Flight of the Conchords (album)

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Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords cover
Studio album by Flight of the Conchords
Released April 21, 2008
Genre Comedy
Length 42:06
Label Sub Pop
Professional reviews
Flight of the Conchords chronology
The Distant Future
(2007)		 Flight of the Conchords
(2008)

Flight of the Conchords is the debut full-length studio recorded album by New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, released April 21, 2008 by Sub Pop.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Foux du Fafa" - 2:47
  2. "Inner City Pressure" - 3:27
  3. "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" - 2:09
  4. "Think About It" - 3:15
  5. "Ladies of the World" - 3:57
  6. "Mutha'uckas" - 2:27
  7. "The Prince of Parties" - 1:49
  8. "Leggy Blonde (feat. Rhys Darby)" - 2:42
  9. "Robots" - 3:43
  10. "Boom" - 2:18
  11. "A Kiss Is Not a Contract" - 1:55
  12. "The Most Beautiful Girl (in the Room)" - 4:02
  13. "Business Time" - 4:05
  14. "Bowie" - 3:16
  15. "Au Revoir" - 0:22
  16. "Bret, You've Got It Going On" (iTunes Pre-order bonus track)

Produced and mixed by Mickey Petralia, engineered by Matt Shane, mastered by Greg Calbi

[edit] General Style

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The album is a "folk-comedy" that features songs which parody many different things.

  • The songs "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" and "Boom" parody hip-hop/rap acts. "Boom" in particular parodies the fact that many rap songs are entirely about sex and feature a very low level of vocabulary.
  • "Think About It" parodies songs that raise awareness of social issues such as those by Marvin Gaye and The Black Eyed Peas' "Where is the Love?".
  • "Bowie" mentions the famous 70s icon David Bowie and makes various lyrical references to many of his songs and the fact that he took many drugs during his career (such as replacing the word LCD with LSD and asking 'Bowie' if he "smokes marijuana in space, singing, "Do you smoke grass in space, Bowie/Or do you smoke Astroturf?""). Also throughout the song Bret and Jermaine both sing with thick Bowie-esque accents parodying Bowie's own distinctive singing style.
  • "Foux du Fafa" pokes fun at the fact that many people learning a second language do not actually possess a conversational level of the language but are actually just quoting conversational sentences they have learned. The entire song consists of common French phrases that would be found in a dialect book eg. "Here's my passport".
  • "Inner City Pressure" features the pair lamenting over the fact that they are broke. The song and, in the TV Series, the videoclip, are very reminiscent of the Pet Shop Boys and is a clear parody of the music group, particularly the song "West End Girls".
  • "Leggy Blonde" parodies love ballads that often contain little more than descriptions of the lover.

[edit] Sales and chart performance

The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 52,000 copies in its first week.[2] In their home country of New Zealand, the album debuted at number two, beaten to the top spot to Beautiful Machine by Shihad. The following week it jumped to the number one spot, and Beautiful Machine fell to number four.

[edit] Appearances on the TV show

All of the tracks on the album, with the exception of track 15, were featured in an episode of the TV series Flight of the Conchords.

  • Tracks 9 and 12 were featured in the episode Sally.
  • Tracks 2 and 10 were featured in the episode Bret Gives Up the Dream.
  • Tracks 3 and 4 were featured in the episode Mugged.
  • Track 13 was featured in the episode Sally Returns.
  • Tracks 14 and 16 were featured in the episode Bowie.
  • Tracks 6 and 8 were featured in the episode Drive By.
  • Tracks 1 and 11 were featured in the episode Girlfriends.
  • Tracks 5 and 7 were featured in the episode New Fans.

"Business Time" previously appeared on The Distant Future EP, along with live versions of "Robots" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (in the Room)".

[edit] Music videos

A music video for the song "Ladies of the World" has been released by Sub Pop records. It is available on the Sub Pop YouTube channel.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sub Pop Records : Flight of the Conchords : Flight of the Conchords
  2. ^ Katie Hasty, "Mariah Carey Remains Atop Billboard 200", Billboard.com, April 30, 2008.
v • d • e
Flight of the Conchords
Jemaine Clement · Bret McKenzie
Radio series (2005)
Additional writers: Joel Morris · Rhys Darby · Will Saunders · Additional cast: Rhys Darby · Emma Kennedy · Neil Finn
TV series (2007-)
Episode list · Soundtrack album · Co-creator: James Bobin · Additional writers: Taika Waititi · Eric Kaplan · Paul Simms · Duncan Sarkies · Damon Beesley · Iain Morris Additional cast: Rhys Darby · Kristen Schaal · Arj Barker
Discography
See also