The Tempest (album)

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Insane Clown Posse chronology
The Tempest

Studio album by Insane Clown Posse
Released	March 20, 2007
Genre	Horrorcore, Rap
Length	59:36
Label	Psychopathic Records
The Wraith: Remix Albums (2006)	The Tempest (2007)	The Eye of the Storm (2007)

The Tempest is an album by the horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse. It was preceded by The Calm and will be followed later in 2007 by The Eye of the Storm. According to the opening track on The Calm, the titular Tempest is an incredibly destructive storm that will lay waste to the world, however the second track on the album - Ride the Tempest - have confirmed that The Tempest is in fact a roller coaster. ICP said that, since the Joker's Card Saga has ended, they want to take the group in a new direction. Therefore, they said, the album would be completely different from anything that they had done previously. Very little else was known about the album at that time except that it would be produced by ICP's former producer Mike E. Clark. Clark parted ways with the group in 2000, and his return proved tremendously exciting for their fan base.

The release date was originally listed simply as "2006". The first "official" release date, September 19, 2006, was revealed in the liner notes of Shaggy 2 Dope's solo album, Fuck the Fuck Off. On August 31, 2006 Insane Clown Posse released news that The Tempest will be delayed "a couple of months." On ICP's most recent visit to The Howard Stern Show, Violent J stated that an album would be coming out in Feburary, which was presumed to be The Tempest. Violent J later stated that he had miscalculated the release date, and ICP announced on their website that The Tempest would be released on March 20, 2007.

On February 23 2007 ICP posted downloads for a the first single off of the album ("I Do This") and the album's sampler on their website. The sampler included segments from Haunted Bumps, The Party, and I Do This. On March 16, shortly before its American release date, the album leaked on the internet.

Included with the album was an insert announcing their next album, The Eye of the Storm. The album also came with a patch and a poster featuring a large image showing much of The Tempest's track. On the backside of the poster is a track list featuring the lyrics to all 16 songs on the album.

The Tempest debuted at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 33,000 copies in its first week.^[1]