Panic (MxPx album)
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Panic is the seventh full-length album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Christian band MxPx
MxPx
MxPx is a pop punk band from Bremerton, Washington with connections to the Christian punk scene. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, a DVD and released 20 singles....

 It was released on June 6, 2005- internationally and a day later in the United States
United States
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. This was a breakthrough album when the single "Heard That Sound" proved a minor radio hit. It also featured the Blink-182
Blink-182
Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...

/+44
+44 (band)
+44 was an alternative rock band formed by Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker...

 singer-bassist Mark Hoppus
Mark Hoppus
Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, record producer, and television host. He is the bass guitarist and one of the two lead vocalists of the pop punk band Blink-182, as well as the bass guitarist and lead vocalist of the alternative rock band +44. He is a co-founder of both bands...

 on "Wrecking Hotel Rooms." Two B-sides (an unreleased track called "Arrest Me" and a live/acoustic version of "Waiting For The World To End") were released on a SideOneDummy sampler in 2005.

Track listing

All songs by Mike Herrera.
  1. "The Darkest Places" – 2:35
  2. "Young and Depressed" – 3:05
  3. "Heard That Sound" (Mike Herrera
    Mike Herrera
    Michael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...

    /Joe Gittleman
    Joe Gittleman
    Joe Gittleman is an American musician, best known as the bass guitar player for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones...

    ) – 3:40
  4. "Cold Streets" – 2:46
  5. "The Story" – 3:31
  6. "Wrecking Hotel Rooms" (Mike Herrera
    Mike Herrera
    Michael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...

    /Mark Hoppus
    Mark Hoppus
    Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, record producer, and television host. He is the bass guitarist and one of the two lead vocalists of the pop punk band Blink-182, as well as the bass guitarist and lead vocalist of the alternative rock band +44. He is a co-founder of both bands...

    ) – 3:26
  7. "Late Again" – 2:35
  8. "Kicking and Screaming" – 2:52
  9. "Grey Skies Turn Blue" – 3:04
  10. "Emotional Anarchist" – 2:02
  11. "Call in Sick" – 3:00
  12. "Get Me Out" – 2:10
  13. "Waiting for the World to End" – 3:46
  14. "This Weekend" – 3:21

Personnel

  • Mike Herrera - Bass, Guitar (Bass), Vocals
  • Yuri Ruley
    Yuri Ruley
    Yuri Zane Ruley is an American drummer who plays in the pop punk band MxPx. In 1992, while still in high school, Ruley started MxPx with Mike Herrera and Andy Husted; Husted was replaced by Tom Wisniewski two years later...

     - Percussion, Drums, Vocals (background), Choir, Chorus, Group Member
  • Tom Wisniewski - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (background), Choir, Chorus, Group Member


Additional personnel
  • James Barrett - Vocals (background), Choir, Chorus
  • Patti Day - Choir, Chorus
  • Mark Hoppus
    Mark Hoppus
    Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, record producer, and television host. He is the bass guitarist and one of the two lead vocalists of the pop punk band Blink-182, as well as the bass guitarist and lead vocalist of the alternative rock band +44. He is a co-founder of both bands...

     - Vocals (background on "Wrecking Hotel Rooms")
  • Andy Husted
    Andy Husted
    Andy Husted is the former guitarist for the Washington state pop punk band MxPx.Andy played guitar for MxPx starting with the release of their first album Pokinatcha. After he refused to go on a Tooth & Nail tour in 1994, the other members decided it would be best to find another guitarist...

     - Choir, Chorus
  • Robert Lloyd Martin - Choir, Chorus
  • Jack Parker - Guitar, Soloist
  • Seth Alan Roberts - Vocals (background), Layout Design

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
2005 The Billboard 200 77
2005 Top Christian Albums 1
2005 Top Independent Albums 3

Video game licensing

"Heard That Sound" was featured in the game Burnout Revenge
Burnout Revenge
Burnout Revenge is the fourth video game in the Burnout series of racing games, released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox on September 13, 2005 and Xbox 360 on March 7, 2006, alongside the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS title Burnout Legends....

. In the PS2 version of The Sims 2
The Sims 2
The Sims 2 is a strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000. It was first released on September 14, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. A port to Apple Mac OS X...

, the song "Late Again" had the vocals altered into "Simlish" and was put on the purchasable boomboxes and other music players, on the "Trance Dance" station.
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