The Final Rip Off

Monty Python | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD
• ASIN: B001S37984
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
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Editorial Reviews

two disc set disc one has 21 songs and disc two has 26 songs manufactured in the uk/charisma/virgin records 1987

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five ounces of your best Python, if you would, stout yeoman, August 12, 2000

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This review is from: The Final Rip Off (Audio CD)

Python fans argue constantly about the best performances of particular sketches precisely because the boys performed (and recorded) them at so many different venues. The only thing fans all agree on is the fact that the performances ARE different depending upon the recording. Every fan who loves Python's studio sessions has a counterpart who prefers the raw edge of the live theatricals. RIP OFF has a mixture of both, with probably the best balance of any Python album. To be sure, it's the most exhaustive collection, because it was released well after the group's demise. I don't believe you'll find a compilation with as much material from as many different phases of the group's history.

As such, RIP OFF is a particularly good place to start a Python collection. This is not the same thing as saying it's the best Python album. To be sure, other records, most obviously those recorded while the group was still together, are better in the way that any original album is better than a "best of" compilation. It's hard to top, for instance, the quality of the sketches on MONTY PYTHON'S PREVIOUS RECORD, or the overall coherence of MATCHING TIE AND HANDKERCHIEF--a work so brilliant that it actually had two Side Twos on vinyl. Still, even if it doesn't match the brilliance of any of the original albums, it's easily the best thing the group has put on CD after their breakup. If you're getting to know the group retrospectively, choose this over any other compilation album.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great 2-CD set, it's funny, and a good buy., July 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Final Rip Off (Audio CD)

This is probably the best Monty Python CD or CD's there is. It's jammed packed full of funny sketches and songs from all of their previous albums. It's basically a 2-CD compilation for the price of 1-CD. Get it. It's good!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some good stuff, but not the original material., December 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Final Rip Off (Audio CD)

Most of the sketches on this CD are on-stage performances; they don't seem to have the snap of the original television sketches. Also, some of the sketches are not funny without the visual element. For example, The Cocktail Bar definitely needs visuals.

Of course, it is still Monty Python, and therefore funnier than your average government tax form, but not as funny as it could have been had the original material been used.