Smile, It's the End of the World is the second full length album by pop punk

Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...

 band Hawk Nelson

Hawk Nelson

Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...

. It was released on April 4, 2006.

The record was a 2005 GMA Dove Award nominee for Rock Album, produced by Aaron Sprinkle

Aaron Sprinkle

Aaron Sprinkle is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Seattle, Washington.-Career:His career in music began in high school with a group called BellBangVilla. BellBangVilla became Poor Old Lu and they released a number of albums . Aaron Sprinkle also sang and played...

. It was also a nominee for Recorded Music Packaging, designed by Jason Powers. It is also the longest album by the band.

Smile, It's the End of the World charted at #75 at Billboard 200 after selling more than 14 000 copies in its opening week. "The Show" is on the Digital Praise

Digital Praise

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 PC game Guitar Praise

Guitar Praise

Guitar Praise is a Christian rhythm video game for PC. Published by Digital Praise, it uses contemporary Christian music with gameplay akin to that of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, although it is only compatible with its own wired and cordless USB guitar controllers. A second guitar can be...

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Track listing

1. "The One Thing I Have Left" – 3:07
2. "The Show" – 3:13
3. "Bring 'Em Out" - 3:23
4. "Everything You Ever Wanted" – 4:04
5. "Something On My Mind" – 4:19
6. "Is Forever Enough" – 3:22
7. "Zero
   Zero (Hawk Nelson song)
   "Zero" is a song by the Christian alternative rock band, Hawk Nelson, from their album Smile, It's The End of the World. The song itself is about someone Jason Dunn, the vocalist for Hawk Nelson, knew who committed suicide. The song was released as a single on May 30, 2007 in the USA and Canada...
   
   " – 4:38
8. "Nothing Left to Show" – 2:54
9. "Head On Collision" – 4:07
10. "Hello" – 3:00
11. "It's Over" – 3:06
12. "Fourteen" – 4:50

Credits

• Jason Dunn -- vocals
  Singing
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Daniel Biro -- bass
  Bass guitar
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  , background vocals
• Jonathan Steingard -- guitar
  Guitar
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  , background vocals
• Aaron "Skwid" Tosti -- drums
  Drum kit
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• Aaron Sprinkle—producer
• J.R. McNeely—mixer
• Brandon Ebel—executive producer
• Everett Dallas, Kenneth E. Larry, James Young, Willie Williams—vocals on "The Show"
• Josh Head—vocals on "Nothing Left To Show"
• Drake Bell
  Drake Bell
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   -- vocals on "Bring 'Em Out"
• All songs written by Hawk Nelson and Trevor McNevan
  Trevor McNevan
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Production

• The band's frontman, Jason Dunn, has said in an interview that there was going to be an actual titular song, making the album have thirteen songs.

Singles

The band has released the song "Everything You Ever Wanted" on Christian radio. It peaked at #1 on the Christian Hit Radio format. "The Show" has appeared on Christian radio

Christian radio

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 as well.

The band released a video and on the radio for "Zero" on May 30, 2007. It was the 15th most played song of 2007 on U.S. Christian Hit Radio stations.

Awards

In 2007, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.