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Even Worse is the fifth album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic
, released in 1988. The name and cover of the album are direct parodies of Michael Jackson
's Bad
. This album marks the only time two songs (originally recorded) by the same artist have been parodied on the same album.

Track listing

#"Fat"
(Jackson, Yankovic) - 3:37 #*parody of "Bad
" by Michael Jackson
, about a fat person's life. #"Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White" - 5:01 #*song in which a man describes his bizarre reoccuring dreams to a doctor. #"(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" - 3:37 #*parody of "Got My Mind Set On You" as performed by George Harrison
(original version: Rudy Clark and James Ray) #"You Make Me" (Yankovic) - 3:05 #*This song is a style parody of Oingo Boingo #*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" as performed by Tiffany, originally by Tommy James & the Shondells #"Lasagna" (Traditional, Yankovic) - 2:46 #*parody of "La Bamba
" (popularized by Ritchie Valens, though the parody is more likely inspired by Los Lobos' 1987 cover) 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" as performed by Billy Idol, originally by Tommy James & the Shondells #"Velvet Elvis" - 4:30 #*style parody of The Police #*Ode to a velvet painting hanging in the home of an anonymous man of dubious taste #"Twister" - 1:03 #*incomprehensible product-placement song. The original Twister commercial's words in a style parody of the Beastie Boys
. #"Good Old Days" (Yankovic) - 3:23 #*shmalzty song about a homicidal psychopath's childhood and adolescent memories #*style parody of James Taylor

Personnel

  • "Weird Al" Yankovic - accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
  • Kim Bullard - synthesizer
  • Rick Derringer - guitar
  • Ronny Jay - scratching
  • Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
  • Nicolette Larson - background vocals
  • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums
  • Joe Sublett - saxophone
  • Jim West - guitar, mandolin, background vocals

Production

  • Producer: Rick Derringer
  • Engineer: Tony Papa
  • Arranger: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Charts

Album

Singles

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