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Following the genuinely inspired Off the Deep End, Alapalooza is a disappointing hodgepodge of weak originals and lame parodies, only slightly redeemed by the accurate satires of The Red Hot Chili Peppers ("The Bedrock Song") and Aerosmith ("Livin' in the Fridge"). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
One can tell just by listening to Alapalooza that Weird Al Yankovic was having a hard time writing clever material to coincide with the current musical trends. The album's title is indeed appropriate -- the musical content varies from track to track. Many of the parodies on the album, such as "Jurassic Park" and "Achy Breaky Song," must have been meant to be on an earlier album meant to satirize the real songs when they were on top of the charts, but somehow were never released until now. With that in mind, only the poor timing keeps Alapalooza from being such a blast, as the entire album sounds sloppy and mostly like a compilation of old B-sides. ~ Barry Weber
All songwriting proceeds from "Achy Breaky Song" will be donated to the United Cerebral Palsy Association.
Personnel: Weird Al Yankovic (vocals, keyboards, accordion); Jim West (guitar, banjo, mandolin, background vocals); Joel Peskin (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Warren Luening (trumpet); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Ruben Valtierra (keyboards); Brad Buxer (keyboards, programming); Steve Jay (bass, background vocals); Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums, percussion); Julia Waters, Maxine Waters (background vocals); Sandy Berman (dinosaur sound effects).
Alapalooza Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $0.40) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Spoken CDs, Comedy | | Label | Volcano 3 | | Orig Year | 1993 | | All Time Sales Rank |  25340  | | CD Universe Part number | 1010825 | | Catalog number | 32020 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 05, 1993 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Weird Al Yankovic | | Engineer | Tony Papa | | Recording Time | 44 minutes | | Personnel | Julia Waters
Maxine Waters - background vocals
Warren Luening - trumpet
Brad Buxer - keyboards, programming
Joel Peskin - clarinet, baritone saxophone
Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - drums, percussion
Thomas "Snake" Johnson - tuba
Jim West - guitar, banjo, mandolin, background vocals
Ruben Valtierra - keyboards
Sandy Berman - dinosaur sound effects
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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 at his creative altar for this to be understood, so be it. Once parodied by Yankovic, a song can never be thought of in the same way again. "I Love Rocky Road" brilliantly trivializes both rock & roll and the idea of singing about loving it. If one is going to sing about loving ...
| | Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D CD (1984)
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IN 3-D was the second album by novelty king Weird Al Yankovic, and the one that helped establish his ...
| | 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" that concludes the album. Yankovic goes for broke here, his slick band barely keeping up with him as he drags all manner of hit parade schlock through the harmonic wringer washer known as the accordion. It's a hell of a trip, including references to Z.Z. Top as well as disco and punk rock, and ...
| | 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 of the video's visuals clearly not the only ace in the hole. Near the end of the tune, Yankovic gets into a mockery of Jackson's vocal style that is both sublime and ridiculous. This is just the beginning of an album that gets richer as it gets along, with the maestro obviously ...
| | 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 in 1992, when Nirvana stormed the scene with "Smells Like Teen Sprit," a song that turned the music world upside down and ended the careers of many of the artists Yankovic had once used to heighten his success. Not too surprisingly, "Smells Like Nirvana" was the first single off of Off the Deep End, Yankovic's first album in three years. ...
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