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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Weird Al" Yankovic's third comeback (for those who are counting) came in 1992 with what is arguably his best album ever, "Off the Deep End." Like his previous best, "Even Worse," it features a cover that is itself a recognizable parody of Nirvana's "Nevermind," which is appropriate since "Smells Like Nirvana" is the monster hit on this satirical album. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is usually picked as the greatest song/music video of the last quarter of the 20th century so its prominence makes it perfect for a "Weird Al" interpretation. Again, the music is a dead on version of the original, but the lyrics are as fine as anything Yankovic ever set to someone else's music, managing to make fun of the unintelligible lyrics of the original and the entire Seattle grunge scene ("it sure beats raising cattle").
Yankovic also took advantage of the three years since his previous album, the "UHF" soundtrack, to write what I think is his best original song, "You Don't Love Me Anymore." A couple of his other original compositions, "Trigger Happy" and "When I Was Your Age," are a notch below. When you consider how lame most of his early original songs were this is an improvement of historical proportions. In terms of the parodies "I Can't Watch This" and "Taco Grande" are both above average and "Polka Your Eyes Out" is another great polka medleys (seriously, can you do a bad polka medley of contemporary music?). This time around everyone from Suzanne Vega and the B-52s to R.E.M. and Janet Jackson are delightfully skewered at break neck speed in less than four minutes (and do not forget the drum solo), ending with the best finale of any "Weird Al" polka medley.
Yankovic also took advantage of the three years since his previous album, the "UHF" soundtrack, to write what I think is his best original song, "You Don't Love Me Anymore." A couple of his other original compositions, "Trigger Happy" and "When I Was Your Age," are a notch below. When you consider how lame most of his early original songs were this is an improvement of historical proportions. In terms of the parodies "I Can't Watch This" and "Taco Grande" are both above average and "Polka Your Eyes Out" is another great polka medleys (seriously, can you do a bad polka medley of contemporary music?). This time around everyone from Suzanne Vega and the B-52s to R.E.M. and Janet Jackson are delightfully skewered at break neck speed in less than four minutes (and do not forget the drum solo), ending with the best finale of any "Weird Al" polka medley.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Off the Deep End is one of the funniest albums I've heard. Starting with a perfect parody of Nirvana's Smell like Teen Spirit continuing to Al's infamous Polkas through to the wickedly funny You don't love me Anymore. This album is class all the way through. This is probably the best CD the Weird one has ever done. A Masterpiece in it's own lifespan.
4 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
At first this CD is the funniest thing I had heard in a while. The tracks are all whitty, but many are more thought provoking. The best tracks are Smells Like Nirvana, Trigger Happy and You Don't Love Me Any More. Well worth listening to, try to borrow it of a mate for a month, but buy it if this option isn't available.
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Wierd Al Yankovic is about as funny as finding out a relative has died. Simply changing certain words to songs and making stupid faces in videos is not witty. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2006 by Alec Brogan
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Trigger Happy is the best song. Some of the others are OK but you will quickly get tired of this album, and will find that it makes a much better frisby than source of musical... Read more
Published on 25 April 2000
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