Straight Outta Lynwood
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| Studio album by Weird Al Yankovic | ||||
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2006 |
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| Label (s) | Volcano Records | |||
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12 |
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48 min 09 s |
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Straight Outta Lynwood is Weird Al Yankovic's twelfth album . It was released on September 16, 2006 in the USA on Volcano Records , on September 30, 2006 in Australia, on October 3, 2006 in Canada, on October 6, 2006 in New Zealand, and on November 24, 2006 in Germany. On October 16, 2006, Yankovic's British label "reluctantly" agreed and released the album on November 13, 2006.
The album was released in Germany as a double CD, with the second disc being a DVD. This uses 5.1 digital surround sound and includes instrumental versions of all songs (with optional subtitles for karaoke ), a nine-minute documentary and six music videos. A 24-page booklet is included with the CD .
So far, two singles of the album have been released in the USA . The first Don't Download This Song and the second White & Nerdy . Both can be heard on Yankovic's MySpace page. The music videos for the titles can also be seen there. Don't Download This Song is available from Richard Stallman and Richard König's official website without Flash for GNU / Linux users.
Straight Outta Lynwood is Yankovic's most successful album in the US and his first album in the top ten . White & Nerdy was his first top ten single. The song Canadian Idiot also hit the charts and reached number 82 without being released as a single.
Track list
| No. | title | length | description |
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| 1 | White & Nerdy | 2:50 | Shows the life of a nerd . Contains many references to nerd culture and Wikipedia . Based on the song Ridin by Chamillionaire . |
| 2 | Pancreas | 3:48 | Mainly deals with the function of the pancreas and is musically based on the style of the Beach Boys . |
| 3 | Canadian idiot | 2:23 | A satire on US nationalism and the clichéd view of the Americans on Canadians. The original American Idiot is from Green Day . |
| 4th | I'll Sue Ya | 3:51 | Is about the flood of civil lawsuits and their bizarre excesses. Based on "Bombtrack" by Rage Against the Machine . |
| 5 | Polkarama! | 4:17 |
Polka - Medley consisting of:
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| 6th | Virus Alert | 3:46 | Makes fun of the many virus warnings in emails . |
| 7th | Confessions Part III | 3:52 | Swipe at the songs Confessions Part I + II by Usher . |
| 8th | Weasel Stomping Day | 1:34 | An imaginary holiday where it is a tradition to trample on weasels . |
| 9 | Close But No Cigar | 3:55 | The story of a man who leaves dream women because of tiny imperfections. Musically based on the style of the band Cake . |
| 10 | Do I Creep You Out | 2:46 | A song from a stalker to his victim. Based on the song Do I Make You Proud? by Taylor Hicks . |
| 11 | Trapped in the drive-thru | 10:51 | Describes the drama of a couple in a drive-in . Based on the song Trapped in the Closet by R. Kelly . Contains a short part from the song Black Dog ( Led Zeppelin ). |
| 12 | Don't download this song | 3:52 | Describes the RIAA's approach to filesharing with a lot of sarcasm |
The DVD contains the following videos:
- Don't Download This Song
- I'll Sue Ya
- Virus Alert
- Close but no cigar
- Pancreas
- Weasel Stomping Day
Individual evidence
- ↑ weirdal.com
- ↑ weirdal.com ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wired Earth blog entry
- ↑ blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=90827837&blogID=176138289&MyToken=b61dbd15-e730-44cb-b424-c5833cc367e4 (October 4, 2006 blog entry)
