Eric Idle Sings Monty Python: Live In Concert Soundtrack CD

This could just as easily be called "More Songs About Lumberjacks and Spam." If you like Monty Python, you'll love it; if you don't, you'll hate it. Original Python member Eric Idle recently performed at the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, and here's the result. It's a best-of packed with songs, poems, and arcana from the 30-plus years of Monty Python, with amusing Idle banter between songs. Idle's droll voice isn't bad for a comedian, and with his chorus of background singers, it fits the silly tone of the songs well. ~ Mark Morgenstein

Recorded in Los Angeles on July 4, 1999. Includes liner notes by E. Hambone.

Personnel: Eric Idle (vocals, guitar); Danny Ferrington (guitar, violin); Tom Scott (saxophone); John Du Prez (keyboards); Johnny Friday (drums); Samantha Harris, Lynne Scott, Terry Wood, Catte Adams (background vocals).

Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (07/04/1999).

Personnel: Eric Idle (vocals, guitar); Danny Ferrington (guitar, violin); Tom Scott (saxophone); John Du Prez (keyboards); Tim Landers (bass); Johnny Friday (drums); Catte Adams, Peter Crabbe, Samantha Harris, Lynne Scott, Terri Wood (background vocals).