''Building a Better Me'' is the fifth full-length album from San Diegan

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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

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guitarist Stephen Egerton, whose vocals appear on the final track "Nothing New". In 2001 the band was awarded the

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for best Punk band for the album.

Track listing

# "The Good Times" # "There's Room for Everyone" # "Building a Better Me" # "Comes Crashing" # "Autobiographies" # "Mycro" # "Come Back Down" # "The Battle of Them Vs. Them" # "Cheat Me" # "Someone See" # "The Bad Times (Reprise)" # "Overexposed" # "The Bad Times" # "Truth About It Is" # "Great Literature" # "Nothing New"

References

Dogwood (band) albums 2000 albums Tooth & Nail Records albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub