Chef Aid: The South Park Album (Television Compilation) [Extreme Version] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [SOUNDTRACK]

South Park (Related Recordings), Matt Stone, Various Artists - Soundtracks - Television, Adam Berry

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 1998)
• Extreme Version (mature audiences only) edition
• Original Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000G2JM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,349 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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This adolescent compilation will appeal primarily, if not exclusively, to the cult following of South Park, Comedy Central's animated series about four naughty boys obsessed with bathroom humor.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars About 1/2 South Park, July 25, 2001

By	J. J. Chiappelli "jjcx" (Pasadena, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not all of the tracks involve the South Park characters, but the ones that do are gold. The others each have a different audience.

I know nothing about rap, so I don't feel right about reviewing the rap tracks. I thought "Nowhere to Run" was pretty good because it seemed so dark. It's not funny, though.

The non-South-Park rock tracks range from meager to great. "[...] Rainbow" is pretty good, and sounds strangely reminiscent of music from the sixties.

But the best parts of the CD, obviously, are the South Park ones. Chef's tracks are mostly good, but a few of them do get old after awhile. This is a problem that is easily solved by NOT listening to the CD many times in a row. "Mephisto and Kevin" has some good music mixed with very entertaining lyrics that give the back story behind the crazy scientist and his little pet/son-thing. One of my favorite moments on the CD is when the four children join in, one at a time, to sing with Wyclef Jean in "Bubblegoose."

But in my opinion, the greatest song is actually "Horny," because of the conversation between Sid and Trey Parker/Matt Stone while the song is going on.

On a technical aspect, though, this CD screwed up (Unless it's just my copy, but I don't think so). Each song actually starts (As in, "has an intro") on the previous track. This was a clever trick, because it means that you have to listen to the ENTIRE CD to get the full effect, but since there is such a mix of songs, you are bound to not like one or two, and if you skip them, then you will miss out on stuff that may interest you. This problem hurts no other song like it does "Horny," as the conversation I mentioned goes on for about thirty seconds on the previous track before the song begins, so if you want to listen to it, you have to sit through "Wake Up, Wendy," which isn't too great.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swweeetttt!, June 30, 2003

By	Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Chef Aid: The South Park Album, clocking in at an amazing one hour and seventeen minutes, is fantastic which ever way you look at it. South Park fanatics like me can't get enough of the tracks featuring South Park characters, but there is plenty of great stuff here that even the most anti-South Park individual out there can enjoy. Several big-name stars add their talent to the album; some of yesterday's coolest performers turn up to entertain us one more time; the variety of song styles is incredibly diverse; and there are some of the oddest yet most effective collaborations you can ever imagine. Rap meets hard rock in a song guaranteed to rock the house, as Ozzy Osbourne, DMX, and Old Dirty Bastard team up on the supercharged Nowhere to Run. While I'm on the subject of collaborative efforts, take a listen at Will They Die 4 You featuring Mase, Puffy, Lil' Kim, and System of a Down; it's a cool and funky nougat wrapped inside a hard-edged shell of rock and roll.

Of course, the South Park characters steal the show time and time again. Any Chef Aid album has to have cuts from the man in the big white hat himself, and Chef gives us three of his classic performances, songs which we had only been able to hear snippets of on the show: fan favorite Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You), Simultaneous, and No Substitute. Then Chef teams up with Meatloaf to record a quite memorable version of his classic love song Tonight is Right For Love, and he makes uncredited appearances on a number of other songs, including the rather hilarious entry from the larynx-challenged Ned Gerblansky. Two other Chef tracks are included here, but they appear in the form of covers by other artists. Perry Farrell and D.V.D.A. team up for Hot Lava, while Love Gravy is performed by the dynamic duo of funk-meister Rick James and Ike Turner.

Of course, there's no way you are going to keep my main man Eric Cartman off an album such as this. As all fans of the show know, his favorite song, one he has to sing through in its entirety whenever he hears just a snippet of it, is Come Sail Away; the full version a la Cartman is a great treat, especially toward the end when Chef tries to jump in and hijack the song. Cartman's not through yet, though, as he, along with Stan, Kyle, and Kenny, teams up with Wyclef Jean on the hugely entertaining song Bubblegoose. Most likely you are expecting to hear Cartman's famous Kyle's Mom's a Big Fat B**** on here; don't despair, as it does indeed eventually arrive to close the album out on a perfect note.

Master P's smooth delivery of Kenny's Dead is great, the contributions of Rancid, Ween, Joe Strummer, and 70s icon Devo are unusual yet a lot of fun, and even Elton John manages to rock out pretty impressively. The undeniably catchy song Horny is presented in a very unusual way, with Matt and Trey explaining throughout the course of it just how much they hate the song and do not want it on the album. There is really only one bad song on the album. Mephisto and Kevin, Primus' non-theme song contribution, is not even what I would call a song and succeeds only in becoming a sad mockery of itself.

As a South Park fan, I love this album. Perhaps the best thing about it, though, is its inclusion of artists I was not previously familiar with; I may never have heard of the likes of Wyclef Jean, for example, had I not purchased this album, and that is the reason I believe that South Park opponents can enjoy this album almost as much as us hard-core South Park fans.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad album, December 29, 2003

By	Pen Name (Fairbanks, Alaska) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

The first thing you should know about "Chef Aid" if you're thinking of buying it, is that half the songs are "normal" songs, and not parodies or songs form the show. They're mainly hard rock or rap and seemingly have nothing to do with South Park. The songs are okay, but if you're expecting the CD to be filled with south park parodies and songs, don't.

The other songs are all great and are pretty familiar from the show, especially "Chef's Salty Balls," which sounds much better on a studio album than from the show.

The Album also features original south park-related songs from Ween, Elton John, and Meatloaf. The Elton John and Ween songs are about Wendy and gay people, but really have nothing to do with South Park at all.

Wyclef's "Bubblegoose" is a decent song but is ruined by the accompaniment of the kids singing along, which sounds okay the first time you hear it, but loses it's novelty after that. On the other hand, the commentary on "Horny" works well and doesn't ruin the song.

If you're looking for a good CD of South Park songs, you're better off with the sound track of "Bigger, Longer" or "Mr. Hankey's Christmas." But if you already have those and want to complete your collection, Chef Aid is a decent buy.