Polka Party! | |
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Studio Album by "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
Released | October 21, 1986 |
Recorded | April 1986 - September 1986 |
Length | 34:07 |
Record Label | Rock 'n' Roll Records / Scotti Brothers |
Producer | Rick Derringer |
Lead Single | Living With A Hernia |
Previous Album | Dare To Be Stupid |
Next Album | Even Worse |
Polka Party! is Weird Al's fourth studio album released in 1986. The album sold terribly, and is generally considered by his fans his worst album. It nearly destroyed Weird Al's career as well. The album created 2 singles titled Living With A Hernia and Christmas At Ground Zero. The album was originally released on Vinyl, Cassette and CD making it the first first Weird Al record to have a CD release in its release year with the last three albums being re-issued on CD later. The album was re-issued in 1999 on CD by the label Volcano Records.
Polka Party was a commercial failure. It received mixed reviews, and did not receive a Gold or Platinum award from the RIAA. The album only got a 177 spot on the Billboard 100 even with the single Living With A Hernia promoting it, with even the single not doing well in the charts.
Singles
Tracks
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Parody of | Length | |
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1. | "Living With A Hernia" | Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight, "Weird Al" Yankovic | Living In America by James Brown | 3:20 | |
2. | "Dog Eat Dog" | Yankovic | Style parody of Talking Heads | 3:42 | |
3. | "Addicted To Spuds" | Robert Palmer, Yankovic | Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer | 3:50 | |
4. | "One Of Those Days" | Yankovic | Original | 3:18 | |
5. | "Polka Party!" | Can be found here. | 3:15 | ||
6. | "Here's Johnny" | Peter Wolf, Ina Wolf, Yankovic | Who's Johnny by EI DeBarge | 3:24 | |
7. | "Don't Wear Those Shoes" | Yankovic | Intro is style parody of The Kinks, rest is original | 3:36 | |
8. | "Toothless People" | Daryl Hall, Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Yankovic | Ruthless People by Mick Jagger | 3:23 | |
9. | "Good Enough For Now" | Yankovic | Style parody of country love songs | 3:03 | |
10. | "Christmas At Ground Zero" | Yankovic | Style parody of Christmas Carols | 3:09 |
Personnel
"Weird Al" Yankovic – accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals Rick Derringer – guitar, producer Steve Jay – banjo, bass, background Jim West – guitar, background vocals Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz – percussion, drums Tony Papa – engineer
Other personnel[2][13]Bill Anderson – tenor saxophone
Sonny Burke – piano James Cox – guitar synthesizer Dennis Fetchet – fiddle Gary Herbig – clarinet, saxophone Tommy Johnson – tuba Warren Luening – trumpet Joel Peskin – clarinet Lisa Popeil – background vocals Pat Regan – synthesizer John Roarke – voices The Waters Sisters – background vocals
Production
Charts
Awards
None
Trivia
- This is the least favorite album by many of his fans, and it almost destroyed Al's career.
Easter eggs
None
See Also
- MySpace Music
- Buy:
Studio Albums |
"Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) •
"Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D (1984) •
Dare To Be Stupid (1985) •
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