Even Worse
Even Worse is the fifth album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988. (see 1988 in music). The name and cover of the album are direct parodies of Michael Jackson's "Bad."
Track listing"Fat" (Jackson, Yankovic) - 3:37*parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson"Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White" - 5:01*song about the bizarre dreams of a mental patient "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" - 3:37*parody of "Got My Mind Set On You" by George Harrison"You Make Me" (Yankovic) - 3:05*song whose entire basic message is apparently "You drive me nuts""I Think I'm a Clone Now" (Cordell, Yankovic) - 3:20*parody of "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany"Lasagna" (Los Lobos, Yankovic) - 2:46*parody of "La Bamba" centered largely around Italian stereotypes"Melanie" (Yankovic) - 3:58*posthumous song about a socially inept apartment dweller's attempts to woo his neighbor Melanie"Alimony" (Cordell, Yankovic) - 3:16*parody of "Mony, Mony" by Tommy James & the Shondells"Velvet Elvis" - 4:30*ode to a velvet painting hanging in the home of an anonymous man of dubious taste "Twister" - 1:03*incomprehensible product-placement song"Good Old Days" (Yankovic) - 3:23*shmalzty song about a homicidal psychopath's childhood and adolescent memories
Personnel"Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocalsKim Bullard - synthesizerRick Derringer - guitarRonny Jay - scratchingSteve Jay - bass, background vocalsNicolette Larson - background vocalsJon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drumsJoe Sublett - saxophoneJimmy West - guitar, mandolin, background vocals
ProductionProducer: Rick DerringerEngineer: Tony PapaArranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic
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