| Even Worse | |||||
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| Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic | |||||
| Released | April 12, 1988 | ||||
| Recorded | December 1987, February 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||
| Length | 37:41 | ||||
| Label | Scotti Brothers | ||||
| Producer | Rick Derringer | ||||
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| Singles from Even Worse | |||||
Even Worse is the fifth album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988. The name and cover of the album are direct parodies of Michael Jackson's Bad. This album, like Polka Party! before it, themed all but one of its parodies. On this album, all but one of the parodies were of popular songs which had then-recently been remade.
Contents |
Track listing
| Track | Title | Length | (Style) Parody of | Description |
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| 1 | "Fat" | 3:37 | "Bad" by Michael Jackson | About a man's obesity that is blown out of proportion. |
| 2 | "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White" | 5:01 | Style parody of early Aerosmith | Song in which a man describes his bizarre recurring dreams to a doctor. |
| 3 | "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" | 3:37 | "Got My Mind Set on You" as performed by George Harrison (original version by Rudy Clark and James Ray) | About the lack of lyrical content in the song. Yankovic often pronounces the is in the title, making the chorus seven words long. |
| 4 | "You Make Me" | 3:06 | Style parody of the Oingo Boingo songs "Grey Matter" and "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)" | A love song involving a person's desire to engage in strange and/or violent behavior compelled by the weirdness of another person. |
| 5 | "I Think I'm a Clone Now" | 3:20 | "I Think We're Alone Now" as performed by Tiffany (original version by Tommy James & the Shondells) | About a man's experiences with his lab-created identical clone. |
| 6 | "Lasagna" | 2:46 | "La Bamba" (popularized by Ritchie Valens, though the parody is more likely inspired by Los Lobos' 1987 cover) | A song centered largely around Italians and Italian food. |
| 7 | "Melanie" | 3:58 | Original | Describes a socially inept apartment dweller's attempts to woo his neighbor Melanie. |
| 8 | "Alimony" | 3:16 | "Mony, Mony" as performed by Billy Idol (original version by Tommy James & the Shondells) | About a man's ex-wife exploiting the money he owes her in alimony payments to take insane advantage of him. |
| 9 | "Velvet Elvis" | 4:30 | Style parody of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Synchronicity II" by The Police | An ode to a velvet Elvis picture. |
| 10 | "Twister" | 1:03 | Style parody of "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" and "Fight For Your Right" by The Beastie Boys | A song about the Milton Bradley game "Twister". |
| 11 | "Good Old Days" | 3:21 | Style parody of "Only One" by James Taylor | A song about a psychopath reminiscing about his childhood. |
Personnel
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
- Kim Bullard - synthesizer
- Rick Derringer - guitar
- Ronny Jay - scratching
- Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
- Nicolette Larson - background vocals
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums
- Joe Sublett - saxophone
- Jim West - guitar, mandolin, background vocals
Production
- Producer: Rick Derringer
- Engineer: Tony Papa
- Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1988 | The Billboard 200 | 27 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1988 | "Fat" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 99 |
