''Phoenix'' is the seventh studio album released by

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punk rock band

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. Shawn Harris of The Matches created the artwork for the album, as he did with the band's previous album ''

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''. ''Phoenix '' was made available for streaming via

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's website on July 31, 2008, before being released on August 5, 2008 through Icon Mes. The band was due to embark on a US tour in August and September 2008, but had to cancel it when frontman Matty Lewis started suffering from vocal issues. They ended up going on a tour of mainland Europe in October 2008.

Singles

*"Mental Health" - released as the lead single from the album in June 2008. It peaked at number 16 on the Japanese charts, a music video accompanied its release. *"Hell Yeah!" - released as the second single in the fall of 2008; a music video accompanied its release. *"The Juggernauts" - released as the third and final single in winter–spring 2009; a music video accompanied its release. The video was filmed in the summer of 2008. The video shows the band members playing at the swimming pool with a large number of visitors on holiday. At the end of the video all participants start to play a song under the water.

Track listing

Personnel

Band * Ali Tabatabaee -

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* Matty Lewis - lead vocals,

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*Greg Bergdorf - lead guitar *Ben Osmundson - bass guitar *Ed Udhus -

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Backing staff * Jason Freese -

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* Howard Benson -

on "Hell Yeah!" * Cameron Webb - mixing, engineer * Mike Plotnikoff - engineer * Brian Gardner - mastering

Trivia

* "HMP" stands for Heavy Metal Push-Ups and according to the band the name came about because playing the song gave their fingers a workout. * "Mike Dexter is a God, Mike Dexter is a Role Model, Mike Dexter is an Asshole" is a reference to the character Mike Dexter from the movie '' Can't Hardly Wait''.

Chart positions

Release history

References

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