Life in General (album)

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Life in General
MxPx - Life in General cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 19, 1996 (1996-11-19)
RecordedApril 1996 (1st recording)
July 1996 (2nd recording) at West Beach Studios, Hollywood
Genre Punk rock, [1] [2] skate punk, [2] pop punk [3]
Length43:46
Label Tooth & Nail
Producer Steve Kravac
MxPx chronology
On the Cover
(1995)
Life in General
(1996)
Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
(1998)
Singles from Life in General
  1. "Doing Time"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Move To Bremerton"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Chick Magnet"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rock Hard 4.5/10 [6]

Life in General is the third studio album by American punk rock band MxPx, released on November 19, 1996. The album features "Chick Magnet". The album features artwork by the artist Coop. [7] Prior to the release of Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998), the album had sold over 89,000 copies. [8]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Herrera

No.TitleLength
1."Middlename"2:55
2."My Mom Still Cleans My Room"2:50
3."Do Your Feet Hurt"3:10
4."Sometimes You Have to Ask Yourself"2:19
5."The Wonder Years"1:51
6."Move to Bremerton"3:35
7."New York to Nowhere"2:16
8."Andrea"1:46
9."Your Problem, My Emergency"3:16
10."Chick Magnet"3:12
11."Today Is in My Way"3:06
12."Sorry So Sorry"2:14
13."Doing Time"1:23
14."Correct Me If I'm Wrong"2:33
15."Cristalena"2:01
16."Destroyed by You"2:33
17."Southbound"2:34
Total length:43:46

Life in General 2.0

To celebrate the album's 20th anniversary in 2016, the band re-recorded the album and released it via e-mail to fans for just one day only. In August 2017, the band officially released it through various streaming services as Life In General 2.0. [9]

Personnel

MxPx

Production

Artwork

Charts

Album

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Top Heatseekers 22
Top Contemporary Christian16

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Citations
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