Squeeze Box is the crowning achievement in the career of Weird Al Yankovic: a 15-disc box set containing every one of his 14 studio albums, each of them remastered, along with a disc of rarities recorded throughout the entirety of his career. As far as the bonus disc goes, it's heavy on latter-day material recorded for film and TV, which is amusing -- particularly his send-up of "Jack & Diane" for The Simpsons -- but the true treasure of the rarities disc is hearing the original demo of "Yoda," the unreleased "Taxman" parody "Pac-Man," the Capitol single version of "My Bologna," and the unheard original "Take Me Down." That said, breaking Squeeze Box down to individual components doesn't make a lot of sense, as the box is meant to be considered as a whole. Listening to the Weird Al oeuvre, it becomes impressive that he not only maintained a career as pop parodist for over 30 years, but also that he got better making records as he got older. Still, the real attraction of Squeeze Box is its packaging. Housed in a plastic replica of Yankovic's signature accordion, the box grabs attention and the booklet is gorgeous, filled with memorabilia and rare photos. For hardcore Weird Al fans, these bells and whistles are reason enough to purchase this set, as it's a celebration of Yankovic's music and how their own fandom played a part in his legacy.
Weird Al Yankovic
Squeezebox: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
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| 1 | 02:37 | |||||
| 2 | 02:14 | |||||
| 3 | 02:36 | |||||
| 4 | 03:13 | |||||
| 5 | 02:28 | |||||
| 6 | 03:16 | |||||
| 7 | 02:01 | |||||
| 8 | 03:13 | |||||
| 9 | 02:38 | |||||
| 10 | 03:40 | |||||
| 11 | 03:02 | |||||
| 12 | 01:54 |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:21 | |||||
| 2 | 04:35 | |||||
| 3 | 02:41 | |||||
| 4 | 03:53 | |||||
| 5 | 03:28 | |||||
| 6 |
Ritchie Blackmore / David Byrne / John Crawford / John Densmore / David Diamond / Chris Frantz / Ian Gillan / Roger Glover / Lou Gramm / Jerry Harrison / Topper Headon / Doug Ingle / Mick Jagger / Mick Jones / Robby Krieger / John Lennon / Frank Loesser / Jon Lord / Ray Manzarek / Paul McCartney / Jim Morrison / Mark Mothersbaugh / Terri Nunn / Ian Paice / Keith Richards / Billy Roberts / Paul Simonon / Sting / Joe Strummer / Pete Townshend / Lawrence Welk / Tina Weymouth / Weird Al Yankovic
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04:20 | ||||
| 7 | 04:42 | |||||
| 8 | 04:15 | |||||
| 9 |
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03:34 | ||||
| 10 | 03:36 | |||||
| 11 | 05:56 |
Track Listing - Disc 3
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:32 | |||||
| 2 | 03:25 | |||||
| 3 | 03:04 | |||||
| 4 | 04:04 | |||||
| 5 | 03:58 | |||||
| 6 | 01:04 | |||||
| 7 | 04:23 | |||||
| 8 | 02:48 | |||||
| 9 | 03:06 | |||||
| 10 | 03:38 | |||||
| 11 |
Janna Allen / Jon Anderson / Frankie Banali / Frank Beard / Euday L. Bowman / Terry Britten / Carlos Cavazo / Tony Cavazo / Kevin DuBrow / Duran Duran / Joern Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen / William Gibbons / Peter Gill / Daryl Hall / Randy Hansen / Joseph Hill / Trevor Horn / Michael Jackson / Holly Johnson / Carlos Karges / Kenny Loggins / Graham Lyle / Mark O'Toole / Dean Pitchford / Trevor Rabin / Dee Snider / Chris Squire / Weird Al Yankovic
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03:50 |
Track Listing - Disc 4
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
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| 1 | 03:20 | |||||
| 2 | 03:42 | |||||
| 3 | 03:50 | |||||
| 4 | 03:18 | |||||
| 5 |
Rob Bolland / Jeffrey Cohen / Phil Collins / Brian Elliot / Falco / Andrew Farriss / Peter Gabriel / Michael Hutchence / James Harris III / Janet Jackson / Rick James / Kevin Johnston / Robbie Van Leeuwen / Terry Lewis / Madonna / Earl Nelson / Roland Orzabal / Bob Relf / Lionel Richie / Ian Stanley / Narada Michael Walden / Weird Al Yankovic
