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Length
  
20:19

On the Cover (1995)
  
Life in General (1996)

Release date
  
28 November 1995

Genres
  
Punk rock, Pop punk

Producer
  
Bob Moon, MxPx

Artist
  
MxPx

Label
  
Tooth & Nail Records

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Released
  
November 28, 1995 (1995-11-28)

Recorded
  
May/June, 1995 at Avast Recording Co.

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On the Cover is an EP of song covers by punk rock band MxPx, released on November 28, 1995. Two different editions were released: a CD with 8 tracks, and a double 10" vinyl record with 12 tracks. In 2009, fourteen years later, the band released a "sequel" to the EP, On the Cover II.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams) – 2:21
  2. "Oh, Boy!" (Buddy Holly) – 2:03
  3. "Drum Machine Joy" (Joy Electric) – 3:35
  4. "You Found Me" (Altar Boys) – 2:31
  5. "Take On Me" (a-ha) – 3:36
  6. "Marie, Marie" (The Blasters) – 1:50
  7. "You Put This Love in My Heart" (Keith Green) – 1:47
  8. "No Brain" (The Cootees) – 2:36

Vinyl Double Album track listing

Vinyl #1, Side A

  1. "Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams) – 2:21
  2. "Oh, Boy!" (Buddy Holly) – 2:03
  3. "Drum Machine Joy" (Joy Electric) – 3:35

Vinyl #1, Side B

  1. "You Found Me" (Altar Boys) – 2:31
  2. "Take On Me" (a-ha) – 3:36
  3. "Marie, Marie" (The Blasters) – 1:50

Vinyl #2, Side A

  1. "You Put This Love in My Heart" (Keith Green) – 1:47
  2. "No Brain" (The Cootees) – 2:36
  3. "Swing Set Girl" – 2:15

Vinyl #2, Side B

  1. "Begin to Start" – 3:29
  2. "Never Learn" – 2:05
  3. "O-Donna" (Ritchie Valens) – 2:13
  4. "Sick Boys" (Social Distortion) – 2:28

The last five tracks on the vinyl double album were later remixed and released on the 1998 B-sides CD, Let It Happen.

Personnel

  • Mike Herrera - bass, guitar (on tracks 5, 6, 8), vocals
  • Tom Wisniewski - guitar, background vocals
  • Yuri Ruley - drums
  • Jiles - bass on "No Brain"
  • Leann Schmitt - saxophone, background vocals on "Oh, Boy!"
  • Jennifer - background vocals on "Oh, Boy!"
  • Carrie Anne - background vocals on "Oh, Boy!"
  • The Yurinator - background vocals on "Oh, Boy!"
  • Tom The Beverage Boy - background vocals on "Oh, Boy!"
  • Beanboy - background vocals on "Oh, Boy!"
  • MxPx - producer, engineer
  • Bob Moon - producer, engineer
  • Brandon Ebel - executive producer, art direction, studio photos
  • Aaron Warner - assistant mix engineer
  • Matt Johnson - drum tech
  • Brian Gardner - mastering
  • Daniel Fair - art direction
  • Norman Jean Ray - cover photos

    • Songs

    1Summer of 692:21
    2Oh Boy2:04
    3Drum Machine Joy3:35

    References

    On the Cover Wikipedia
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