''Flight of the Conchords'' is the debut full-length studio recorded album by

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folk parody duo

Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand musical comedy duo formed in Wellington in 1998. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Beginning as a popular live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's comed ...

, released 21 April 2008 by Sub Pop. Two songs, "Business Time" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)", have been released as downloadable content for the video game ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

*All songs written and performed by

Jemaine Clement Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy series of the ...

and

Bret McKenzie Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie (born 29 June 1976) is a New Zealand musician, comedian, music supervisor, and actor. He is best known as one half of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Jemaine Clement. In the 2000s, the duo's com ...

*Sara Johnston - vocals on "Foux du Fafa" *Robin Lynn - keys on "Foux du Fafa," "Think About It" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" *Gus Seyffert - bass on "Think About It" and "Business Time" *Danny Frankel - percussion on "Think About It," "The Prince of Parties" and "Business Time" *

Mickey Petralia Mickey Petralia is an American producer, engineer, and mixer. Petralia produced all of the music on ''Flight of the Conchords''. Discography *2014 - ''Muppets Most Wanted: Original Soundtrack'' *2011 - ''The Muppets: Original Soundtrack'' *200 ...

- drums on "Ladies of the World" and "Leggy Blonde;" percussion on "The Prince of Parties" and "A Kiss is Not a Contract" *Mark Lewis - drums on "Ladies of the World" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" *Kyle O'Callaghan - co-writer and guitar on "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" *

Rhys Darby Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects of things such as machinery and animals. He was nominated for ...

- vocals on "Leggy Blonde" *Scott Seiver - drums on "Business Time" and "Bowie" *David Ralicke - horns on "Bowie"

Sales and chart performance

The album debuted at number three on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling about 52,000 copies in its first week. In their home country of New Zealand, the album debuted at number two, beaten to the top spot by

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's ''

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''. The following week it jumped to the number one spot. The album was certified 2× Platinum in New Zealand on 23 August 2009, shipping over 30,000 copies.

Appearances on the TV show

All of the tracks on the album, with the exception of track 15, were featured in an episode of the TV series ''

''. *Tracks 9 and 12 were featured in the episode

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. *Tracks 2 and 10 were featured in the episode

Bret Gives Up the Dream "Bret Gives Up the Dream" is the second episode of the HBO comedy series ''Flight of the Conchords''. The episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, June 24, 2007. A song in this episode, "Inner City Pressure", received an Emmy Award nomi ...

. *Tracks 3 and 4 were featured in the episode

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. *Track 13 was featured in the episode

Sally Returns "Sally Returns" is the fifth episode of the HBO comedy series ''Flight of the Conchords''. It first aired in the United States on Sunday, July 15, 2007. This episode received an Emmy Award nomination in 2008 for "Outstanding Directing For A Comed ...

. *Tracks 14 and 16 were featured in the episode Bowie. *Tracks 6 and 8 were featured in the episode Drive By. *Tracks 1 and 11 were featured in the episode Girlfriends. *Tracks 5 and 7 were featured in the episode

New Fans "New Fans" is the tenth episode of the HBO comedy series ''Flight of the Conchords''. This episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, August 19, 2007. Plot synopsis A performance at a local " World Music Jam" results in the Conchords ga ...

. Many tracks are rerecorded or slightly remixed versions of those featured in the television program. "Business Time" previously appeared on '' The Distant Future'' EP, along with live versions of "Robots" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)".

Music videos

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for the song "Ladies of the World" has been released by

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records. It is available on the Sub Pop

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channel. In the video, Bret and Jemaine skate around a beach (mostly in slow motion) in a parody of "cheesy" 70's music videos. When they reach the hermaphrodite lyrics, the camera zooms in on a bulge in a woman's swimsuit. When the music fades back in at the end of the song, Bret and Jemaine "fly" into space; Bret flaps his arms and Jemaine uses his vest as wings.

Awards

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flight Of The Conchords (Album) Flight of the Conchords albums 2008 debut albums Sub Pop albums Anti-folk albums Alternative rock albums by New Zealand artists 2000s comedy albums Albums produced by Mickey Petralia