Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've been a fan of Weird Al for many years now and I am blown away by the fact that he manages to remain consistently funny and relevant to this day. Overall this album is no exception. Here's a breakdown of my initial opinions of the singles in this album. Album Winner: Word Crimes Great: Inactive, Tacky, Sports Song, NOW That's What I Call Polka! Good: Foil, Handy, My Own Eyes Filler: Lame Claim to Fame, First World Problems Where do I even put this?: Mission Statement Eh: Jackson Park Express Word Crimes: By far the best song on the album. It might even be one of his best songs period. Educational and hilarious. Expect this to be played in classrooms by awesome teachers and professors all over America. A fantastic grammar-Nazi parody of "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke. Inactive: Probably my second favorite song on the album. My only complaint is that it's kind of hard to make out what he's saying some of the time. The couch potato parody of "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. Tacky: Classic Weird Al right here. Listening to this will surely make you feel "Happy" (by Pharrell Williams). Sports Song: Every sports song ever (now with lyrics!) If I were into sports I'd be tempted to blare this at a big game. NOW That's What I Call Polka!: The obligatory polka medley. I won't spoil the songs he uses but this polka is on par with Weird Al's past polkas. If you like the other ones you'll probably like this one. Foil: While I prefer The Key of Awesome's parody of "Royals" by Lorde, Weird Al's take is still charming. Handy: Believe it or not, I had never heard "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea until after listening to this parody. I'd rank this song above "Foil" in terms of lyrics and cleverness but I have to dock it down the list for making me feel obligated to listen to the original. My Own Eyes: Silly and bizarre situations described in the musical style of the Foo Fighters. Very catchy and probably even better if you're a Foo Fighter fanatic. Lame Claim to Fame: Bragging about unimpressive feats in the musical style of Southern Culture on the Skids. There are a few smirk-worthy lines, but I don't think it will hold much re-playability for me. It very well might rank higher for you if you are a fan of SCOTS. First World Problems: This song is a collection of those "first world problems" meme/joke/things set to music reminiscent of a band called the Pixies. Worth listening to to at least once but there really isn't anything more to it past that description. There's nothing really wrong with that though. Mission Statement: It's a company's mission statement read out loud to the musical style of Crosby, Stills & Nash. If that's something you've been waiting your whole life to hear then search no further you strange little person. Still better than most modern songs on the radio. Re-listening to it for this review it has sort of grown on me. I was going to rank it "Eh" but now I don't know anymore. Jackson Park Express: A ten minute joke that gets old before the song even ends. It's worth listening to once but I don't see myself dying to listen to it again any time soon. The music was in the style of Cat Stevens apparently. In closing, the good out ways the bad by a large margin. I'd say it's probably worth buying the album in its entirety. Now if you'll excuse me, I should probably go to bed seeing as it is 4:46 AM. Worth it.