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''Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album'' is a 1980 album by Creator/MontyPython full with sketches and songs. Some material is old, but a lot of it is new, especially the songs "Sit On My Face", "I Like Chinese", "Never Be Rude To An Arab", "Finland" and "Decomposing Composers".

'''Personnel'''

* LongTitle: "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio".

* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Near the end of "Traffic Lights", Terry Jones sings the line "Although my name's not Bamber", obviously setting up the rhyme for "amber" (as green and red lights were mentioned in the previous verses), [[spoiler:but eventually [[EndingFatigue gives up before getting to it]]]].

* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Near the end of "Traffic Lights", Terry Jones sings the line "Although my name's not Bamber", obviously setting up the rhyme for "amber" (as green and red lights were mentioned in the previous verses), [[spoiler:but eventually gives up before getting to it]].

%%** "Never Be Rude To An Arab".

* BuxomIsBetter: "Henry Kissinger"

** "Decomposing Composers" informs us the following composers have passed away: Music/LudwigVanBeethoven, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/FranzLiszt, Music/EdwardElgar, Music/FranzSchubert, Music/FryderykChopin, Music/GeorgeFredericHandel, Music/JosephHaydn, Music/SergeiRachmaninoff, Music/GiuseppeVerdi, Music/RichardWagner, Music/ClaudeDebussy, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Maria von Weber, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Music/ModestMussorgsky and Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: "Never Be Rude To An Arab" may seem like just another example of the troupe's boundary-pushing humour, but there is actually a Danish song titled [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeg_har_set_en_rigtig_negermand "Jeg har set en rigtig negermand"]][[note]]"I Have Seen a Real Negro Man"[[/note]] which is basically the same concept, except played 100 percent straight.

* GriefSong: "Decomposing Composers", where Creator/TerryJones lists all the composers who are dead now.

* AlternateAlbumArtwork: The vinyl artwork features a version of the paper label of the record visible on the outer sleeve. In the UK, the Charisma label is visible (despite not matching the image above) while in the USA it's the Artista label. On CD, the label is edited out on some releases.

** Turned UpToEleven with "Never Be Rude To An Arab".

# "Farewell To John Denver" (0:15) [[note]] Replaced with an apology on later releases [[/note]]

# "Farewell To John Denver" (0:15) [note]] Replaced with an apology on later releases [[/note]]

# "Farewell To John Denver" (0:15)

* RunningGagged: "A Scottish Farewell" [[spoiler:It's actually "Here Comes Another One" but with bagpipes but the singer is violently killed a few seconds in.]]

** "Here Comes Another One" is performed with a classical orchestra and in a CountryMusic style. It returns being played with bagpipes during "A Scottish Farewell".