''The TV Album'' is a compilation CD of songs by

"Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specifi ...

that features songs about

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

and

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. In 1993, Yankovic's former record label,

Scotti Brothers Scotti Brothers Records (typically spelled Scotti Bros. Records) was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti in 1974. Their first success was releasing singles and albums from teen pop star Leif Garrett. They later helped ...

, had released a similar album called '' The Food Album'' that contained songs about food. The artwork was done by '' Mad'' magazine veteran Jack Davis.

Release

The album was released by

Scotti Brothers Records Scotti Brothers Records (typically spelled Scotti Bros. Records) was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti in 1974. Their first success was releasing singles and albums from teen pop star Leif Garrett. They later helped ...

and was only begrudgingly approved by Yankovic. At the time, Scotti Brothers had insisted on putting out a new album by Yankovic in order to meet monetary projections for the fiscal quarter, despite the fact that no new album was ready; ''

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'' would not be released until a year later. Scotti Brothers had previously released a similar compilation album in 1993 entitled '' The Food Album''. However, when it came time to release ''The TV Album'', Yankovic reported that "the record company was a whole lot nicer when they asked the second time", and that there was "more groveling ndless demanding". Following the release of ''The Food Album'' and ''The TV Album''—in addition to the various greatest hits records that had been released—Scotti Brothers used-up all of their compilation options in Yankovic's contract, which prevented the release of further compilations when

Volcano Records Volcano Entertainment (sometimes referred to as Volcano Records) was an American all-round music record label founded in 1996 which released albums by Tool, 311, Size 14, Survivor and "Weird Al" Yankovic. (The latter two were former Scotti Bros. ...

acquired his contract in the late 1990s. In Canada, it was released as ''The MuchMusic TV Album''.

Track listing

References

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