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- Mandatory_Fun abstract "Mandatory Fun is the fourteenth studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. Self-produced, the album was released by RCA Records in the United States on July 15, 2014. Yankovic had previously released Alpocalypse in 2011, and toured in support of it when he first spoke of his next record. When he began to work on what would become Mandatory Fun, Yankovic found himself listening to older acts, many of which he would stylistically spoof on the album.Recorded at studios in Los Angeles and Massachusetts from 2012 to 2014, the album contains twelve songs, which include parodies of songs by Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Iggy Azalea, Lorde and Imagine Dragons. It also features original songs in the form of pastiche, imitating the styles of the Pixies, Cat Stevens, Foo Fighters, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Southern Culture on the Skids. Yankovic composed the originals first, and wrote parodies last in order for them to be as timely as possible upon the album's release. Many artists reacted positively to being parodied; Williams remarked that he was "honored" to be spoofed by Yankovic, while Imagine Dragons advised Yankovic on how to replicate sounds in their original song.After Yankovic's 32 years under contract, Mandatory Fun marks his first number one album in the United States. It received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Yankovic chose not to release a lead single and instead publicized the album by launching eight music videos online during the first week of the album release through different video content portals. Among these, "Word Crimes" became Yankovic's fourth top 40 song, making him one of few artists to achieve such a feat in four separate decades. Due to the completion of his record contract obligations and the success of the video strategy, Yankovic has suggested Mandatory Fun may be his last traditional album, switching to more timely releases of singles and EPs of his songs.".
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- Mandatory_Fun genre Comedy_music.
- Mandatory_Fun genre Parody_music.
- Mandatory_Fun previousWork Alpocalypse.
- Mandatory_Fun producer %22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic.
- Mandatory_Fun recordDate "2012-09-04".
- Mandatory_Fun recordLabel RCA_Records.
- Mandatory_Fun recordedIn Allston.
- Mandatory_Fun recordedIn California.
- Mandatory_Fun recordedIn Los_Angeles.
- Mandatory_Fun releaseDate "2014-07-15".
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- Mandatory_Fun extra ""Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams".
- Mandatory_Fun extra ""Fancy" by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX".
- Mandatory_Fun extra ""Happy" by Pharrell Williams".
- Mandatory_Fun extra ""Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons".
- Mandatory_Fun extra ""Royals" by Lorde".
- Mandatory_Fun extra "Style parody of Cat Stevens".
- Mandatory_Fun extra "Style parody of Crosby, Stills & Nash".
- Mandatory_Fun extra "Style parody of Foo Fighters".
- Mandatory_Fun extra "Style parody of Pixies".
- Mandatory_Fun extra "Style parody of Southern Culture on the Skids".
- Mandatory_Fun extra "Style parody of college football fight songs".
- Mandatory_Fun extraColumn "Parody of".
- Mandatory_Fun footer "The album's packaging parodies communist and socialist propaganda.".
- Mandatory_Fun genre Comedy_music.
- Mandatory_Fun genre Parody_music.
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- Mandatory_Fun label RCA_Records.
- Mandatory_Fun lastAlbum "Alpocalypse".
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- Mandatory_Fun name "Mandatory Fun".
- Mandatory_Fun producer ""Weird Al" Yankovic".
- Mandatory_Fun quote ""I wanted to really do what is ostensibly my last album with a big splash. I wanted the first week to be big; I wanted every single day of release week to be an event. I wanted a video to go viral for an entire day and have people talking about that video, and then the next day they're talking about a new video. I just thought that would be a really fun way to do it."".
- Mandatory_Fun recorded Mad_Oak_Studios.
- Mandatory_Fun recorded "--09-04".
- Mandatory_Fun released "2014-07-15".
- Mandatory_Fun rev AllMusic.
- Mandatory_Fun rev PopMatters.
- Mandatory_Fun rev The_A.V._Club.
- Mandatory_Fun rev Tiny_Mix_Tapes.
- Mandatory_Fun rev "Billboard".
- Mandatory_Fun rev "Consequence of Sound".
- Mandatory_Fun rev "Exclaim!".
- Mandatory_Fun rev "Los Angeles Times".
- Mandatory_Fun rev "Paste".
- Mandatory_Fun rev "Rolling Stone".
- Mandatory_Fun rev2score "B+".
- Mandatory_Fun rev3score "76".
- Mandatory_Fun rev4score "B-".
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- Mandatory_Fun rev7score "7.7".
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- Mandatory_Fun source "—"Weird Al" Yankovic, on the marketing campaign".
- Mandatory_Fun thisAlbum "Mandatory Fun".
- Mandatory_Fun title Foil_(song).
- Mandatory_Fun title Handy_(song).
- Mandatory_Fun title Lame_Claim_to_Fame.
- Mandatory_Fun title List_of_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_polka_medleys.
- Mandatory_Fun title Tacky_(song).
- Mandatory_Fun title Word_Crimes.
- Mandatory_Fun title "First World Problems".
- Mandatory_Fun title "Inactive".
- Mandatory_Fun title "Jackson Park Express".
- Mandatory_Fun title "Mission Statement".
- Mandatory_Fun title "My Own Eyes".
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