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03:15 | ||||
| 6 | 03:24 | |||||
| 7 | 03:35 | |||||
| 8 | 03:24 | |||||
| 9 | 03:03 | |||||
| 10 | 03:09 |
Track Listing - Disc 5
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:37 | |||||
| 2 | 05:01 | |||||
| 3 | 03:37 | |||||
| 4 | 03:05 | |||||
| 5 | 03:20 | |||||
| 6 | 02:47 | |||||
| 7 | 03:58 | |||||
| 8 | 03:16 | |||||
| 9 | 04:30 | |||||
| 10 |
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01:03 | ||||
| 11 | 03:21 |
Track Listing - Disc 6
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:11 | |||||
| 2 | 01:00 | |||||
| 3 | 03:28 | |||||
| 4 | 03:37 | |||||
| 5 | 04:51 | |||||
| 6 | 05:09 | |||||
| 7 | 00:16 | |||||
| 8 | 03:42 | |||||
| 9 | 04:34 | |||||
| 10 | 01:07 | |||||
| 11 | 01:45 | |||||
| 12 | 02:59 | |||||
| 13 | 06:48 |
Track Listing - Disc 7
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:45 | |||||
| 2 | 03:47 | |||||
| 3 | 03:31 | |||||
| 4 |
Christina Amphlett / James Atkin / Ricky Bell / Bill Berry / Michael Bivins / Carl Bourelly / David Bowie / Derry Brownson / Peter Buck / Joey Cagle / Steven Chamberlin / George Clinton / Mark de Cloedt / Bootsy Collins / Ronnie DeVoe / John Deacon / Ian Dench / Jerry Dixon / Public Domain / Zac Foley / Kirk Hammett / James Hetfield / Eddie Humphrey / James Harris III / Vanilla Ice / Gregory Jacobs / Billy Joel / Manuela Kamosi / Tom Kelly / Jani Lane / Terry Lewis / Mick Mars / Brian May / Mark McEntee / Freddie Mercury / Mike Mills / Walter Morrison / Kate Pierson / Thomas de Quincey / Fred Schneider / Nikki Sixx / Billy Steinberg / Michael Stipe / Keith Strickland / Roger Taylor / Erik Turner / Lars Ulrich / Suzanne Vega / David Werner / Cindy Wilson / Weird Al Yankovic
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03:50 | ||||
| 5 | 03:30 | |||||
| 6 | 02:43 | |||||
| 7 | 04:35 | |||||
| 8 | 03:47 | |||||
| 9 | 03:50 | |||||
| 10 | 04:06 | |||||
| 11 | 04:01 | |||||
| 12 |
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09:59 | ||||
| 13 |
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00:08 |
Track Listing - Disc 8
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
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| 1 | 03:55 | |||||
| 2 | 04:24 | |||||
| 3 | 03:40 | |||||
| 4 | 04:05 | |||||
| 5 | 03:23 | |||||
| 6 | 04:01 | |||||
| 7 | 04:24 | |||||
| 8 | 03:34 | |||||
| 9 | 04:54 | |||||
| 10 | 00:21 | |||||
| 11 | 04:25 | |||||
| 12 |
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03:40 |
Track Listing - Disc 9
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:22 | |||||
| 2 | 03:47 | |||||
| 3 | 04:19 | |||||
| 4 | 03:40 | |||||
| 5 |
Billie Joe Armstrong / David Baerwald / Glen Ballard / Michael Balzary / Beck / Bill Berry / Bill Bottrell / Peter Buck / Wyn Cooper / Billy Corgan / Chris Cornell / Sheryl Crow / Dean DeLeo / Kevin Gilbert / Dave Grohl / Anthony Kiedis / Eric Kretz / Mike Mills / Alanis Morissette / David Navarro / Michael Pritchard / Trent Reznor / Chad Smith / Karl Stephenson / Michael Stipe / Scott Weiland / Frank Wright / Weird Al Yankovic
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04:50 | ||||
| 6 | 01:22 | |||||
| 7 | 02:10 | |||||
| 8 | 03:26 | |||||
| 9 | 03:57 | |||||
| 10 | 03:56 | |||||
| 11 | 03:22 | |||||
| 12 | 04:01 |
Track Listing - Disc 10
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 05:28 | |||||
| 2 | 03:26 | |||||
| 3 | 03:02 | |||||
| 4 | 01:13 | |||||
| 5 | 02:46 | |||||
| 6 | 04:38 | |||||
| 7 |
