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| Flight of the Conchords | 
 enlarge | Artist: Flight Of The Conchords
Label: Sub Pop
Category: Music
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 164
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 70715
UPC: 098787071528
EAN: 0098787071528
ASIN: B0014DBZXS
Release Date: April 22, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Foux du Fafa | | • | Inner City Pressure | | • | Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros | | • | Think About It | | • | Ladies of the World | | • | Mutha'uckas | | • | