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

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band

Hawk Nelson Hawk Nelson is a Canadian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. Formed in 2000, the band has released eight studio albums to date. History Early independent releases (2000–2003) In 2000, Dunn, Clark, and Paige founded a Peterborough-based gr ...

. It was released on April 4, 2006. The record was a 2007

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nominee for Rock Album, produced by

Aaron Sprinkle Aaron Sprinkle (born March 20, 1974) is an American 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 the ...

. 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 No. 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200 after selling more than 14,000 copies in its opening week. "The Show" is on the

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PC game '' Guitar Praise''.

Track listing

A different version of "Bring 'Em Out", which features

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, was released on the band's 2005 EP of the same name and on the special edition of ''

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''. The version with Bell was performed in the film '' Yours, Mine and Ours''. The band's frontman, Jason Dunn, has said in an interview that there was going to be an actual title song, making the album have thirteen songs.

Personnel

Hawk Nelson * Jason Dunn — vocals, piano * Daniel Biro — bass, background vocals *

Jonathan Steingard Jonathan Steingard (born 1983) is a Canadian musician who was the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the Christian pop-punk band Hawk Nelson, which he joined in October 2004, replacing the former guitarist David Clark. He took over vocal dutie ...

— guitar, background vocals * Aaron "Skwid" Tosti — drums Additional personnel * Everett Dallas, Kenneth E. Larry, James Young, Willie Williams — vocals on "The Show" * Josh Head — vocals on "Nothing Left to Show" Production *

– audio engineer, audio production, engineer, producer *

Trevor McNevan Trevor McNevan is a Canadian singer who is best known as the lead singer, songwriter and rapper of Thousand Foot Krutch, lead singer and songwriter of pop punk side project FM Static along with Steve Augustine (the third Thousand Foot Krutch dr ...

– audio production, composer, pre-production * Aaron Lipinski – engineer, mixing assistant *

Randy Torres Randy Torres is a guitarist, drummer, keyboardist and background vocalist from Seattle. He has previously played for the bands Project 86, a Christian rock group, and Crash Rickshaw. He has filled in as rhythm guitarist for the band Demon Hunter ...

– engineer * J.R. McNeely – mixing *

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— mastering * Jonathan Dunn – A&R * Brandon Ebel – executive producer * Jason Powers – art direction, design, illustrations * David Hill – photography

Singles

The band has released the song "Everything You Ever Wanted" on Christian radio. It peaked at No. 1 on the Christian Hit Radio format. "The Show" has appeared on

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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.2007 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs
,

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, Retrieved January 6, 2008

Awards

In 2007, the album was nominated for a

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for Rock Album of the Year at the

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.38th Annual GMA Awards
on About.com

References

External links

Vh1.com
{{Authority control 2006 albums Hawk Nelson albums Tooth & Nail Records albums Albums produced by Aaron Sprinkle