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"Weird Al" Yankovic : The Essential
Standard edition
Title The Essential
Artist "Weird Al" Yankovic
 

At last , the long awaiting career-span collection for the parody king of the current generation was finally released. Thinking about it, it is quite amusing that it took over 3 years since his last album to release such compilation.

This double-CD album with 38 tracks, selected by Yankovic himself, is a very good summary of this parody king's long discography - from his debut in 1980's Dr. Demento Show "Another One Ride the Bus" to his latest big hit "White & Nerdy" in 2006. Most of his well-known works are already here in chronicle order, including "Eat It", "Fat", "Yoda", "Like a Surgeon", "Dare to Be Stupid", "Lasagna", "Smells Like Nirvana", "Jurassic Park", "The Sega Begins", "Amish Paradise", "Gump", and "ebay". Practically, there is at least one song from each of Yankovic's albums.

However, this album still has some flaws. Many fans would argue that several favourites are missing such as "Ricky", "Living With a Hernia", "My Bologna", "Headline News", "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies", and "The Theme from Rocky XIII (The Rye or the Kaiser)". The simple reason is that there are too many great songs in Yankovic's catalogue to be fit in mere 2 CDs. But the most obvious flaw is that Yankovic put too many tracks from his 2006 album 'Straight Outta Lynwood'. There are 6 tracks from that single album alone, instead of spare some space for other noteworthy tracks. (Just kick out "I'll Sue Ya" and "Pancreas")

Nevertheless, this album is a really good, compact, overall perspective of the parody king. A good summary for fans and excellent introduction for curious listeners. The only album they, probably, ever need - but not definitive.

 
Track Song
Disc 1  
1 Another One Rides the Bus
2 Polkas on 45
3 Eat It
4 I Lost on Jeopardy
5 Yoda
6 One More Minute
7 Like a Surgeon
8 Dare to Be Stupid
9 Dog Eat Dog
10 Lasagna
11 Melanie
12 Fat
13 UHF (single version)
14 The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
15 Trigger Happy
16 Smells Like Nirvana
17 You Don't Love Me Anymore
18 Bedrock Anthem
19 Frank's 2000" TV
20 Jurassic Park
   
Disc 2  
1 Since You've Been Gone
2 Amish Paradise
3 Gump
4 Everything You Know Is Wrong
5 The Night Santa Went Crazy (Extra Gory version)
6 Your Horoscope for Today
7 It's All About the Pentiums
8 The Saga Begins
9 Albuquerque
10 ebay
11 Bob
12 Hardware Store
13 I'll Sue Ya
14 Canadian Idiot
15 Pancreas
16 Don't Download This Song
17 White & Nerdy
18 Trapped in the Drive-Thru
 
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