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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: YANKOVIC,WEIRD AL
EAN: 0828768995129
Format: DualDisc
Label: Volcano
Manufacturer: Volcano
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Volcano
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Sales Rank: 1058
Studio: Volcano
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Media Type: CD
Artist: YANKOVIC,WEIRD AL
Title: STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD
Street Release Date: 09/26/2006
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Genre: COMEDY
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All hail the return of novelty music's reigning king! Straight Outta Lynwood easily bests 2003's Poodle Hat and shows that Yankovic does know what he does best. Part of the secret to Weird Al's success is that he's never been very weird at all, and very rarely are his satires in any way "biting"--or even satires, really. The 11-minute parody of R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" is funny at least for the first listen, but it's hard to ridicule something so largely ridiculous in the first place (plus Jimmy Kimmel totally got the jump on him). The best thing Mr. Yankovic has always done is to take some decent pop tune, change a word or phrase, invent an entirely new premise for the tune, and make an inspired video to go along with it. He does that several times here; Green Day's "American Idiot" becomes the hockey-obsessed "Canadian Idiot," and "White & Nerdy" is a truly inspired take on Chamillionaire's "Ridin'." That song is breakneck-paced and so funny it's a disservice to quote from it at all. "Polkarama!" is a return to W.A.'s novelty roots: a handful of mildly dated hit songs (50 Cent to Modest Mouse!) delivered in straight-ahead, sped-up polka style. It's toe-tapping and sweet. Hopefully we'll not have to wait three years for another Weird Al record. --Mike McGonigal
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There are a couple songs that may take some time to win you over (I'm thinking of "Pancreas" and "Weasel Stomping Day" in particular) but even so, this is a fairly solid album from the paragon of parody. It's not the instant classic that some of his other albums were (such as "Even Worse" or "Off the Deep End") but it does eventually work its way under your skin. You'll find yourself humming sections of "Trapped In The Drive-Thru" while you're waiting "at the pay window, ... or whatever you call ... Read More
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This latest CD shows Weird Al still can make you laugh. Although Weasel Stomping Day is just a bit sick - more along the lines of Dr. Demento, many other songs are pretty family friendly.
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Weird Al has struck again. Though he has some good songs on here, the album is all over the place, some good, some not so good, and some just awful and beg for the >> button to be pushed. It is harder and harder to enjoy Weird Al's parodies when you do not even know the original song he is paroding. Not his fault, but since music has sucked from the early 90's on, the parodies are less funny now as when he was destroying Michael Jackson and Madonna back in the 80's. I realize Weird Al has to stay ... Read More
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This is by far Weird Al's funniest and truly best smelling album, second only to the book "Instru-Mental" from the Adventures With Boys book series!
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THose of us who didn't grow up with the wackiness that is weird al now have no excuse as to why he rules, the man is a genius plain and simple. In today's time where in order to be funny you have to use a lot of dirty words Al can be funny without the use of such salty talk. Don't get me wrong, i do enjoy a good swear from time to time but I do like to enjoy funny words that I can use in everyday language. Al is great at what he does and others learn from him, the songs of "white and nerdy" are ... Read More
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