Charge!!
Studio album by The Aquabats!
Released	June 7, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	New Wave/Punk/Ska/Rock
Length	38:32
Label	Nitro Records
Producer(s)	Cameron Webb
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Aquabats! chronology
Yo, Check Out This Ride (2004)	Charge!! (2005)
Alternate cover
Special One-Year Anniversary Edition cover

Charge!! is the fifth album by The Aquabats!. The album marks the band's debut on Nitro Records, and was followed by their first national tour in several years. The album is very similar in sound to the previous year's EP Yo, Check Out This Ride!. Thematically, it continues the band's satire of the music "scene," from the beginning with the song "Fashion Zombies!", which lampoons the Emo subculture. Another major theme explored on the album, as on many of their other albums, is the pressure and awkwardness of adolescence. "Nerd Alert!" is an affirmation and rallying cry for nerds and outcasts, while "Hot Summer Nights (Won't Last Forever)!" is a ballad sung from the perspective of someone who doesn't realize that the girl he's dating never wants to speak to him again. Though the crew has thinned out since the band's last full length, the superhero and fantasy elements are still present. "Mechanical Ape!", "Stuck in a Movie!", and "Tiger Rider vs. the Time Sprinkler" are examples of the silly subjects the band has become known for. The album finishes with "Awesome Forces!" a superhero anthem reminiscent of "Super Rad" or "Theme Song" from The Fury... Image File history File links The cover of Charge!! by the Aquabats, from Amazon. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... The Aquabats! are a band from Southern California known for their humorous lyrics and outrageous live shows, during which the band is often attacked by supervillains onstage. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Ska is a type of Jamaican music combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American jazz and rhythm and blues sound. ... Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Official logo of Nitro Records. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... The Aquabats! are a band from Southern California known for their humorous lyrics and outrageous live shows, during which the band is often attacked by supervillains onstage. ... Yo, Check Out This Ride is an Extended Play CD released by the Aquabats in 2004. ... Image File history File linksMetadata The_Aquabats_-_Charge_Special_Edition. ... The Aquabats! are a band from Southern California known for their humorous lyrics and outrageous live shows, during which the band is often attacked by supervillains onstage. ... Yo, Check Out This Ride is an Extended Play CD released by the Aquabats in 2004. ... Look up emo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... American high school students Adolescence (Latin adolescentia, from adolescere, to grow up) is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific, manhood or womanhood). ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... The Fury of the Aquabats! is The Aquabats second album. ...

Sonically, the band has lost nearly all of the horn sounds from earlier albums. Virtually all of the songs are backed by an electronic melody, and the album is overall the "rock-iest" one in their catalog. The album is still stylistically diverse, with "Waterslides!," showing The Aquabats! ska influence. Ska is a type of Jamaican music combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American jazz and rhythm and blues sound. ...

The album was released to a very positive reaction from fans. The first song, "Fashion Zombies!" had been released two months earlier for download on the band's website. Copies also appeared on file-trading networks about a month prior to the official release, much to the band's dismay. Some copies of the album were released without the promised trading cards. It is unclear whether this was a packaging error or whether the cards were only for certain markets. A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card which is intended for trading and collecting. ...

Charge!! (Special One-Year Anniversary Edition)

In June 2006, a one-year anniversary edition of Charge!! was released. This CD/DVD re-release includes three previously unreleased tracks recorded during the Charge!! recording sessions. The bonus DVD features the "Fashion Zombies!" music video and "What About Charge?!?," a 45-minute documentary about the album, as well as other content. The album's new cover art was painted by artist Brandon Bird. Brandon Bird is an artist. ...

Track listing

(All songs by The Aquabats!; an asterisk indicates the song is only on the One Year Anniversary Special Edition)

1. Now, Stand Back for Your Own Safety! – 0:06
2. Fashion Zombies! – 3:16
3. Stuck in a Movie! – 2:48
4. Tiger Rider vs. the Time Sprinkler! – 2:25
5. Nerd Alert! (3:36, ID3 tags say – 3:14)
6. Plastic Lips! – 2:42
7. Look at Me (I'm a Winner)! – 3:35
8. Hot Summer Nights (Won't Last Forever)! – 3:49
9. Meltdown! – 3:38
10. Mechanical Ape! – 3:06
11. Demolition Rickshaw! – 3:14
12. Waterslides! – 3:48
13. Awesome Forces! – 2:51
14. Cheeseburger Politics!* – 2:45
15. Video Nite!* – 2:56
16. Hi-Five City!* – 2:48

Personnel

(As listed in the liner notes)

• The MC Bat Commander - Vocals
• Crash McLarson - Bass, Vocals
• Chainsaw, The Prince of Karate - Guitar
• Jimmy The Robot - Keyboards, Vocals
• Ricky Fitness - Drums, Percussion, Sequencing, Vocals