Secret Weapon (album)

Secret Weapon is MxPx's eighth full-length studio album, which was released on July 17, 2007. It is the band's first release on their original label Tooth & Nail Records since 1996's Life in General. The album debuted at #76 on the Billboard 200; it also became #1 on the Christian Billboard.

Secret Weapon is available in 3 different versions:

The standard version with 16 tracks
A double 12" vinyl version with special artwork
A special edition with a "Making of..." DVD, new artwork, and 3 extra tracks

1 Prerelease
2 Track listing
- 2.1 Vinyl & Special edition tracks
3 Awards
4 Personnel
5 References

Prerelease

The album received much online publicity before its release, much due to MxPx's return to Tooth and Nail Records. A new song was released each Sunday night for several weeks before the release, in the order of: "Secret Weapon", "Shut It Down", "Drowning", "You're on Fire", then "Contention". On Sunday, July 8, 2007, the song "Angels" was accidentally leaked on the band's PureVolume page under the incorrect label of "Contention". The mistake was soon corrected, but fans were in turn given an extra taste of the new record. The whole CD was available to listen to on the band's MySpace on July 1 before it was released.

"Shut It Down"s music video received heavy play on the Gospel Music Channel's Rock Block.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Herrera.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Secret Weapon" (featuring Brian Baker of Bad Religion)	2:06
2.	"Shut It Down" (featuring Tim Pagnotta of Sugarcult)	2:59
3.	"Here's to the Life"	2:57
4.	"Top of the Charts"	2:33
5.	"Punk Rawk Celebrity"	2:42
6.	"Contention"	1:16
7.	"Angels"	3:15
8.	"Drowning"	3:50
9.	"Chop Shop"	2:14
10.	"You're on Fire"	3:18
11.	"Bass So Low"	3:37
12.	"Sad Sad Song"	2:44
13.	"Never Better Than Now"	2:47
14.	"Biting the Bullet (Is Bad for Business)"	3:18
15.	"Not Nothing"	3:06
16.	"Tightly Wound / All About Nothing (Hidden track)" (featuring Benji Madden of Good Charlotte)	6:29

Vinyl & Special edition tracks

In addition to the 16 tracks included on all versions of the album, the special editions come with 3 additional tracks:

No.	Title	Length
17.	"The Hoo-Ha Jangle"	3:29
18.	"Madcap Scheme (ft. nicholas sciberras)"	2:10
19.	"Throw Your Body in the Air / All About Nothing (Hidden track)"	6:38

Awards

In 2008, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.^[1]

Personnel

Mike Herrera – Vocals, Bass
Tom Wisniewski – Guitars, Vocals
Yuri Ruley – Drums

References

^ Nominations Announced for 39th GMA Dove Awards on CBN.com (February 14, 2008)

MxPx

Mike Herrera • Tom Wisniewski • Yuri Ruley • Chris Wilson Andy Husted

Studio albums	Pokinatcha (1994) • Teenage Politics (1995) • Life In General (1996) • Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998) • The Ever Passing Moment (2000) • Before Everything & After (2003) • Panic (2005) • Secret Weapon (2007) • On the Cover II (2009) • Punk Rawk Christmas (2009) • Plans Within Plans (2012)

EPs	On the Cover (1995) • Move to Bremerton (1996) • Small Town Minds (1997) • The Broken Bones (2000) • The Renaissance (2001) • The AC/EP (2004) • Left Coast Punk EP (2009)

Compilations	Let It Happen (1998) • Ten Years and Running (2002) • Let's Rock (2006) • The Ultimate Collection (2008)

Live albums	At the Show (1999)

Video	It Came from Bremerton (VHS, 2000) • B-Movie (DVD, 2004) • Triple Threat (DVD, 2009)

Singles	"Chick Magnet" • "Responsibility" • "Heard That Sound"

Related articles	Discography • Neil Hundt • Tooth & Nail Records • Bremerton, Washington

Related bands	Arthur • The Cootees • Tumbledown