Album
Even Worse
1988 · Rock
15 collectors on Gatefold own this
Even Worse is a Spoken Word album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 48 pressings tracked, owned by 15 collectors.
About
By 1988 Weird Al Yankovic must have known that he really had something back in 1984 when lampooning Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” with the wonderfully juvenile “Eat It.” <i>Even Worse</i> runs with that gag all the way to the album’s title and cover art, which culminated in the hilarious single and video, “Fat,” a rip on Jackson’s “Bad.” Returning to the roasting of Jackson via references to food and (this time around) morbid obesity, the brilliance of the parody is in the continuation to poke fun at Jackson’s over-posed arrogance; in “Beat It” Jackson played the harbinger of street violence and in “Bad” he attempted to personify it. But <i>Even Worse</i> is much more than just another Jackson ribbing. With his take on Tiffany’s cover of Tommy James & The Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now,” Yankovic reveals the lighter side of science fiction movies in pure <i>Mad</i> magazine fashion with “I Think I’m a Clone Now.” Coincidentally Tommy James takes another one for the team when Yankovic turns Billy Idol’s rendition of “Mony Mony” into the divorcee’s lament “Alimony.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Fat3:36
- A2Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White5:00
- A3(This Song's Just) Six Words Long3:35
- A4You Make Me3:04
- A5I Think I'm A Clone Now3:17
Side B
- B1Lasagna2:45
- B2Melanie3:57
- B3Alimony3:13
- B4Velvet Elvis4:25
- B5Twister1:02
- B6Good Old Days3:21
Sound DNA
- Spoken Word
- Comedy
- polished
- playful
- witty
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- "Weird Al" YankovicARRANGED BY, VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, ACCORDION BACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS , KEYBOARDS, ACCORDION
- Jim WestBACKING VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR , MANDOLIN, BACKING VOCALS
- Joe SublettSAXOPHONE
- Jon "Bermuda" SchwartzDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Kim BullardSYNTHESIZER
- Nicolette LarsonBACKING VOCALS
- Rick DerringerGUITAR
- Steve JayBACKING VOCALS BASS GUITAR BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
15 collectors on Gatefold own this · 48 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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