I picked up Weird Al's Straight Outta Lynwood album the other day and I'm enjoying it. If you are a Weird Al fan, I can recommend it. Incidentally, Al apparently has a crappy record deal with respect to iTunes sales, and has said that he personally gets more income if you buy the CD rather than buy it online, but in the same post said that you should buy whatever makes most sense for you.

Here's the tracklisting for Straight Outta Lynwood

1. White & Nerdy (parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone.
2. Pancreas
3. Canadian Idiot (parody of "American Idiot" by Greenday)
4. I'll Sue Ya
5. Polkarama (includes references to "Let's Get it Started" [The Black Eyed Peas], "Take Me Out" [Franz Ferdinand], "Beverly Hills" [Weezer], "Speed of Sound" [Coldplay], "Float On" [Modest Mouse], "Feel Good Inc." [Gorillaz], "Don't Cha" [Pussycat Dolls], "Somebody Told Me" [The Killers], "Slither" [Velvet Revolver], "Candy Shop" [50 Cent], "Drop It Like It's Hot" [Snoop Dogg], "Pon De Replay" [Rihanna], and "Gold Digger" [Kanye West])
6. Virus Alert
7. Confession Part III (parody of "Confessions Part II" by Usher)
8. Weasel Stomping Day
9. Close But No Cigar
10. Do I Creep You Out (parody of "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks)
11. Trapped In The Drive Thru (parody of "Trapped In The Closet" by R. Kelly)
12. Don't Download This Song

The CD comes as a DualDisc with one side containing the entire CD and the other a DVD with 5.1 and instrumental/Karaoke versions of all the songs, along with animated videos for his six original songs on the album and a brief "making of" video showing Al and his musicians in the studio recording.

Unfortunately, none of the videos for his parody songs are included, which is disappointing. But, you can catch the highly amusing video for White & Nerdy (my personal anthem) on the InterWebs. And, in case you are into the whole hip-hop scene, you can check out the source material as well, the video for Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" (mildly NSFW: language). Replacing Krayzie Bone with Donny Osmond is, I've gotta say, comic genius.

Incidentally, Chamillionaire doesn't know the difference between a PlayStation controller and an Xbox one, but I'm just being nitpicky.

Also, Weird Al did a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" entitled "You're Pitiful". Apparently James Blunt okayed the parody but his record label decided that they didn't want Weird Al to release it on his album. Al said that he could have gone ahead with it, but it would have put Blunt at odds with his own label as well as causing friction between them and Al's. So, instead, he released it for free on the web! You can download "You're Pitiful" at any number of websites.