"Weird Al" Yankovic is the eponymous debut album by American parodist Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic. Mostly recorded in March 1982, the album was released as an LP and on Compact Cassette in 1983 by Rock 'n Roll Records, and on Compact Disc on March 12, 1991 by Volcano Records.
Consisting of five direct parodies and seven original songs, "Weird Al" Yankovic parodies pop and rock music of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and satirizes American...
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"Weird Al" Yankovic is the eponymous debut album by American parodist Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic. Mostly recorded in March 1982, the album was released as an LP and on Compact Cassette in 1983 by Rock 'n Roll Records, and on Compact Disc on March 12, 1991 by Volcano Records.
Consisting of five direct parodies and seven original songs, "Weird Al" Yankovic parodies pop and rock music of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and satirizes American culture and experiences of the same time period. The album, which was produced and engineered by Rick Derringer and Peter Kelsey respectively, received a lukewarm reception by critics and reviewers.
After hearing Yankovic's parody of his song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", songwriter Jake Hooker suggested to "ace rock guitarist" Rick Derringer that he would be the perfect producer for the burgeoning parodist. Agreeing, Derringer used his music industry prestige and convinced Cherokee Studios to record an album's worth of Yankovic's songs gratis, to...
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