I wrote too much this past week, so the intro you're getting will be short and sweet: Hi, welcome back to Record Club. Today, like every Sunday, you'll find out the Album of the Week. This Friday morning, Puke on Your Birthday will publish any thoughts that you have about the album—call it a "review," though it need not be a review in the traditional sense. Do whatever you want. Most of all, listen to the album, even if you don't write about it. That's why we're here. For the music. So enjoy.
If you want to check out albums we've done in the past, find the whole list HERE. If you want to listen to a select track from each and every album, probably in shuffle form, then click HERE. Otherwise, continue on down below to see what our pal Dwyer has for us.
WEEK 115 — April 11-17, 2021
What we're listening to this week (Dwyer's pick):
ALBUM: Mandatory Fun
ARTIST: "Weird Al" Yankovic
RELEASED: July 15, 2014
WHAT GENRE IS THIS: Comedy/parody
WHY DWYER PICKED IT: "Fuck it. Haven't listened to that dude since I was a teenager."
TRACKLIST:
- Handy
- Lame Claim to Fame
- Foil
- Sports Song
- Word Crimes
- My Own Eyes
- Now That's What I Call Polka!
- Mission Statement
- Inactive
- First World Problems
- Tacky
- Jackson Park Express
LENGTH: 45:20
WHERE TO LISTEN FOR FREE: YouTube (and there are official videos for a lot of these songs, in case you wanna check them out too, whether they're essential to your "Weird Al" experience this week or not)
READING SOME SHIT: This NPR interview from 2014—like many interviews about and reviews for Mandatory Fun at the time—addresses the elephant in the room: how the heck is "Weird Al" still successfully doing his parody shtick in a world where the internet exists?!
Happy listening, fam! Have a great week!
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