *Doug Brown —

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*Dave Garofalo — guitar *Jeremy Henshaw — bass *Tate Cunningham —

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;Other musicians *

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— keyboards * Benjamin Muhoberac — keyboards ;Technical personnel * Greg Archilla —

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, mixing,

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, programming * Matthew Barnett — assistant engineer * Zach Blackstone — mixing assistant * Doug Brown — engineer * Bruce Carbone — A&R * Aaron Chmielewski — engineer, mixing assistant * George Cocchini —

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* Justin Cortelyou — engineer * Jeremy Cowart —

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* Tate Cunningham — programming * Kyle Ginther — assistant engineer *

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— mastering * Andres Martinez —

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, design, photography * Benjamin Muhoberac — engineer * John Netti — assistant engineer * Rich Ramsey — assistant engineer * Dave Salley — assistant engineer * Andrew Shaw — mixing assistant * Joe Spix — art direction, design *

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— mixing * Mickey Wade — drum technician

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Life Left To Go 2008 debut albums SafetySuit albums Universal Records albums