Life in General (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Life in General
| type = studio
| artist = MxPx
| cover = MxPx - Life in General cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start-date|November 19, 1996}}
| recorded = April 1996 (1st recording)
July 1996 (2nd recording) at West Beach Studios, Hollywood
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Punk rock,{{Cite web |title=MxPx, "Life In General" Review |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/lifeingeneral.asp |access-date=December 23, 2017 |website=www.jesusfreakhideout.com}}{{Cite web |title=MxPx Plans Within Plans |url=http://undergroundmusicunites.com/mxpx-plans-within-plans/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423181845/http://undergroundmusicunites.com/mxpx-plans-within-plans/ |archive-date=April 23, 2012 |publisher=Underground Music Unite}} skate punk, {{nowrap|pop punk{{Cite magazine |date=November 15, 2017 |title=50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-pop-punk-albums-122677/the-jam-snap-1983-124387/ |access-date=February 12, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}}}
| length = 43:46
| label = Tooth & Nail
| producer = Steve Kravac
| prev_title = On the Cover
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Life in General
| type = studio
| single1 = Doing Time
| single1date = 1997
| single2 = Move To Bremerton
| single2date = 1997
| single3 = Chick Magnet
| single3date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web |title=Life in General - MxPx | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-in-general-mw0000087968 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |via=www.allmusic.com}}
| rev2 = Punknews.org
| rev2score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=River |first=Julie |title=MXPX - Life in General |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/14468/mxpx-life-in-general |access-date=February 13, 2021 |website=www.punknews.org|date=June 23, 2016 }}
| rev3 = Rock Hard
| rev3Score = 4.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/mxpx-life-in-general_181787.html|title=MxPx Life in General|work=Rock Hard|author=Jaedike, Jan|date=May 27, 1998|access-date=September 3, 2022|language=DE}}
}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Coop - Interviews - Entertainment - Bizarre Magazine UK |url=http://www.bizarremag.com/entertainment/interviews/6999/coop.html |access-date=December 23, 2017}} Prior to the release of Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998), the album had sold over 89,000 copies.Reece 1998, p. 18
Track listing
{{ track listing
| total_length = 43:46
| all_writing = Mike Herrera
| title1 = Middlename
| length1 = 2:55
| title2 = My Mom Still Cleans My Room
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = Do Your Feet Hurt
| length3 = 3:10
| title4 = Sometimes You Have to Ask Yourself
| length4 = 2:19
| title5 = The Wonder Years
| length5 = 1:51
| title6 = Move to Bremerton
| length6 = 3:35
| title7 = New York to Nowhere
| length7 = 2:16
| title8 = Andrea
| length8 = 1:46
| title9 = Your Problem, My Emergency
| length9 = 3:16
| title10 = Chick Magnet
| length10 = 3:12
| title11 = Today Is in My Way
| length11 = 3:06
| title12 = Sorry So Sorry
| length12 = 2:14
| title13 = Doing Time
| length13 = 1:23
| title14 = Correct Me If I'm Wrong
| length14 = 2:33
| title15 = Cristalena
| length15 = 2:01
| title16 = Destroyed by You
| length16 = 2:33
| title17 = Southbound
| length17 = 2:34
}}
''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.{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2017 |title=MxPx's 'Life In General' re-recording is now available for streaming |url=https://www.altpress.com/mxpx_life_in_general_20th_anniversary/|access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=Alternative Press}}
Personnel
MxPx
- Mike Herrera – bass guitar, vocals
- Tom Wisniewski – guitar, background vocals
- Yuri Ruley – drums
Production
- Steve Kravac – producer, engineer, drum tech
- Brandon Ebel – executive producer, A&R
Artwork
- Coop – cover art, back art
- Claire Bigbie – layout
- Michele Herrera – photography
- Brandon Ebel – photography
Charts
Album
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col"|Chart (1996)
!scope="col"|Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|Top Heatseekers
|align="left"|22 |
| align="left"|Top Contemporary Christian
|align="left"|16 |
References
; Citations
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- {{Cite magazine |last=Reece |first=Doug |date=May 23, 1998 |title=A&M Rounds Up Existing Fan Base For MxPx's 'Buffalo' Set |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=110 |issue=21 |issn=0006-2510}}
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