Bad Hair Day
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| Bad Hair Day | ||
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| Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||
| Released | March 12, 1996 | |
| Recorded | Nov-Dec 1994, Nov 1995, Jan 1996. | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | 38:14 | |
| Label | Scotti Brothers | |
| Producer(s) | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| "Weird Al" Yankovic chronology | ||
| The TV Album (1995) | Bad Hair Day (1996) | Running with Scissors (1999)
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Bad Hair Day is the ninth album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1996. (see 1996 in music). It includes the hit "Amish Paradise", a parody of Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
| Track | Title | Length | (Style) Parody of | Description |
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| 1 | "Amish Paradise" | 3:20 | "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio | An Amish man raps about his lifestyle. |
| 2 | "Everything You Know Is Wrong" | 3:48 | Style parody of They Might Be Giants | A song about an unusual sequence of events, borrowing many musical and lyrical themes from They Might Be Giants. The title may be a reference to the TMBG song "Everything Right Is Wrong Again". |
| 3 | "Cavity Search" | 4:19 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 | An apprehensive man visits the dentist. |
| 4 | "Callin' In Sick" | 3:40 | Style parody of "Lithium" and "Come As You Are" by Nirvana | A lazy man sticks it to the man by feigning illness to skip work. |
| 5 | "The Alternative Polka" | 4:50 | Polka medley | A polka medley including the following songs:
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| 6 | "Since You've Been Gone" | 1:22 | A cappella in general | An a cappella song using unusual analogies to express the narrator's feelings after a break-up. |
| 7 | "Gump" | 2:10 | "Lump" by Presidents of the United States of America | The story of Forrest Gump. |
| 8 | "I'm So Sick Of You" | 3:26 | Style parody of Elvis Costello | A rant about the singer's significant other and her odious personal habits. |
| 9 | "Syndicated Inc." | 3:54 | "Misery" by Soul Asylum | Concerns a family's devotion to syndicated television. |
| 10 | "I Remember Larry" | 3:56 | Style parody of Billy Joel, contains some features similar to the songs, "You May Be Right" and "We Didn't Start the Fire", as well as "See the Constellation" by They Might Be Giants | A song about a neighborhood prankster named Larry, and how much the singer misses him after his death, until it is revealed that Al was the one who murdered him. |
| 11 | "Phony Calls" | 3:22 | "Waterfalls" by TLC | Details the dangers of prank-calling. |
| 12 | "The Night Santa Went Crazy" | 4:03 | Modeled on Soul Asylum's "Black Gold". Beginning is very close to the beginning to "Mama, I'm Coming Home" by Ozzy Osbourne. | A Christmassy song about Santa Claus finally snapping and embarking on a killing spree. |
[edit] Credits
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, background vocals
- Hank Azaria - Voices
- Nancy Cartwright - Voices
- Gary Herbig - bass saxophone
- Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
- Tommy Johnson - tuba
- Warren Luening - trumpet
- Joel Peskin - clarinet
- Lisa Popeil - background vocals
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums
- Rubén Valtierra - keyboards
- Jim West - guitar, background vocals
[edit] Production
- Producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Engineer: Tony Papa
- Assistant engineer: Colin Sauers
- Mixing: Tony Papa
- Mastering: Bernie Grundman
- Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Art direction: Doug Haverty
- Photography: Carl Studna
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | The Billboard 200 | 14 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | "Amish Paradise" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 53 |
