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Track listing

# "Your Life, My Life" – 3:17 # "Insecurity" – 2:12 # "Split Image" – 5:12 # "Never Look Away" – 3:41 # "Wreck Your World" – 2:54 # "Social Security" – 2:36 # "Set Yourself Apart" – 2:22 # "The Joke's on You" – 2:46 # "Looking for You" – 2:58 # "Spare the Pain" – 5:15 2000 re-release bonus tracks: #

"Sonic Decapitation" # "No Deal" # "Split Image" # "Insecurity" # "Looking for You" # "Spare the Pain" # "Gods of Power" # "Blitz & Confinement" # "Enforcer" # "Conclusion" # "Make Up Your Mind"

Personnel

* Dan Clements –

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* Adam Siegel –

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s * Shaun Ross –

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* Greg Saenz –

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