"Weird Al" Yankovic | Polka Party (CD)

The weirdest and quirkiest of them all dishes out 10 accordion flavored parodies on this 1986 release. Includes Addicted to Spuds; One of Those Days; Sledgehammer; Sussudio; Venus; Papa Don't Preach; Here's Johnny and more hilarious tracks.

 

''Polka Party!'' is the fourth album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1986.

 

This album is known for having three of its four parodies be of theme songs to then-recent movies: ''Rocky IV'' ("Living in America" parodied into "Living with a Hernia"), ''Ruthless People'' ("Ruthless People" parodied into "Toothless People"), and ''Short Circuit'' ("Who's Johnny?" parodied into "Here's Johnny"). This is also the only album by Weird Al that is named after one of his polka medleys.

 

Upon its release, ''Polka Party!'' was met with mixed reviews and was considered a commercial and critical failure. Due to low sales the album was demoted to a budget release along with various other Yankovic albums in August 2009. Despite this, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording in 1986.

 

 

 

Tracklist

 

1 Living with a Hernia

2 Dog Eat Dog

3 Addicted to Spuds

4 One of Those Days

5 Polka Party!

6 Here's Johnny

7 Don't Wear Those Shoes

8 Toothless People

9 Good Enough for Now

10 Christmas at Ground Zero

 

 

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the CD version.

 

Label: VOLCANO

Rel. Date: 01/01/1999

UPC: 614223200620

• Format: CD
• Genre: Comedy