The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One

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The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One
AquabatsSuperShowOST1.jpg
Soundtrack album by
The Aquabats
ReleasedMarch 19, 2019 (Kickstarter advance)
June 7, 2019
Genre Rock, pop rock, soundtrack
Length47:59 [1]
Label Gloopy Records [2]
Producer Cameron Webb
The Aquabats chronology
Hi-Five Soup!
(2011)		The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One
(2019)		The Fury Of The Aquabats! Live At The Fonda!
(2020)
Singles from The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One
  1. "COBRAMAN THEME! / BURGER RAIN!"
    Released: April 26, 2019 [3]
  2. "FEEL MY STEEL!"
    Released: 2019 [4]

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.

Contents

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

The 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

No.TitleWriter(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  2:47
4."Showtime!" (from "Showtime!")R. Falomir, C. JacobsThe 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 DevilliersArchie Thompson2:49
7."ManAnt! Fight!" (from "ManAnt!")W. Fitzgerald, The AquabatsInstrumental2:19
8."Burger Rain!" (from "ManAnt!")M. Gorney, C. JacobsThe Aquabats (MC Bat Commander)3:29
9."Beat Fishin'!" (from "Ladyfingers!")M. Gorney, C. JacobsMatt Gorney, Gina Matthews3:37
10."Space Bees!" (from "Mysterious Egg!")M. GorneyMatt Basson0:28
11."Guy Stuff!" (from "Laundry Day!")M. GorneyMatt Gorney0:41
12."The Aquabats! Will Be Right Back!"The AquabatsThe Aquabats0:06
13."Tiny Burgers!" (from "Ladyfingers!")M. Gorney 0:08
14."And Now...!"The AquabatsThe Aquabats0:06
15."We Got This!" (from "Uberchaun!") Ian Fowles, C. JacobsThe Aquabats (MC Bat Commander)1:52
16."I Summon the Dude Theme!"R. Falomir, James Briggs Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk1:22
17."Personal Property!" (from "Haunted Battletram!")M. GorneyMatt Chapman0:35
18."Don't Break My Heart!" (from "Night of the Cactus!")R. Falomir, C. Webb, C. JacobsMatt Gorney2:04
19."The Good Life!" (from "Laundry Day!")W. FitzgeraldThe Aquabats (MC Bat Commander)1:33
20."Bye Bye, (The World Pass Us By)!" (from "Pilgrim Boy!")M. GorneyTanner Glazier1:23
21."Summertime!"M. GorneyMatt Gorney1:19
22."Baby Baby!" (from "Mysterious Egg!")M. Gorney, R. Falomir, M. ChapmanRicky Fitness, Matt Chapman, Matt Gorney2:38
23."B.R.O.!" (from "EagleClaw!")M. GorneyMatt Basson2:18
24."Robot Dreams!" (from "Mysterious Egg!")W. FitzgeraldJimmy the Robot1:52
25."Lady in the Corner!" (from "Ladyfingers!")C. LarsonRicky Fitness1:55
26."Winging It!" (from "Cowboy Android!")W. Fitzgerald, The AquabatsThe Aquabats (MC Bat Commander)1:22
27."We Don't Stop!" (from "ManAnt!")R. Falomir, C. JacobsThe Aquabats (MC Bat Commander)1:50

Personnel

The Aquabats
Production

Charts

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]

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