The TV Album
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| Compilation album by "Weird Al" Yankovic | |||||
| Released | November 7, 1995 | ||||
| Recorded | contains songs recorded from 1983 through 1993 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||
| Label | Scotti Brothers | ||||
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The TV Album is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features songs about television and TV shows. Yankovic's former record label, Scotti Brothers, released a similar album called The Food Album that contained songs about food.
[edit] Track listing
Every track on this album has to do somewhat with TV. They include:
| Track | Title | Length | (Style) Parody of | Description | Original Album |
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| 1 | "Bedrock Anthem" | 3:43 | "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away" both by the Red Hot Chili Peppers | Discusses someone who wants to be a Flintstone and live in Bedrock, describing the various perks in the delivery style of Give it Away. | Alapalooza |
| 2 | "I Can't Watch This" | 3:31 | M. C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" | About a man who hates everything he sees on TV. | Off the Deep End |
| 3 | "Frank's 2000 TV" | 4:07 | Style parody of R.E.M.'s early work | About someone whose neighbor got a big-screen TV 2000 inches in diameter. | Alapalooza |
| 4 | "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" | 3:14 | Dire Straits' Money for Nothing | A song about the Beverly Hillbillies to the tune of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits | UHF |
| 5 | "Ricky" | 2:37 | Tony Basil's "Mickey" | About I Love Lucy, discussing the argument between Ricky and Lucy. | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| 6 | "Talk Soup" | 4:25 | Style parody of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" | About a man who is desperate to appear on Geraldo, Sally Jessy Raphael, or any other daytime talk show and talk about his bizarre relationships, uncommon family relations, and his unusual opinions. | Alapalooza |
| 7 | "Here's Johnny" | 3:25 | "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge | About The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and Ed McMahon's famous line, "Here's Johnny!" | Polka Party |
| 8 | "The Brady Bunch" | 2:41 | "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats | About a man's dislike to the show The Brady Bunch. | "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D |
| 9 | "Cable TV" | 3:38 | Style parody of Randy Newman | About a man's love of cable television | Dare to Be Stupid |
| 10 | "I Lost on Jeopardy" | 3:29 | "Jeopardy" by the Greg Kihn Band. | About a man who lost on Jeopardy. | "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D |
| 11 | "UHF" | 5:08 | Style parody of TV show themes. | About George's TV channel in UHF (film), "UHF". | UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff |
[edit] Notes
- The The TV Album was released only grudgingly by Yankovic. At the time, Scotti Bros. had insisted on putting out a new Weird Al album in order to meet fiscal projections for that quarter, despite the fact there was no album ready (Bad Hair Day would not be released until one year later). Yankovic would later describe this album, along with The Food Album as a "cheesy compilation" put out "against [his] better wishes and judgement."[1] To this day, neither The Food Album nor The TV Album are liked by Yankovic, as he thinks the concept of the compilations are "ridiculous".[2]
- Due to a merchandising deal with Muchmusic, this album was released in Canada under the name The MuchMusic TV Album.
- Noted for not having the track Couch Potato, as Al's album Poodle Hat hadn't been released yet, as it was released in 2003, 8 years after The TV Album was released.
