White Album

National Lampoon

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White Album Review

by Adrian Zupp

This album carries the National Lampoon moniker, but don't get too excited. Originally released in 1980, this is, for the most part, dated, weak, and clichéd material. It isn't funny now and it probably wasn't funny back then. Track titles like "Fartman" and "The Sounds of Physical Love" speak for themselves (and the titles contain as much humor as the ensuing dialogue), while "Shakespeare Knock Knocks" is a concept with potential but it isn't realized here. Other tracks, like "Perrier Junkie" and the Johnny Cash copycat song "What About Reupholsterers?" are clever and well delivered but won't leave you in stitches. The best track by far -- and the album's only redeeming cut -- is "Gay Alliance." Not coincidentally, it features John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest, and Steve Collins. A spoof on macho movie men Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, and Lee Marvin "coming out" on a radio show, it's well written and executed with the sharp timing and stylistic nuance that separate the great comics from those who don't cut it. And it makes you laugh. Thankfully, at a bit more than six minutes it's also the longest track on the disc. Most of the other names involved on this album probably won't ring a bell. If it's sharp comedy you're after, best to look elsewhere.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Perrier Junkie Alice Playten	National Lampoon	02:22	Amazon
2	At the Bar	National Lampoon	00:39	Amazon
3	What Is God?	National Lampoon	03:53	Amazon
4	Fartman	National Lampoon	01:02	Amazon
5	Discoleptic Tony Scheuren	National Lampoon	02:47	Amazon
6	Steak Lynn Goldsmith	National Lampoon	01:03	Amazon
7	The Sounds of Physical Love Shelley Barre / Tony Scheuren	National Lampoon	01:45	Amazon
8	Gay Alliance	National Lampoon	06:05	Amazon
9	Robert Caucasian vs. Squab	National Lampoon	01:57	Amazon
10	What About Reupholsterers? Ted Mann / Tony Scheuren	National Lampoon	02:16	Amazon
11	Shakespeare Knock Knocks	National Lampoon	02:09	Amazon
12	Nude Figure Model	National Lampoon	00:30	Amazon
13	Couple at the Door Lynn Goldsmith	National Lampoon	00:52	Amazon
14	Christopher Street	National Lampoon	04:49	Amazon
15	California Hot Tub	National Lampoon	01:01	Amazon
16	What Turns Women On	National Lampoon	03:21	Amazon
17	What Were You Expecting - Rock and Roll? Steve Goodman / Sean Kelly	National Lampoon	03:41	Amazon