Mandatory Fun

by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Mandatory Fun cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 July 2014
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:26
  • Community rating: 3.04/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The fourteenth and famously final album under the legendary parodist's standard major-label contract. Released with an unprecedented promotional strategy of eight music videos in eight days, the record hilariously lampooned contemporary pop mega-hits from artists like Pharrell and Robin Thicke. It incredibly marked his first-ever number-one album on the Billboard 200.

Genres

Descriptors: satirical, pastiche, melodic, parody

Tracklist

  1. Handy (2:56)
  2. Lame Claim to Fame (3:45)
  3. Foil (2:22)
  4. Sports Song (2:14)
  5. Word Crimes (3:43)
  6. My Own Eyes (3:40)
  7. NOW That's What I Call Polka! (4:06)
  8. Mission Statement (4:28)
  9. Inactive (2:56)
  10. First World Problems (3:13)
  11. Tacky (2:53)
  12. Jackson Park Express (9:05)

Credits

  • Steve Jay - bass, keyboards, arranged by [string arrangement]
  • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - drum programming, drums, percussion
  • Jim West - guitar, keyboards, banjo
  • Sean James - hair, make-up
  • Alexander Lansang - illustration
  • Ria Del Rosario - illustration [pg 2]
  • Lawren Sample - stylist [wardrobe]
  • Amethyst Amelia Kelly - written-by

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