Life... The Best Game in Town is the fifth full-length album by Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...

 rock group Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk (band)

Harvey Milk are an American experimental rock/noise rock band that formed in Athens, Georgia in the early 1990s. While Harvey Milk invariably draws comparisons to the Melvins, due to their penchant for slow, heavy riffs, the band has touched upon such artists as ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen,...

. It was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim, eventually ranking as one of Metacritic's top twenty albums of 2008.

Track listing

1. "Death Goes to the Winner" – 7:55
2. "Decades" – 5:21
3. "After All I've Done for You, This Is How You Repay Me?" – 3:37
4. "Skull Socks and Rope Shoes" – 4:21
5. "We Destroy the Family" – 2:24
6. "Motown" – 3:41
7. "A Maelstrom of Bad Decisions" – 2:15
8. "Roses" – 4:33
9. "Barnburner" – 2:19
10. "Goodbye Blues" – 8:40

Bonus Disc

The Daymare Recordings release (issued only in Japan) includes a bonus CD containing instrumental demos of most tracks from the album plus a Leonard Cohen cover.

1. "Death Goes To The Winner" (Demo) - 2:54
2. "Decades" (Demo) - 5:18
3. "After All I've Done For You, This is How You Repay Me?" (Demo) - 4:45
4. "Skull Socks & Rope Shoes" (Demo) - 1:05
5. "Motown" (Demo) - 3:07
6. "A Maelstrom of Bad Decisions" (Demo) - 1:39
7. "Roses" (Demo) - 5:25
8. "Barn Burner" (Demo) - 2:28
9. "Goodbye Blues" (Demo) - 4:18
10. "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy" - 6:00

Personnel

• Vocals,guitar: Creston Spiers
• Bass: Stephen Tanner
• Guitar/Bass: Joe Preston
• Drums: Kyle Spence/Pauly Trudeau
• Vocals (track 9): Andrew Prater