The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One is a soundtrack album for the first season of the American television series The Aquabats! Super Show!, consisting primarily of songs performed by the series' eponymous rock band, The Aquabats.
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| Released | March 19, 2019 (Kickstarter advance) June 7, 2019 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop rock, soundtrack | |||
| Length | 47:59[1] | |||
| Label | Gloopy Records[2] | |||
| Producer | Cameron Webb | |||
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First released digitally for backers of the band's successful 2018 Kickstarter campaign alongside the live album The Fury of The Aquabats! Live at The Fonda! in March 2019, The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One was released independently on June 7, 2019, where it debuted at 165 on the Billboard 200 and topped the magazine's Top Heatseekers chart.[5][6]
Production history and release
editThe first season of The Aquabats! Super Show! premiered on March 3, 2012 on the American family-oriented cable channel The Hub. The series, which revolves around the comic exploits of a fictionalized version of the real-life California rock band, typically featured one to two original songs per episode performed by The Aquabats or their individual member(s), though much of Super Show!'s music was written by series composer Matt Gorney and/or series music supervisor Warren Fitzgerald in collaboration with the members of the band.
While the songs performed on the show were shortened to around a minute to account for each episode's brief 22-minute runtime, each were written and recorded as full-length songs with the intention of releasing a soundtrack album as well as for future live performances.[7] Aquabats lead singer Christian Jacobs expressed plans to release the series' full-length songs on a soundtrack album shortly after the series premiere in 2012, though such plans ultimately never came to fruition within their expected timeframe; Jacobs nonetheless consistently confirmed eventual plans to release a soundtrack, even past the series' cancellation in 2014.[8] It wasn't until July 2017, however, that The Aquabats would first release the full-length recordings of the season one songs "Burger Rain!" and "Beat Fishin'!" as a 7" single, initially as part of an exclusive tour package and later through their own merchandise retailers.
In late 2018, as The Aquabats were promoting their Bring Back The Aquabats! Kickstarter campaign which successfully met its $100,000 goal within minutes, enabling the band to independently produce and release new music and episodes of Super Show! among other things, Jacobs revealed that the season one soundtrack would be one of the first projects to be realized, that the album had been recorded for years but the band "hadn't had all the rights tied up until now".[9][10]
On March 19, 2019, digital copies of The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One and The Fury of The Aquabats! Live at The Fonda! were e-mailed to backers of the campaign. Preceded by the release of "Cobraman Theme!" and "Burger Rain!" as a digital single on April 26, the soundtrack was given a national release on CD and vinyl through The Aquabats' self-operated label Gloopy Records on June 7, 2019.[11][1][2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured performer(s)/lead vocalist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Super Show Theme Song!" | Warren Fitzgerald, The Aquabats | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 1:02 |
| 2. | "Doing Science!" (from "Night of the Cactus!") | Chad Larson, Ian Fowles, Christian Jacobs | The Aquabats (Jimmy the Robot, EagleBones FalconHawk, Ricky Fitness) | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Cobraman Theme!" (from "Cobraman!") | Cameron Webb, C. Jacobs, Matt Gorney, Richard Falomir | Matt Gorney | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Showtime!" (from "Showtime!") | R. Falomir, C. Jacobs | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 2:22 |
| 5. | "Feel My Steel!" (from "Floating Eye of Death!") | C. Jacobs, R. Falomir, Matt Chapman | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 3:12 |
| 6. | "Cowboy Android Theme!" (from "Cowboy Android!") | M. Gorney, Jason Devilliers | Archie Thompson | 2:49 |
| 7. | "ManAnt! Fight!" (from "ManAnt!") | W. Fitzgerald, The Aquabats | Instrumental | 2:19 |
