Alapalooza

Infobox Album |
Name = Alapalooza
Type = Album
Artist = "Weird Al" Yankovic


Released = October 5, 1993
Recorded = December 1990, November-December 1992, July/September 1993
Genre = Comedy
Length = 44:34
Label = Scotti Brothers
Producer = "Weird Al" Yankovic
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7bnyxddb8olk~T1 link]
Last album = "The Food Album"
(1993)
This album = "Alapalooza"
(1993)
Next album = ""
(1994)
Misc = Singles
Name = Alapalooza
Type = studio
single 1 = Jurassic Park
single 2 = Bedrock Anthem
single 3 = Achy Breaky Song
single 1 date = October 1993
single 2 date = November 12, 1993
single 3 date = November 1993 Extra album cover 2
Type = album
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Lower caption = Alternate cover that looked more similar to the Jurassic Park soundtrack

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"Alapalooza" is the eighth album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1993. (see 1993 in music). The cover sleeve is a spoof on the movie poster of the hit movie "Jurassic Park". The name is a parody of the music festival Lollapalooza.

Recording and release

After his successful album "Off the Deep End", Yankovic decided to return to the studio in 1992. The main reason why he decided to record a new album so close to the release of another album, was due to the state of the as-of-then unreleased track "Waffle King" (which technically had been released on the "Smells Like Nirvana" single).This time, instead of doing one of his traditional polka medleys, Yankovic decided to do a single song polka which was composed completely of "Bohemian Rhapsody" (This was most likely done due to the songs increased popularity after the hit movie "Wayne's World" re-energized its playing on the radio. Others have speculated that it was done as a tribute to the then recently deceased Freddie Mercury).

Track listing

Personnel

*"Weird Al" Yankovic – accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
*Mel Blanc – voice of Barney Rubble and Dino
*Brad Buxer – synthesizer, keyboards, orchestra
*Steve Jay – bass, background vocals
*Tommy Johnson – tuba
*Warren Luening – trumpet
*Joel Peskin – clarinet, baritone saxophone
*Alan Reed – voice of Fred Flintstone
*Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz – percussion, drums
*Rubén Valtierra – keyboards
*Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals
*Maxine Willard Waters – background vocals
*Jim West – banjo, guitar, mandolin, background vocals

Production

*Producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic
*Engineer: Tony Papa
*Assistant engineer: Colin Sauers
*Executive producer: Spencer Proffer
*Mixing: Tony Papa
*Mastering: Bernie Grundman
*Programming: Brad Buxer
*Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Brad Buxer
*Orchestral arrangements: Brad Buxer
*Art direction: Doug Haverty
*Photography: Rocky Schenck

Miscellaneous

*One of the stickers on the packaging for this CD said "No, this is NOT the Jurassic Park soundtrack!"
*Some copies of "Bad Hair Day" accidentally use the CD art from this album. [http://www.weirdal.com/aaarchive.htm#1199]

Charts

Album

References