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IN 3-D was the second album by novelty king Weird Al Yankovic, and the one that helped establish his claim to the throne. His send-up of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was a hit, subverting the tune by turning it into "Eat It," a paean to stuffing one's face. His takes on Greg Kihn's "Jeopardy" ("I Lost on Jeopardy") and Survivor's "The Eye of the Tiger" ("Theme from Rocky XIII") are equally tickling. Given that these are parodies of songs popular in the early '80s, the effect is diluted decades later, but there's still some allure for those with an inner 11-year-old.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Don Pardo; Mike Kieffer.
Personnel includes: "Weird Al" Yankovic (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Don Pardo (vocals); Rick Derringer (guitar, mandolin); Steve Jay (guitar, banjo, bass, talking drums); Jim West (guitar); Jim Self (tuba); Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums, percussion); Joel Miller (bongos).
Personnel: Weird Al Yankovic (vocals, accordion, piano, synthesizer); Robert Tebow (bass voice); Rick Derringer (guitar, mandolin); Jimmy West (guitar); Steve Jay (banjo, bass guitar, drums); Joel Peskin (clarinet); Jimmy "Z" Zavala (saxophone); Warren Luening (trumpet); Jim Self (tuba); Pat Regan (piano, synthesizer); Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums, percussion); Joe Miller (bongos); Andrea Robinson, Petsye Powell, Lisa Popiel (background vocals).
In 3-D Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $0.40) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Spoken, Comedy, Box Sets | | Label | Volcano 3 | | Orig Year | 1984 | | All Time Sales Rank |  20018  | | CD Universe Part number | 1010793 | | Catalog number | 32004 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 12, 1991 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Rick Derringer | | Recording Time | 44 minutes | | Personnel | Warren Luening - trumpet
Joel Peskin - clarinet
Steve Jay - guitar, banjo, bass, talking drums
Jimmy "Z" Zavala - saxophone
Jim West - guitar
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - drums, percussion
Pat Regan - piano, synthesizer
Robert Tebow - bass voice
Andrea Robinson
Jimmy West - guitar
Petsye Powell
Lisa Popiel - background vocals
Also: Rick Derringer, Jim Self, Lisa Popeil, Joel Miller, Don Pardo |
Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D Songs In 3-D Music Review Average Rating: (2 out of 5 stars)   "Weird Al"'s first major breakthrough
Listening to Weird Al Yankovics’ albums makes me really laugh whenever I listen to them. I first got his Greatest Hits albums before I went on for his other recordings. Like many, Weird Al caught my attension upon the release of this one back in '84 (man, i's just a little brat..er, 'kid' then). I never had this album until I happen to find a copy of this on vinyl at a thrift shop – and it’s in this album where I found out Weird Al actually has his own originals (not a parody of certain songs that is). This one is among Weird Al’s best works. Yankovic is brilliant to find some ground of topics for his materials: the Tabloids (“Midnight Star”), consumerism (“King of Suede”, “Theme from Rocky…”, “Buy me a Condo”), and the domestic 80’s lifestyle which likely hadn’t spared any of us who lived through those days (“Brady Bunch”, “Eat It”, “Nature Trail To Hell”). And other than being funny-- hell! they made sense. Say, if any of you who may be reading this know s about the backward message on the last trk btw - pls tell me all about it (don’t wanna scratch me vinylLP copy (short people need not apply))Thanx. ---chris banez lim
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Purchase In 3-D CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Weird Al Yankovic CD (1983)
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Like an X-ray of a dinosaur egg, this debut Weird Al Yankovic production provides a detailed glimpse of the creature to be grown. "Another One Rides the Bus" is the earliest of his arena rock parodies, recorded in 1980 during an on-air appearance on the Dr. Demento show and a classic piece of musical humor. Already he had developed his knack of knocking the wind out of any pretentious, overblown rock anthem by slightly adjusting the lyrical content. Once one of these songs was describing the boring, mundane activities of the non-rock star, it was if a new life were born within the song. "My Bologna" demonstrated the concept as applied to the fine art of making the stupid much stupider. A later album title by this artist would be Dare to Be Stupid, and if the Knack's "My Sharona" had to be sacrificed ...
| | Weird Al Yankovic Dare To Be Stupid CD (1985)
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Dare to Be Stupid begins with what is perhaps Weird Al Yankovic's best parody ever, the brilliant and cutting "Like a Surgeon." Turning the tacky Madonna hit inside out and upside down, Yankovic comes up with a hilarious satire of the medical profession. Although the implications were probably missed by the none too bright Madonna, and may not have even been intentional on the part of Yankovic, it was a rich idea to use his parody to ridicule a serious subject rather than just take another poke at junk food or game shows. The record's title track follows, and it is the best of Yankovic's original songs that had been recorded so far. Any song that begins with a request to put down your chain saw can't be all bad. One of the best tracks is the amazing medley "Hooked on Polkas" ...
| | Weird Al Yankovic Even Worse CD (1988)
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Trust Weird Al Yankovic to name an album "Even Worse" even as his recordings were getting better again. After a bit of a slump, he rebounded in 1988 by making fun of the same old guy again, Michael Jackson. Video played a big part in the success of "I'm Fat," based on "I'm Bad." In fact, one could say it was a whole new ball game for parody artists if they were expected to provide a video with state-of-the-art special effects such as the fat suit Yankovic had designed for himself, which probably cost more than the entire budget of a Homer and Jethro album. There was also a change in the relationship between Yankovic the satirist and his target, Jackson, as the latter star's hold on his audience was beginning to wear thin by the late '80s. The arrogance of "I'm Bad" was perfectly trumped by Yankovic's musical pile of lard, the appeal ...
| | Weird Al Yankovic Off The Deep End CD (1992)
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Includes parodies of Nirvana, Hammer, Gerardo, New Kids On The Block, Milli Vanilli and others.
Following his exposure in the mid-'80s, Weird Al Yankovic's career stumbled with the poor-selling Polka Party in 1986 and his feature film UHF that tanked in 1989. Clearly, many people had grown tired of Yankovic's presence, just as they'd grown tired of the artists he was satirizing. Thus his chance for a comeback came ...
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