| 8. | "Burger Rain!" (from "ManAnt!") | M. Gorney, C. Jacobs | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Beat Fishin'!" (from "Ladyfingers!") | M. Gorney, C. Jacobs | Matt Gorney, Gina Matthews | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Space Bees!" (from "Mysterious Egg!") | M. Gorney | Matt Basson | 0:28 |
| 11. | "Guy Stuff!" (from "Laundry Day!") | M. Gorney | Matt Gorney | 0:41 |
| 12. | "The Aquabats! Will Be Right Back!" | The Aquabats | The Aquabats | 0:06 |
| 13. | "Tiny Burgers!" (from "Ladyfingers!") | M. Gorney | 0:08 | |
| 14. | "And Now...!" | The Aquabats | The Aquabats | 0:06 |
| 15. | "We Got This!" (from "Uberchaun!") | Ian Fowles, C. Jacobs | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 1:52 |
| 16. | "I Summon the Dude Theme!" | R. Falomir, James Briggs | Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk | 1:22 |
| 17. | "Personal Property!" (from "Haunted Battletram!") | M. Gorney | Matt Chapman | 0:35 |
| 18. | "Don't Break My Heart!" (from "Night of the Cactus!") | R. Falomir, C. Webb, C. Jacobs | Matt Gorney | 2:04 |
| 19. | "The Good Life!" (from "Laundry Day!") | W. Fitzgerald | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 1:33 |
| 20. | "Bye Bye, (The World Pass Us By)!" (from "Pilgrim Boy!") | M. Gorney | Tanner Glazier | 1:23 |
| 21. | "Summertime!" (from "Uberchaun!") | M. Gorney | Matt Gorney | 1:19 |
| 22. | "Baby Baby!" (from "Mysterious Egg!") | M. Gorney, R. Falomir, M. Chapman | Ricky Fitness, Matt Chapman, Matt Gorney | 2:38 |
| 23. | "B.R.O.!" (from "EagleClaw!") | M. Gorney | Matt Basson | 2:18 |
| 24. | "Robot Dreams!" (from "Mysterious Egg!") | W. Fitzgerald | Jimmy the Robot | 1:52 |
| 25. | "Lady in the Corner!" (from "Ladyfingers!") | C. Larson | Ricky Fitness | 1:55 |
| 26. | "Winging It!" (from "Cowboy Android!") | W. Fitzgerald, The Aquabats | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 1:22 |
| 27. | "We Don't Stop!" (from "ManAnt!") | R. Falomir, C. Jacobs | The Aquabats (MC Bat Commander) | 1:50 |
Personnel
edit- The Aquabats
- MC Bat Commander (Christian Jacobs) - lead and backing vocals
- Crash McLarson (Chad Larson) - bass guitar, vocals
- Jimmy the Robot (James Briggs) - keyboards, vocals
- Ricky Fitness (Richard Falomir) - drums, vocals
- EagleBones FalconHawk (Ian Fowles) - guitar, vocals
- Production
- Produced and mixed by Cameron Webb
- Engineered by Matthew Gorney, Cameron Webb, Richard Falomir and Ian Fowles
- Recorded at Maple Studios in Santa Ana, California ("...for the most part")
- Design and layout by Parker Jacobs
- Photography by Joel Fox and Ben Clark
Charts
edit| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| The Billboard 200 | 165[5] |
| Billboard Heatseekers | 1[6] |
| Billboard Vinyl Albums | 1[12] |
| Billboard Independent Albums | 3[13] |
| Billboard Top Internet Albums | 5[14] |
| Billboard Soundtracks | 10[15] |
| Billboard Alternative Albums | 13[16] |
| Billboard Top Rock Albums | 32[17] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Super Show! Vol. 1 [Original Television Soundtrack]". Allmusic.
- ^ a b "Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One". Discogs.
- ^ "Cobraman Theme! / Burger Rain!". Spotify. 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Feel My Steel!". Spotify. 15 May 2019.
- ^ a b "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard.
- ^ a b "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Top Heatseekers". Billboard.
- ^ "The Geekly Interview: Christian Jacobs – The MC Bat Commander Himself – Talks 'The Aquabats! Super Show!'". Entertainment Geekly. March 28, 2012.
- ^ Nguyen, John (April 3, 2012). "NR Interview: The Aquabats' Christian Jacobs, AKA The MC Bat Commander". Nerd Reactor. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ Papadatos, Markos (September 26, 2018). "Christian Jacobs, MC Bat Commander, opens up about The Aquabats". Digital Journal.
- ^ Cohen, Sari (August 14, 2018). "Interview: The Aquabats are gathering a Legion of Righteous Comrades and want you to be a part of it". AXS.
- ^ "COBRAMAN THEME!". Spotify. 26 April 2019.
- ^ "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Vinyl Albums". Billboard.
- ^ "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard.
- ^ "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Internet Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019.
- ^ "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Soundtracks". Billboard.
- ^ "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Alternative Albums". Billboard.
- ^ "The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One Chart History - Top Rock Albums". Billboard.