Life Gets You Dirty

Life Gets You Dirty is the fourth studio album by Finnish glam rock singer Michael Monroe, released on 12 October 1999, through the German label SPV GmbH.

Life Gets You Dirty
Studio album by Michael Monroe
Released	12 October 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Hard rock, glam punk, glam metal
Length	43:00
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Michael Monroe, Dan Tigerstedt
Michael Monroe chronology
Peace of Mind (1996) Life Gets You Dirty (1999) Take Them and Break Them (2002)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Life Gets You Dirty"		2:17
2.	"Just Because You're Paranoid"		3:07
3.	"Since When Did You Care?"		4:22
4.	"Self Destruction Blues" (Hanoi Rocks cover)	Michael Monroe, Andy McCoy	2:20
5.	"Always Never Again"		3:27
6.	"Go Hard"		4:00
7.	"I Send You Back"		4:24
8.	"What's With the World?"		4:59
9.	"Love and Light"		2:50
10.	"If the World Don't Want Me"		3:00
11.	"Little Troublemaker" (Ian McLagan cover)	Johnny Lee Schell	2:28
12.	"Not Bad for a White Boy (Shitmuthafucka)"		2:52
13.	"No Means No"		3:20
Total length:			43:30

Personnel

• Michael Monroe - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, saxophone, piano, tambourine
• Jari Paulamäki - bass, backing vocals
• Pete Lehtelä - drums, backing vocals
• Jude Wilder - backing vocals

Reception

Gary Hill from AllMusic said it was an "entertaining album and just plain fun". He also complimented the disc for "a good blend of punk edginess and '80s metal sounds", and noted "it gets bluesy at times".^[1]