Weird Al Yankovic - In 3-D

In 3-D gives "Weird Al" True Dimension

Definitely among the top 5 "Weird Al"-bums. Classic Al from the 80's and some great genre parodies!

With this album, Al moves beyond the poorly produced novelty songs of his debut and shows his true colors as the king of parodies and original wackiness. What really shines through is Al's energy and enthusiasm.

The highlights are:

-"Midnight Star": An original song that contains hilarious headlines from tabloid newspapers set to a piano-pop melody.
-"Buy Me A Condo": Which is a hilarious retrospective of suburban status symbols from the 80's, as a rasta-man becomes "white bread".
-"Mr. Popeil": A bouncy B-52's style song where Al whines out tag lines from infomercials, with great backing vocals by Ron Popeil's daughter.
-"That Boy Could Dance": A catchy saxophone-laced story about a nerd whose only talent is that he can dance.
-"Theme from Rocky VIII": It's amazing how Al actually managed to predict how the series would end up in "Rocky V" and "Rocky Balboa", which kind of takes the humor out of the song listening to it now.
-"Nature Trail To Hell": This is where Al's talents as a songwriter and composer really shine through, funny and complex.

Buy this album, it will keep you tapping your toes while you laugh along. April 16, 2008

As good as you remember

This and Dare to be Stupid are by far Weird Al's best albums.

I would recommend this as the first CD to any newcomer to Weird Al. April 6, 2008

"Weird Al' Yankovic in 3-D

Alfred Matthew Yankovic,commonly known as "Weird Al",had a contract to fulfill so less than a year after the release of his self-titled debut,he put out IN 3-D. The title is mentioned on the track NATURE TRAIL TO HELL,a Yankovic original. Here are more parodies and spoofs which include Yankovic paying homage to his idol Michael Jackson with EAT IT,another food song with lyrics by Yankovic and the music from Jackson's self-penned smash BEAT IT. MIDNIGHT STAR is about a fictitious tabloid very much like the real NATIONAL ENQUIRER and GLOBE. THE BRADY BUNCH is one I always loved. The parody of Men Without Hats' THE SAFETY DANCE tells about the ABC 1969-74 hit sitcom THE BRADY BUNCH and conflict over television("there's only one set so whatever you watch,well you know I gotta watch it too."). Other Yankovic originals include BUY ME A CONDO,MR. POPEIL and THAT BOY COULD DANCE. Another television parody is I LOST ON JEOPARDY,with music from the Greg Kihn Band's (OUR LOVE'S IN)JEOPARDY. We see in the video,Al as a contestant on the real game show,still hosted by Alex Trebek. Al is physically evicted from the studio. The track features a vocal appearance by Don Pardo,the overall announcer for NBC's Saturday Night Live. However,Yankovic does polka-style covers of non-satirical hit songs so POLKAS ON 45 features a medley of songs like hits from Devo,The Who and others. KING OF SUEDE is in no way associated with food or television,but is associated with jackets and suits. The parody features music from Sting's KING OF PAIN. What about THEME FROM ROCKY XIII? In reality,there were only five. The parody of Survivor's hit song EYE OF THE TIGER,featured in the 1982 Sylvester Stallone film ROCKY III,tells about a guy who owns and operates a bakery-deli. This track could also be entitled "The Rye or the Kaiser",in sync to EOTT. This album was released on Rock and Roll Records,a subsidiary of both Scotti Brothers(Survivor's label) and CBS. September 7, 2006

Hilarious Songs, Fabulous parodies

This is one of the funniest cds I've ever listened to. Extremely well-done parodies, hilarious originals, and a snappy polka-style remix of some popular songs that will make your sides split :) January 10, 2006

"Polka down with your bad self."

This was "Weird Al's" breakthrough album. This was the first album to feature Al's touring band of guitarist Jim West, bassist Steve Jay and drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz. The album opens with Al's biggest hit, "Eat It". There are four other great parodies of then recent hits, including the chart singles "King of Suede" and "I Lost on Jeopardy". Al also wrote five funny original songs on this album. "Midnight Star" is a hilarious song about tabloid newspapers. "Buy Me a Condo" is a reggae song about a Jamaican trying to assimilate in America. "Mr. Popeil" is a funny song about the creator of Veg-a-matic and many other "as seen on TV" products (Popeil's daughter actually sings background vocals on this song). "That Boy Could Dance" is about a dorky guy who was a good dancer, and it's probably my least favorite song on the album (but still pretty good). "Nature Trail To Hell" is a great song that is a parody of horror movie trailers. The album also features Al's first polka style medley of rock songs, "Polkas on 45". He continued to do a polka medley on virtually all his albums. This is a great album that Al's fans will love.

"Now how much would you pay?" March 25, 2005

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