Album Details

• Artist: Mxpx
• Album: On The Cover: Ii
• Label: Tooth & Nail
• Year of Release: 2009
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2010-01-08

It's taken me quite some time to finally get to listening to MXPX's newest offering, On The Cover II. I had pretty much dismissed the band. They were kind of on hiatus for a while with Mike Herrera having his little side project, Tumbledown but this cover album shows that the band still have the chops and enjoy having a bit of fun with some old classics.

First off, if you like albums like those offered up by Me First and the Gimme Gimme's and other strictly cover punk albums/bands then find On The Cover II right away. This album is as good, although not quite as energetic as MFATGG.

I'm not really going to get into a detailed review of this album but provide you with the tracklisting:

1. "Punk Rock Girl" (featuring Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly) - Dead Milkmen
2. "I Will Follow" - U2
3. "Suburban Home" - Descendents
4. "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (features a brief interlude of Surrender by Cheap Trick) - The Proclaimers
5. "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" - Ramones
6. "Vacation" - The Go-Go's
7. "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (featuring Agent M of Tsunami Bomb and The Action Design) - Belinda Carlisle
8. "Kids in America" - Kim Wilde
9. "Fallen Angel" (featuring Craig Owens of Chiodos and Stephen Egerton of Descendents) - Poison
10. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" - The Clash
11. "Linda Linda" - The Blue Hearts
12. "Somebody to Love" (featuring Ethan Luck of Relient K and Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer) - Queen

So as you can see, Mxpx have taken some classic mainstream songs as well as some more punk songs, throw in the essential Clash cover and you've got a great punk cover album. This blows away anything on the Punk Goes series on Fearless.

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