The Ever Passing Moment
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Ever Passing Moment
| type = studio
| artist = MxPx
| cover = MxPx - The Ever Passing Moment cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = May 16, 2000
| recorded = October 1999 – March 2000
| studio = *Conway (Hollywood, California)
- Robert Lang Studios (Seattle, Washington)
| genre = Pop punk{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/mxpx-ever_passing_moment|title=MxPx The Ever Passing Moment | Exclaim!|website=Exclaim.ca|access-date=January 4, 2022}}
| length = 39:57
| label = A&M
| producer = Jerry Finn
| prev_title = At the Show
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = The Renaissance EP
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Ever Passing Moment
| type = studio
| single1 = Responsibility
| single1date = 2000
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ever-passing-moment-mw0000063548|title=The Ever Passing Moment - MxPx | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=January 4, 2022}}
| rev2 = HM Magazine
| rev2Score = (not rated) [https://web.archive.org/web/20000918052417/http://www.hmmagazine.com/Current_Issue/84Review/84review.html link]{{cite journal |last=McCready |first=Tim |date=July–August 2000 |title=Album Reviews: MxPx the ever passing moment |journal=HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=84 }}
| rev3 = Jesus Freak Hideout
| rev3Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/everpassingmoment.asp|title=MxPx, 'The Ever Passing Moment' Review|publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout|author=Murphy, Chaz|date=June 3, 2000|access-date=September 3, 2022}}
| rev4 = North County Times
| rev5 = Rock Hard
| rev5Score = 6/10{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/mxpx-the-ever-passing-moment_214869.html|title=MxPx The Ever Passing Moment|work=Rock Hard|author=Schnadelbach, Buffo|date=September 20, 2000|access-date=September 3, 2022|language=DE}}
|}}
The Ever Passing Moment is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band MxPx, released on May 16, 2000.
MxPx gained critical recognition for this album and landed a slot supporting for the Offspring and Cypress Hill on the Conspiracy of One tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/tourArchive?year=2000 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209131956/http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/tourArchive?year=2000 |archive-date=December 9, 2004 }} "Responsibility" proved to be a minor radio hit, peaking at No. 24 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.{{cite magazine |title=Chart History: MxPx |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mxpx/chart-history/mrt/ |magazine=Billboard}} Bassist Mike Herrera said on the It Came from Bremerton VHS tape that his songwriting on The Ever Passing Moment was inspired by Elvis Costello's second album This Year's Model.
The intro countdown in the song "The Next Big Thing" is Dave Grohl screaming "1, 2, 3, go!".{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/407344-MxPx-The-Ever-Passing-Moment|title=MxPx – The Ever Passing Moment (2000, CD)|access-date=January 4, 2022|website=Discogs.com}}
Track listing
All songs written by Mike Herrera.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 39:57
| title1 = My Life Story
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Buildings Tumble
| length2 = 2:45
| title3 = Responsibility
| length3 = 2:40
| title4 = Two Whole Years
| length4 = 2:43
| title5 = Prove It to the World
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Educated Guess
| length6 = 1:46
| title7 = Is the Answer in the Question?
| length7 = 2:10
| title8 = The Next Big Thing
| length8 = 2:26
| title9 = Foolish
| length9 = 2:53
| title10 = One Step Closer to Life
| length10 = 3:10
| title11 = Unsaid
| length11 = 3:00
| title12 = Here With Me
| length12 = 2:12
| title13 = Without You
| length13 = 2:37
| title14 = It's Undeniable
| length14 = 2:47
| title15 = Misplaced Memories
| length15 = 3:35
}}
Personnel
- Mike Herrera - bass, vocals
- Tom Wisniewski - guitar, backing vocals
- Yuri Ruley - drums
- Dave Grohl - introduction on "The Next Big Thing"
- Stephen Egerton (Descendents) - guitar
- Chip Butters - assistant engineer
- Jerry Finn - producer, engineer, mixing
- Lior Goldenberg - engineer, assistant engineer
- Sean O'Dwyer - engineer
- Darrel Thorpe - assistant engineer
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for The Ever Passing Moment ! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=197}}
| 81 |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2000-06-03/|title=Billboard 200: Week of June 3, 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 30, 2022}}
| 56 |
| scope="row"| US Christian Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-albums/2000-06-03/|title=Top Christian Albums: Week of June 3, 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 30, 2022}}
| 1 |
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