Even Worse
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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.
Track listing
- "Fat" (Jackson, Yankovic) - 3:37
- *parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson, in which obesity is blown out of proportion.
- "Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White" - 5:01
- *song in which a man describes his bizarre reoccurring dreams to a doctor.
- "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" - 3:37
- *parody of "Got My Mind Set On You" as performed by George Harrison (original version: Rudy Clark and James Ray), about a man with writer's block who couldn't write more than six words for the song he is singing.
- "You Make Me" (Yankovic) - 3:05
- *This song is a style parody of Oingo Boingo. Their song "Grey Matter" contains a very similar repetitive riff.
- *song whose entire basic message is apparently "You drive me nuts"
- "I Think I'm A Clone Now" (Cordell, Yankovic) - 3:20
- *parody of "I Think We're Alone Now" as performed by Tiffany, originally by Tommy James & the Shondells. About a man and his identical clone created in a lab and all things relating to the creation and situations dealing with the clone.
- "Lasagna" (Traditional, Yankovic) - 2:46
- *parody of "La Bamba" (popularized by Ritchie Valens, though the parody is more likely inspired by Los Lobos' 1987 cover) centered largely around Italian stereotypes and Italian food
- "Melanie" (Yankovic) - 3:58
- *posthumous song about a socially inept apartment dweller's attempts to woo his neighbor Melanie
- "Alimony" (Cordell, Yankovic) - 3:16
- *parody of "Mony, Mony" as performed by Billy Idol, originally by Tommy James & the Shondells, about a man's ex-wife taking insane advantage of the money he owes her in alimony payments.
- "Velvet Elvis" - 4:30
- *style parody of The Police
- *Ode to a velvet elvis painting in the home of an anonymous man of dubious taste
- "Twister" - 1:03
- *incomprehensible product-placement song. The original Twister commercial's words in a style parody of the Beastie Boys.
- *Beastie Boys's "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"'s guitar riffs match the song closely.
- "Good Old Days" (Yankovic) - 3:23
- *shmalzty song about a homicidal psychopath's childhood and adolescent memories
- *style parody of James Taylor; the chorus is very reminiscent of Taylor's "My Only One."
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Billboard 200 | 27 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Fat" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 99 |
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