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Mandatory Fun is the fourteenth studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. The self-produced album was released by RCA Records in the United States on July 15, 2014, and was the final album on Yankovic's recording contract. Yankovic had previously released Alpocalypse in 2011 and was touring in support of it when he first spoke of his next record. When he began to work on Mandatory Fun, Yankovic found himself listening to older acts, many of which he stylistically spoofed on the album.

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  • Mandatory Fun est le quatorzième album du chanteur et parodiste « Weird Al » Yankovic, sorti en 2014.Il s'est classé à la première place du Billboard 200 aux États-Unis. (fr)
  • Mandatory Fun is the fourteenth studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. The self-produced album was released by RCA Records in the United States on July 15, 2014, and was the final album on Yankovic's recording contract. Yankovic had previously released Alpocalypse in 2011 and was touring in support of it when he first spoke of his next record. When he began to work on Mandatory Fun, Yankovic found himself listening to older acts, many of which he stylistically spoofed on the album. Recorded at studios in Los Angeles and Massachusetts from 2012 to 2014, Mandatory Fun contains twelve songs, which include parodies of songs by Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Iggy Azalea, Lorde and Imagine Dragons. It also features original songs in the form of pastiche, imitating the styles of the Pixies, Cat Stevens, Foo Fighters, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Southern Culture on the Skids. Yankovic composed the originals first and wrote the parodies last to allow them to be as timely as possible upon the album's release. Many artists reacted positively to being parodied; Williams remarked that he was "honored" to be spoofed by Yankovic, while Imagine Dragons advised Yankovic on how to replicate sounds in their original song. After Yankovic's 32 years under contract, Mandatory Fun marks his first number one album in the United States. It received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Yankovic chose not to release a lead single and instead publicized the album by launching eight music videos online during the first week of the album release through different video content portals. Among these, "Word Crimes" became Yankovic's fourth top 40 song, making him one of few artists to achieve such a feat in four separate decades. The album won the award for Best Comedy Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, Yankovic's fourth career Grammy. Due to the completion of his record contract obligations and the success of the video strategy, Yankovic has suggested Mandatory Fun may be his last traditional album, switching to more timely releases of singles and EPs of his songs. (en)
  • Mandatory Fun è il quattordicesimo album di "Weird Al" Yankovic, pubblicato il 15 luglio 2014. (it)
  • 《Mandatory Fun》는 2014년 7월 15일에 발매된 위어드 알 얀코빅의 음반이다. RCA 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
  • Mandatory Fun är det fjortonde studioalbumet av "Weird Al" Yankovic, och släpptes den 15 juni 2014. Albumets omslag är en parodi på sovjetisk och kinesisk propaganda, på omslaget syns artisten klädd i sovjetisk militäruniform. (sv)
  • Mandatory Fun é o décimo quarto álbum de estúdio do músico norte-americano "Weird Al" Yankovic. Auto-produzido, o álbum foi lançado pela RCA Records nos Estados Unidos em 15 de julho de 2014. Yankovic havia lançado anteriormente Alpocalypse em 2011, e excursionou em apoio dele quando falou pela primeira vez de seu próximo disco. Quando ele começou a trabalhar no que viria a ser Mandatory Fun, Yankovic dedicou-se a ouvir os atos mais velhos, muitos dos quais ele iria satirizar estilisticamente no álbum. Foi indicado ao Grammy Awards de 2015 na categoria Melhor Álbum de Comédia (pt)
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  • "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams (en)
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  • The album's packaging parodies communist propaganda. . (en)
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  • "I wanted to really do what is ostensibly my last album with a big splash. I wanted the first week to be big; I wanted every single day of release week to be an event. I wanted a video to go viral for an entire day and have people talking about that video, and then the next day they're talking about a new video. I just thought that would be a really fun way to do it." (en)
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  • —"Weird Al" Yankovic, on the marketing campaign (en)
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  • Mandatory Fun est le quatorzième album du chanteur et parodiste « Weird Al » Yankovic, sorti en 2014.Il s'est classé à la première place du Billboard 200 aux États-Unis. (fr)
  • Mandatory Fun è il quattordicesimo album di "Weird Al" Yankovic, pubblicato il 15 luglio 2014. (it)
  • 《Mandatory Fun》는 2014년 7월 15일에 발매된 위어드 알 얀코빅의 음반이다. RCA 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
  • Mandatory Fun är det fjortonde studioalbumet av "Weird Al" Yankovic, och släpptes den 15 juni 2014. Albumets omslag är en parodi på sovjetisk och kinesisk propaganda, på omslaget syns artisten klädd i sovjetisk militäruniform. (sv)
  • Mandatory Fun é o décimo quarto álbum de estúdio do músico norte-americano "Weird Al" Yankovic. Auto-produzido, o álbum foi lançado pela RCA Records nos Estados Unidos em 15 de julho de 2014. Yankovic havia lançado anteriormente Alpocalypse em 2011, e excursionou em apoio dele quando falou pela primeira vez de seu próximo disco. Quando ele começou a trabalhar no que viria a ser Mandatory Fun, Yankovic dedicou-se a ouvir os atos mais velhos, muitos dos quais ele iria satirizar estilisticamente no álbum. Foi indicado ao Grammy Awards de 2015 na categoria Melhor Álbum de Comédia (pt)
  • Mandatory Fun is the fourteenth studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. The self-produced album was released by RCA Records in the United States on July 15, 2014, and was the final album on Yankovic's recording contract. Yankovic had previously released Alpocalypse in 2011 and was touring in support of it when he first spoke of his next record. When he began to work on Mandatory Fun, Yankovic found himself listening to older acts, many of which he stylistically spoofed on the album. (en)
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