“Weird Al” Yankovic – Mandatory Fun

This week (July 15th), “Weird Al” Yankovic released his fourteenth studio album Mandatory Fun. The album quickly shot to the number one spot on iTunes. As always, there is a healthy balance between parodies of previous hit songs by other artists and his own original compositions done in the style of particular artists.

“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic In 3-D

Following his 1983 self-titled debut album (click here for that review), Weird Al Yankovic returned to record stores again with his sophomore effort In 3-D. That 1984 release celebrates its thirtieth anniversary today (February 28th). The certified-Platinum album went to number 61 in Australia, number 17 on the US Billboard Album chart (with twenty-three weeks total on the chart) and number 16 in Canada.