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"Weird Al" Yankovic: Albums
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Alfred Matthew Yankovic is a musician, but he's so much more. His intelligence and multifaceted sense of humor shine through in his sharp parodies, which he is most famous for, as well as his original works. Some of his original works are done in the style of pop artists, and others are simply comedic ventures of Al's strange imagination. The corresponding music videos are works of comedic genius in their own right. His albums ... tend to contain a medley of samples from recent pop hits, arranged as polkas.
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Yankovic has hosted Al TV on MTV and Al Music on MuchMusic many times, generally coinciding with the release of each new album. For Poodle Hat, Al TV appeared on VH1 for the first time. A recurring segment of Al TV involves Yankovic manipulating interviews for comic effect. He inserts himself into a previously conducted interview with a musician, and then manipulates his questions, resulting in bizarre and comic responses from the celebrity.
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Yankovic’s 12th studio album Straight Outta Lynwood (Way Moby/Volcano) is a DualDisc release brimming with special features. The DVD side contains six brand new Weird Al music videos produced by some of the world’s top animators, including Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Bill Plympton, “Ren & Stimpy” creator John Kricfalusi, acclaimed media artist Jim Blashfield, the creative team behind Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim show “Robot Chicken” and popular Internet animators Thomas Lee and David C. Lovelace. The package ... features a 9-minute behind-the-scenes documentary, as well as PCM Stereo, 5.1 Surround Sound and karaoke/instrumental versions of the entire album.
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Pop-music parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic has released more than a dozen studio albums over nearly three decades, outliving many of the one-hit-wonder acts he satirizes. Perhaps that's because he's more ambitious than the typical flavor-of-the-month band: He's ... had a feature film (1989's UHF) and a children's TV series (CBS' The Weird Al Show in 1997). Neither were commercial or critical successes, but Yankovic remains tenacious—he's currently pitching a new movie and a TV series. Yankovic recently spoke to The A.V. Club while on tour with his latest album, Straight Outta Lynwood.
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Yankovic ... appeared on the Wendy Carlos recording of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" as the narrator in 1988. The album also included a sequel of Camille Saint-Saëns's composition The Carnival of the Animals entitled the "Carnival of the Animals Part II", with Yankovic providing humorous poems for each of the featured creatures in the style of Ogden Nash, who had written humorous poems for the original. Rubén Valtierra joined the band on keyboards in 1991, allowing Yankovic to concentrate more on singing and increasing his use of the stage space during concerts.
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“Weird Al” Yankovic, the undisputed king of pop culture parody, has sold more comedy recordings than any other artist in history. In a career spanning nearly three decades, he has amassed 28 Gold and Platinum albums, 7 Gold and Platinum-certified home videos and 3 Grammy Awards (with 9 nominations).
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