Phoenix (Zebrahead album)

Phoenix
Studio album by Zebrahead
Released	July 9, 2008
Recorded	March – May 2008 at Maple Studios, Santa Ana, California
Genre	Punk rock, pop punk, rapcore, alternative rock, alternative metal
Length	55:02 (original edition) 62:08 (Japanese edition)
Label	Sony Music Japan, SPV, ICON MES, EMI, Fontana North
Producer	Cameron Webb, Howard Benson
Zebrahead chronology
Not the New Album EP (2008) Phoenix (2008) Panty Raid (2009)
Singles from Phoenix
"Mental Health" Released: 2008 "Hell Yeah!" Released: 2008 "The Juggernauts" Released: 2009

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(74%)[1]
Allmusic	[2]

Phoenix is the seventh studio album released by American punk rock band Zebrahead. Shawn Harris of The Matches created the artwork for the album, as he did with the band's previous album Broadcast to the World.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"HMP"	3:01
2.	"Hell Yeah!"	3:36
3.	"Just the Tip"	3:16
4.	"Mental Health"	3:13
5.	"The Juggernauts"	3:58
6.	"Death by Disco"	3:23
7.	"Be Careful What You Wish for"	3:11
8.	"Morse Code for Suckers"	3:49
9.	"Ignite"	3:26
10.	"Mike Dexter Is a God, Mike Dexter Is a Role Model, Mike Dexter Is an Asshole"	3:36
11.	"The Junkie and the Halo"	3:28
12.	"Brixton"	3:07
13.	"Hit the Ground"	3:20
14.	"Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, But Three Rights Make a Left"	3:32
15.	"All for None and None for All"	3:16
16.	"Sorry, But Your Friends Are Hot"	3:50

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
17.	"The Art of Breaking Up"	3:18
18.	"We're Not a Cover Band, We're a Tribute Band"	3:48

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.

Personnel

Band

• Ali Tabatabaee - lead vocals
• Matty Lewis - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Greg Bergdorf - lead guitar
• Ben Osmundson - bass guitar
• Ed Udhus - drums

Backing staff

• Jason Freese - keyboards
• Howard Benson - keyboards on "Hell Yeah!"
• Cameron Webb - mixing, engineer
• Mike Plotnikoff - engineer
• Brian Gardner - mastering

Popular culture

• The song "Hell Yeah!" appears in an episode of the American TV program Knight Rider.
• The song "Mental Health" and instrumental versions of the songs "Hell Yeah!" and "Back to Normal" appear in a few episodes of the American TV program The Hard Times of RJ Berger.

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.^[3]
• "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.^[4]

Charting positions

Charts	Peak position
Top Heatseekers	30
Japan Charts	10

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Japan	July 9, 2008	CD, music download
Europe	August 4, 2008
Canada	August 5, 2008
United States
World wide	March 28, 2014	Vinyl record[5]

References

1. "Zebrahead - Phoenix - Album Review". AbsolutePunk.
2. "Phoenix - Zebrahead". Allmusic.
3. "Way More Beer - Live in Germany". PledgeMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
4. Ali from Zebrahead says Who is Mike Dexter. YouTube. 7 November 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
5. "Vinyl announcement". Facebook.com. Zebrahead. Retrieved 29 March 2014.