Even Worse

Even Worse
Studio Album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released	April 12, 1988
Recorded	December 1987 - February 1988 at Santa Monica Sound Recorders
Length	36:19
Format	Vinyl, Cassette, CD
Record Label	Rock 'n' Roll Records / Scotti Brothers
Catalog Number	FZ 44149 (Vinyl) (first release)
Producer	Rick Derringer
Lead Single	Fat
Previous Album	Polka Party!
Next Album	Peter and the Wolf

The 5th studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988 by Scotti Bros/Rock N' Roll Records.

Back cover.

Singles

1. Fat
2. Lasagna
3. I Think I'm A Clone Now

Tracks

No.	Title	Parody of	Length
1.	"Fat"	Bad by Michael Jackson	3:37
2.	"Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White"	Style parody of Van Halen and Aerosmith	4:58
3.	"(This Song's Just) Six Words Long"	Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison	3:37
4.	"You Make Me"	Style parody of Oingo Boingo	3:06
5.	"I Think I'm A Clone Now"	I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany	3:20
6.	"Lasagna"	La Bamba by Los Lobos	2:46
7.	"Melanie"	Style Parody of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	3:58
8.	"Alimony"	Mony Mony by Billy Idol	3:16
9.	"Velvet Elvis"	Style Parody of The Police	4:31
10.	"Twister"	Style parody of The Beastie Boys	1:03
11.	"Good Old Days"	Style Parody of James Taylor	3:21

Personnel

• "Weird Al" Yankovic - Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals
• Jim West - Guitar, Background Vocals
• Steve Jay - Banjo, Bass, Background Vocals
• Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - Percussion, Drums
• Rick Derringer - Guitar
• Tony Papa - Engineer and mixer
• Jamey Dell - Assistant Engineer
• Tony Lane - Art Direction
• Nancy Donald - Art Direction
• Lou Beach - Illustrations
• Sam Emerson - Photography
• Christine Wilson - Even Worse Lettering
• Kim Bullard - Synthesizer
• Joe Sublett - Saxophone
• Ronny Jay - Record Scratching
• Nichole Larson - Background Vocals

Production

• Producer - Rick Derringer
• Management - Jay Levey Associates

Awards

U.S.A.	Canada
Gold	Gold
Platinum

Trivia

• The album cover parodies the album cover for Michael Jackson's Bad, and was photographed by the same person who shot the original.
• This is one of two studio albums not to include a polka medley, the other being "Weird Al" Yankovic (album).
• Apart from “Fat”, all of the album’s other parodies are of contemporary cover versions of older songs: “I Think We’re Alone Now” and “Mony Mony” we’re both originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells, “La Bamba” is a Mexican folk song popularized by Ritchie Valens, and “Got My Mind Set On You” was originally recorded by James Ray before they were covered by Tiffany, Billy Idol, Los Lobos and George Harrison respectively.

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Studio Albums

"Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) • "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D (1984) • Dare To Be Stupid (1985) • Polka Party! (1986) • Even Worse (1988) • Peter and the Wolf (1988) • UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989) • Off The Deep End (1992) • Alapalooza (1993) • Bad Hair Day (1996) • Running With Scissors (1999) • Poodle Hat (2003) • Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) • Alpocalypse (2011) • Mandatory Fun (2014) •