History Music / WeirdAlYankovicAlbum

* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In "Another One Rides The Bus", Al uses his accordion case as an instrument.

* FilkSong: "Ricky", a parody of Toni Basil's "Mickey", is this for ''Series/ILoveLucy''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. Every song features accordion as the lead instrument and Al sings everything with an exaggerated nasal voice, so the parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies. It's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist. It's also one of only three albums not to have any polka medley (''Music/{{Alapalooza}}'' has a polka cover of Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" while ''Music/EvenWorse'' is the only other album to have no polka at all) and has only one style parody, "Happy Birthday" (Tonio K.).

* DetailHoggingCover: The cover, drawn by Brazillian illustrator Rogerio {{in the style of}} MAD Magazine, depicts Al sitting up in bed in a room full of different bits of junk which alludes to each individual song on the record. This detail is sadly lost on future releases which forced the image to be scaled down too far for the naked eye to pick up on.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. Every song features accordion as the lead instrument, so the parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies. There's only one style parody, "Happy Birthday" (Tonio K.), no polka medley (''Music/EvenWorse'' doesn't have one either, and ''Music/{{Alapalooza}}'' replaces it with a polka cover of Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody"), and Al sings everything with an exaggerated nasal voice. It's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist.

* FaceOnTheCover[=/=]DetailHoggingCover: "Weird Al" done as a cartoon, inside a room full of junk.

* ToiletHumour: A loud belch is heard in "My Bologna".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. Every song features accordion as the lead instrument, so the parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies. There's only one style parody, "Happy Birthday" (Tonio K.), no polka medley (''Music/EvenWorse'' doesn't have one either, and ''Music/{{Alapalooze}}'' replaces it with a polka cover of Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody"), and Al sings everything with an exaggerated nasal voice. It's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. Every song features accordion as the lead instrument, so the parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies. There's only one style parody, "Happy Birthday" (Tonio K.), no polka medley (''Music/EvenWorse'' doesn't have one either), and Al sings everything with an exaggerated nasal voice. It's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. Every song features accordion as the lead instrument, so the parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies. There's only one style parody, "Happy Birthday" (Tonio K.), no polka medley, and Al sings everything with an exaggerated nasal voice. It's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. Every song features accordion as the lead instrument, so the parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies. There's only one style parody, "Happy Birthday" (Tonio K.), no polka medly and Al sings everything with an exaggerated nasal voice. It's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. Every song features accordion as the lead instrument, so the parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies. There's only one style parody, "Happy Birthday" (Tonio K.) and Al sings everything with an exaggerated nasal voice. It's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist.

** "Another One Rides The Bus" is about Al on a ridiculously overcrowded bus and he sings "I haven't been in a crowd like this/Since I went to see Music/TheWho!"[[Note]]He's referring to a particular Who concert in Cincinnati four years earlier in which a stampede of concert goers trampled eleven people to death.[[/note]]

** "Another One Rides The Bus" is about Al on a ridiculously overcrowded bus and he sings "I haven't been in a crowd like this/Since I went to see Music/TheWho!"

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As his first album, this is evident. The parodies aren't nearly as close to the original sonically as later parodies; only one of the original songs is InTheStyleOf another artist; and it's also the only album to date to feature a guest vocalist.

* InTheStyleOf:
** "Happy Birthday" - Tonio K.

* FaceOnTheCover: "Weird Al" done as a cartoon.

# "Another One Rides The Bus" (2:35)[[note]]Parody of Music/{{Queen}}'s "Another One Rides the Bus"[[/note]]

# "Ricky" (2:35)[[note]]Parody of Toni Basil's "Mickey" using characters from ''Series/ILoveLucy''[[/note]]

# "Ricky" (2:35)[[note]]Parody of Toni Basil's "Mickey" uasing characters from ''Series/ILoveLucy''[[/note]]

# "Ricky" (2:35)[[note]]Parody opf Toni Basil's "Mickey"[[/note]]

# "I Love Rocky Road" (2:35)[[note]]Parody of "I Love Rock & Roll", popularized by Music/JoanJett[[/note]]

# "Ricky" (2:35)[[note]]Parody opf Toni Basil's "Mickey"[[/note]]]

# "I Love Rocky Road" (2:35)[[Parody of "I Love Rock & Roll", popularized by Music/JoanJett[[/note]]

# "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" (3:14)[[Parody of Music/StevieNicks & Music/TomPetty's "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"[[/note]]

# "My Bologna" (2:01)[[note]]Parody of The Knack's "My Sharona"[/note]]

# "Another One Rides The Bus" (2:35)[[Parody of Music/{{Queen}}'s "Another One Rides the Bus"[[/note]]

# "Ricky"
# "Gotta Boogie"
# "I Love Rocky Road"
# "Buckingham Blues"
# "Happy Birthday"
# "Stop Draggin' My Car Around"

# "My Bologna"
# "The Check's In The Mail"
# "Another One Rides The Bus"
# "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead"
# "Such A Groovy Guy"
# "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung"

** "Another One Rides The Bus" is about Al on a ridiculously overcrowded bus and he sings "I haven't been in a crowd like this/Since I went to see The Who!"

-->''I guess you know the Earth is gonna crash into the sun''

* SpecialGuest: Tress [=MacNeille=] does the voice of Lucy in "Ricky".

* SpecialGuest: Tress MacNeille does the voice of Lucy in "Ricky".