Apocalypshit

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Apocalypshit
Apocalypshit cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
Length51:42
Label Surco
Producer Mario Caldato Jr.
Molotov chronology
Molomix
(1998)
Apocalypshit
(1999)
Dance and Dense Denso
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Apocalypshit is the second studio album by the Mexican band Molotov produced by Mario Caldato, Jr. The album was released in September 1999 on Surco Records. Apocalypshit was the first Molotov album to be released in the US.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No Manches Mi Vida"Miguel Ángel Huidobro Preciado3:30
2."Karmara"Ismael Fuentes de Garay3:44
3."Polkas Palabras"Juan Francisco Ayala Gonzalez3:23
4."Step Off"Randall Ebright3:23
5."Apocalypshit"Huidobro4:07
6."Ñero"Ayala3:28
7."Kuleka's Choice"Fuentes4:16
8."Rastaman-Dita"Huidobro3:48
9."Parásito"Ayala3:37
10."Undertow"Ebright3:28
11."Exorsimio"Huidobro3:55
12."Let It Roll"Ebright3:53
13."El Mundo"
  • Gilberto Gutierrez
  • Fuentes
7:10
Total length:51:42

In 2001, the song "Polkas Palabras" was used as a soundtrack for the motion picture The Fast and the Furious , when Brian breaks into Hector's garage, while he is having a party.

In 2005 songs by Molotov were used in the Eidos video game Total Overdose .

In 2008, the song "Apocalypshit" was used in the pilot of Breaking Bad , "Pilot", during the final scene where Walt and Jesse escape from the cook site in the desert.

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON) [2] Platinum150,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [3] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Bush, John. Apocalypshit at AllMusic
  2. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved 7 February 2019.Type Molotv in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Apocalypshit in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  3. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 948. ISBN   8480486392.