Galactic Conquest

Galactic Conquest
Studio album by Eleventyseven
Released	September 4, 2007
Genre	Pop punk, power pop, electropunk
Length	35:40
Label	Flicker
Producer	Will McGinniss, Mark Stuart (executive) Ian Eskelin
Eleventyseven chronology
And the Land of Fake Believe (2006) Galactic Conquest (2007) Adventures in Eville (2009)
Alternative cover
Japan edition album cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[2]
Indie Vision Music	[3]
New Release Tuesday	[4]
AbsolutePunk	[5]
Crosswalk.com	(Favorable)[6]
Today's Christian Music	(Not favorable)[7]

Galactic Conquest is the second full-length album by the Christian pop punk band Eleventyseven.

The album was released on September 4, 2007 through Flicker Records and it peaked at No. 40 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart.^[8] The song "Love In Your Arms" was released as the band's first single for this record, making as high as the No. 6 spot in ChristianRock.Net's weekly Top 30.^[9] The second song "It's Beautiful" also hit the Top 15, charting at No. 13 on the October 6, 2007 R&R chart.^[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Matt Langston, except where noted. 

Album release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Initiation Sequence"		0:11
2.	"Love In Your Arms"		2:53
3.	"Happiness"	Langston, Ian Eskelin, Douglas Mckelvey	2:57
4.	"Fight To Save Your Life"		3:13
5.	"How It Feels (To Be With You)"	Langston, Eskelin	2:59
6.	"It's Beautiful"	Langston, Eskelin	2:50
7.	"Retail Value"		4:22
8.	"Feel OK"		2:54
9.	"12 Step Programs"		3:14
10.	"Conan"		3:35
11.	"Galaxies Collide"	Langston, Eskelin	3:06
12.	"Program Terminated" (hidden track: "The Starship Unicorn")		3:22
Total length:			35:40

Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"More Than A Revolution" (originally on And the Land of Fake Believe)	Langston, Caleb Satterfield, Johnathan Stephens	3:35
14.	"MySpace" (originally on And the Land of Fake Believe)	Langston, Satterfield, Stephens	3:22
15.	"Just Say Yes"		2:48

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"How It Feels (To Be With You) [Remix]" (also available on the Japanese edition of And the Land of Fake Believe)	3:45
14.	"It's Beautiful (Remix)" (also available on the Japanese edition of And the Land of Fake Believe)	3:21

Personnel

Eleventyseven

• Matt Langston - lead vocals, guitar, co-producer on track 11
• Caleb Satterfield - bass
• Johnathan Stephens - drums

Additional production

• Will McGinniss - executive producer
• Mark Stuart - executive producer
• Ian Eskelin - producer
• Mike Payne - additional guitar on track 3, acoustic guitar on track 6
• Tim Lauer - keyboards and string arrangement on track 6
• Aaron Shannon - recording, additional programming, mixing on track 11
• Ben Phillips - drums recording
• Barry Weeks - vocal engineering, additional vocal production
• JR McNeely - mixing
• Steve Blackmon - mixing assistant
• Dan Shike - mastering
• Heather Hetzler - A&R production
• Josh Heiner - art direction, styling
• Tim Parker - design, art direction
• Dave Hill - photography

Strings performed by Love Sponge Strings

• Kris Wilkinson, David Davidson, David Angell

Anthony Lamarchina Galactic Choir (on track 4)

• Matt Payne, Mike Payne, Matty McRee, Marty Wheeler, Troy Vest, Zach Morris

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak positions
U.S. Billboard Christian Albums[11]	40

Music videos

• Love In Your Arms (and Initiation Sequence) on YouTube (opening intro to the video contains the song "Happiness" in the background)

Notes

• The song "Conan" is a tribute to late-night talk show host, Conan O'Brien.^[2] Within the first line of the song, Max Weinberg is also mentioned.
• The final track on the basic album track listing, "Program Terminated" has a hidden track after a short silence entitled "The Starship Unicorn". The song was released later as a separate track on the iTunes version of the album.^[12]
• The Japanese edition of the album also comes with the music videos to the band's songs "Myspace" and "Love In Your Arms".

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Jesus Freak Hideout review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
3. Indie Vision Music review
4. New Release Tuesday review
5. AbsolutePunk review
6. Crosswalk review
7. Today's Christian Music review
8. "Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
9. ChristianRock.Net - The best Christian rock on the planet
10. ; October 6, 2007; R&R as recorded at the Weekend 22 music program; Retrieved October 19, 2007
11. "Galactic Conquest Christian Albums chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
12. "Galactic Conquest on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved October 2, 2014.