Jude Abbott / Victoria Adams / James Brown / Melanie Brown / Dunstan Bruce / Emma Bunton / Bobby Byrd / Greg Camp / Melanie Chisholm / Madonna Ciccone / Dave Curtis / Paul DeLisle / Michael Diamond / Barry Gibb / Maurice Gibb / Robin Gibb / Paul Greco / Geri Halliwell / Harry Hamer / Isaac Hanson / Taylor Hanson / Zac Hanson / Steve Harwell / Adam Horovitz / Aaron Huffman / Kevin Iannello / Wyclef Jean / Stephen Jenkins / Russell Jones / Mario Caldato, Jr. / Christine Leach / Ronald Lenhoff / Jeff Lin / Prakazrel Michel / Clive Muldoon / Sean Nelson / Alice Nutter / Matt Rowe / Martin Karl Sandberg / Matt Serletic / Richard "Biff" Stannard / Evan Sult / Rob Thomas / Dag Volle / William Wainwright / Brian Warner / Lou Watts / Boff Whalley / Jeordie White / Dan Wilson / John Wozniak / Weird Al Yankovic / Adam Yauch
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04:21 | ||||
| 8 | 03:59 | |||||
| 9 | 03:34 | |||||
| 10 | 02:27 | |||||
| 11 | 03:30 | |||||
| 12 | 11:22 |
Track Listing - Disc 11
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04:21 | |||||
| 2 | 03:43 | |||||
| 3 | 03:11 | |||||
| 4 | 03:38 | |||||
| 5 |
Afrika Bambaataa / Eric Barrier / Wes Borland / Julian Casablancas / Leor DiMant / John Dolmayan / Dan Donegan / David Draiman / Fred Durst / Mike Elizondo / Randy Fitzsimmons / William Griffin / Tom Coster, Jr. / Steve Kmak / Jason Krause / Aaron Lewis / Daron Malakian / Marshall Mathers / Craig Nicholls / Shavo Odadjian / John Otto / David Parker / Robert Richie / Sam Rivers / Papa Roach / Sylvia Robinson / Matthew Shafer / Serj Tankian / Mike Wengren / Jack White / Weird Al Yankovic / Andre Young
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05:03 | ||||
| 6 | 06:14 | |||||
| 7 | 03:39 | |||||
| 8 | 04:52 | |||||
| 9 | 04:53 | |||||
| 10 | 02:29 | |||||
| 11 | 03:36 | |||||
| 12 | 08:56 |
Track Listing - Disc 12
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02:50 | |||||
| 2 | 03:48 | |||||
| 3 | 02:23 | |||||
| 4 | 03:50 | |||||
| 5 |
William Adams / Damon Albarn / Ray Anthony / Guy Berryman / Calvin Broadus / Isaac Brock / Alisha Brooks / Jonathan Mark Buckland / Brian Burton / Thomas Calloway / William Champion / Ray Charles / Rivers Cuomo / Brandon Flowers / Dave Brent Flowers / Michael Fratantuno / Dann Gallucci / Jaime Gomez / Terence Graves / Robert Hardy / Jamie Hewlett / Saul Hudson / Chad Hugo / Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley / Curtis Jackson / David Jolicoeur / George Pajon Jr. / Eric Judy / Dave Kushner / Chris Martin / Nicholas McCarthy / Duff McKagan / Vada Nobles / Allan Pineda / Terry Rendall / Renald Richard / Evan Rodgers / Trevor Smith / Matt Sorum / Mark Stoermer / Scott Storch / Carl Sturken / Paul Thomson / Ronnie Vannucci / Scott Weiland / Thomas Werner / Kanye West / Pharrell Williams / Weird Al Yankovic
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04:17 | ||||
| 6 | 03:45 | |||||
| 7 | 03:52 | |||||
| 8 | 01:34 | |||||
| 9 | 03:55 | |||||
| 10 | 02:46 | |||||
| 11 | 10:50 | |||||
| 12 | 03:53 |
Track Listing - Disc 13
Track Listing - Disc 14
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02:56 | |||||
| 2 | 03:45 | |||||
| 3 | 02:22 | |||||
| 4 | 02:14 | |||||
| 5 | 03:43 | |||||
| 6 | 03:40 | |||||
| 7 |
William Adams / Thomas Bangalter / Jean Baptiste / Erin Beck / Walter Becker / Luiz Bonfá / Julian Bunetta / Tavish Crowe / Ed Drewett / Greg Errico / Mark Foster / Skyler Gordy / Stefan Gordy / Lukasz Gottwald / Ben Haggerty / Priscilla Hamilton / Wayne Hector / Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo / Breyan Stanley Isaac / Park Jae-Sang / Carly Rae Jepsen / Ryan Lewis / David Listenbee / Ross MacLean / Jef Martens / Maureen McDonald / Stephen Moccio / Keri Oskar / Lee Oskar / Armando Perez / Josh Ramsay / Arthur Richardson / George Robertson / Nile Rodgers / John Ryan / Jamie Sanderson / Kesha Sebert / Sacha Skarbek / Henry Walter / Pharrell Williams / Weird Al Yankovic / Keon Hyung Yoo
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04:05 | ||||
| 8 | 04:28 | |||||
| 9 | 02:56 | |||||
| 10 | 03:13 | |||||
| 11 | 02:53 | |||||
| 12 | 09:05 |
