Weird Al Yankovic - Greatest Hits, Volume 2

Weird Al Yankovic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 25, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Volcano
• ASIN: B00000I02E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #69 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > General

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of "Weird Al" from the "short hair" days of yore..., July 8, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weird Al Yankovic - Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Audio CD)

If my wife were to tell me that on the next cross country trip I could only take one "Weird Al" Yankovic album my choice would be between "Running with Scissors" and Volume 2 of his "Greatest Hits." We get two more tracks this time around and while I am sure every single one of us would like to replace several of tracks with what we would consider better choices (I always skipped "Achy Breaky Song," just like I did the original), that is always going to be true with any "Weird Al" hits collection. But on the plus side "Smells Like Nirvana" is a recognizable classic, "You Don't Love Me Anymore" is the best original composition Yankovic ever wrote, and "Polka Your Eyes Out" is as great a polka medley as exists in the canon of Western music. The other parodies cover the current spectrum of American music. Yes, "Weird Al" does not take on the gloved one or the Material Girl this time around, but anybody that can rewrite the lyrics to songs by both the Kinks and the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a master of the form for my money. Besides, on this one I knew all of the originals and my kids were stumped by "Jurassic Park" (although how do you really make fun out of a song about leaving a cake out in the rain?). I know it is really not fair to complain that these "Weird Al" hits collections are better than his albums (who is that NOT true for?), but there are just so many people who skip the regular albums and wait for the next hits collection to come down the road. I would think that Volume 3 should be out before the next Star Wars movie.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for greatest hits but only one new song, April 21, 2003

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weird Al Yankovic - Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Audio CD)

There's really no point buying this album if you are planning on buying all of Weird Al" Yankovic's individual ones as there is only one track found here that you find elsewhere. That track is Headline News which is a parody of Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm by the Crash Test Dummies. It is about the three major news stories around the time this album was released which are Tonya Harding paying some guy to break the leg of her better rival. Some American kid vandalising Singapore with spray paint then complaining when he gets hit with the cane like locals do, and the guy who raped his wife and she cuts of his manhood. Headline News is an extremely funny song but I don't know if I would buy a whole album of repeats just to hear it.

If you are however trying to convert others to the wonderful world of "Weird Al" who have maybe been living in a cave somewhere for the past two decades and haven't heard of the great one "Weird Al" (you'd be surprised these people do exist) then this is an excellent album to give as a present. It has all the great songs from Off The Deep End and other albums released before the Bad Hair Day album. Yoda is the only song from older albums probably left off the original greatest hits for legal or monetary reasons I guess.

It's an extremely funny album and does have a slightly different version of UHF than in the movie or on the UHF and Other Stuff album. If you're strapped for cash buy this one but if not and I can guarantee once you listen to this you will anyway buy all of "Weird Al's" albums.

You may also consider purchasing this is backpacking through Europe or somewhere and do not want to carry around all of "Weird Al's" albums.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Greatest Hits Set!, February 17, 2006

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Marcus (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weird Al Yankovic - Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Audio CD)

This is exactly what I was looking for. I have the Weird Al Ultimate Video Collection and after watching most of the videos, I instantly knew that I must have "Headline News," "Smells Like Nirvana," "UHF" and "Christmas at Ground Zero" on cd! This has all of them AND MORE!!! So don't spend tons of cash on the other albums when you can have almost all of the best from the early ninetys right here on one disc. BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!