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The music is clever and catchy enough to give it merit for repeated listens. Buy the DVD first to get the full story and then pick this up for road trip sing-alongs.
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The lyrics hold their own as comedy poetry, and the album as a whole is stuffed with feel-good laughs.
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Fans of the TV show will have heard versions of almost all these songs before. The problem is, they've also seen these songs before.
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I feel like Flight of the Conchords could do something interesting if they embraced the absurdity of their act and didn’t stand aloof from it at an ironic distance.
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This is top-flight stuff, and not just because I needed to glancingly reference the band’s name before signing off.
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In other words: Sure they're funny, but are these songs supposed to be any good? Surprisingly, yes.
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Best of all, the Conchords never force their hand, frequently letting bizarre sonic references and awkward lyrical fumbles serve as unspoken punchlines.
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Overall, Flight of the Conchords created a well-rounded, original, and entertaining album filled with classic songs from their hit show.
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Under The RadarMany songs play out like shared "private" jokes but succeed all the time. [Spring 2008, p.75]
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Divorced from their HBO series, the songs have room to stretch a little, only occasionally sacrificing context. [May 2008, p.98]
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The only thing missing, really, is the visual context. That's a big piece of some of these songs--it is a TV show, after all--but even so, Flight of the Conchords the album is a thorough, and thoroughly entertaining, overview of Flight of the Conchords the band.
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It's safe to say this is the most endlessly playable comedy album of the new millennium. [May 2008, p.95]
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This album will make your life considerably better.
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This album is a nice collection of songs for our fans.
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But as a musical concern, the Conchords can’t hold a candle to [Tenacious] D, a shortcoming that’s much more apparent on this homonymous CD than it is on TV.
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The result is an album that is every bit as engaging as ear-candy as humor.
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Flight of the Conchords ultimately succeeds apart from its parent television show because it’s a modest comedy album.
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Lends itself to numerous repeat listens and laughs.
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Somehow, even after you know all the punchlines, the tunes are solid enough to still bear pressing ‘repeat’.
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If you’re not spending your days gnawing on your sofa pillows waiting for the new season of their program to premiere, Flight of the Conchords will probably appease you no questions asked.
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Q MagazineBret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement are indeed funny, but over the course of an album they're musical enough to withstand repeated plays. [June 2008, p.138]
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The album does have its duds--like 'The Prince of Parties' and 'Boom'--but a cut like 'The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)' makes the album entirely worthwhile.
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UrbThis long player is an ecstatic thrill ride through a world of comic minutia to tide FOTC's cult fan base over until their second season resumes after HBO's typical year and a half gap. [May/June 2008, p.92]
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Pulling off the high-wire act of musical comedy this well deserves an unabashed kudos.
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The 15 tracks presented are a perfect addition to any iPod and would certainly serve well as background music to any hipster wannabe party you throw.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 32
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Mixed: 3 out of 32
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Negative: 1 out of 32
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PeterKAug 17, 2009
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May 26, 2019I just have fourteen words to say about Flight of the Conchords: Absolute Brilliance
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ArchibaldCSep 25, 2008