Saturday Morning Apocalypse

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Saturday Morning Apocalypse
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010 [1]
Recorded2009–2010
Genre Power metal, speed metal, video game music
Length45:34
Label E1 Music [1]
Producer Powerglove
Powerglove chronology
Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man
(2007)
Saturday Morning Apocalypse
(2010)
TV Game Metal
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Saturday Morning Apocalypse [1] [3] is the second studio album by the metal/power metal band Powerglove, released on September 28, 2010, by E1 Music. [1] It strays from Powerglove's usual brand of video game metal, and instead centers around TV, cartoon and movie themes that the band grew up with. [1] [3] This is the band's first release on E1 Music. [1] A music video for "Batman" was released on July 28, 2011.

Contents

Track listing

All songs arranged and remixed by Powerglove.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."X-Men" ( X-Men ) Haim Saban, Shuki Levy 3:39
2."Gotta Catch Em All" ( Pokémon )John Siegler, John Loeffler 3:35
3."The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest" ( The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest )Gary Lionelli, William Hanna, Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera 3:20
4."This Is Halloween" ( The Nightmare Before Christmas ) Danny Elfman 3:53
5."Batman" ( Batman )Danny Elfman5:27
6."Transformers" ( The Transformers: The Movie )Anne Bryant, Ford Kinder5:07
7."Inspector Gadget" ( Inspector Gadget )L. Perry, S. Lincoln4:45
8."Heffalumps and Woozles (Winnie the Pooh)" ( Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ) Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman 4:27
9."The Simpsons" ( The Simpsons ; feat. Tony Kakko)Danny Elfman3:32
10."The Flintstones" ( The Flintstones )William Hanna, Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera4:12
11." Gotta Catch Em All " (Pokémon; feat. Tony Kakko)John Siegler, John Loeffler3:37

A cover of "Under the Sea" from Disney's The Little Mermaid was planned to be included, but Disney denied the band rights to release the song. [4] It was later included on 2018 album Continue? with Marc Hudson of DragonForce. Additionally, the band had wanted to release covers of the theme-songs to the following television series, but were not able to: Captain Planet and the Planeteers [5] ThunderCats , [5] and Tiny Toon Adventures [5]

Personnel

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