Post-Apocalypto

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Post-Apocalypto
Tenacious D Post Apocalypto Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Tenacious D
ReleasedNovember 2, 2018 (2018-11-02)
Genre
Length30:38
Label Columbia
Producer John Spiker
Tenacious D chronology
Tenacious D Live
(2015)		Post-Apocalypto
(2018)

Post-Apocalypto is the fourth studio album by American rock band Tenacious D. Produced by bassist John Spiker, it was released in North America on November 2, 2018, by Columbia Records. In addition to core members Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the album also marks the return of John Konesky (electric guitar), Spiker (bass) and Dave Grohl (drums), who have all performed on previous Tenacious D albums. The album features songs and audio snippets from Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto , the band's YouTube series to support the album.

Contents

Background

In June 2012, when asked about a sequel to Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Black stated that the band had "found a loophole with the internet and animated shorts. That's the world we're looking to dive into, and not just for money, mainly for art." [1] The band would mention later on in that year that they may make an Internet series "exclusive to YouTube" [2] The project was a fantasy for Black and Gass for a few years, until the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign inspired them to write a post-apocalyptic pilot episode in 2016. The remaining episodes would be completed between 2017 and 2018. [3]

Release and promotion

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound C− [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The band filmed a teaser for their Facebook page of them in the studio in May 2016. [8] In December 2017, whilst on Kerrang Radio promoting Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle , Black stated that the title of a new animated series would be called Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto. [9]

In May 2018, the band entered and left the stage of Hell & Heaven Metal Fest in Mexico City to recordings of "Post-Apocalypto Theme" and "Post-Apocalypto Theme (Reprise)" - this being the world reveal of these tracks. [10] A few days later, the band uploaded a tour trailer to their website and social media, also teasing a new album. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jack Black and Kyle Gass

No.TitleLength
1."Post-Apocalypto Theme"0:37
2."Desolation"1:17
3."Hope"1:59
4."Cave Women"1:26
5."Making Love"2:56
6."Scientists"1:17
7."Take Us Into Space"1:56
8."I've Got to Go"1:50
9."Fuck Yo-Yo Ma"1:34
10."Reunion/Not So Fast"1:08
11."Daddy Ding Dong"1:45
12."Chainsaw Bazooka Machine Gun"1:00
13."Robot"2:26
14."March"1:23
15."Turd Whistle"0:39
16."Colors"2:20
17."Who's Your Daddy?"0:48
18."JB Jr Rap"1:31
19."Woman Time"1:23
20."Save the World"0:44
21."Post-Apocalypto Theme (Reprise)"0:39
Total length:30:38

Personnel

Official members

Additional members

Orchestra

Technical

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 59
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 101
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 30
Scottish Albums (OCC) [17] 34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 21
UK Albums (OCC) [19] 47
US Billboard 200 [20] 93

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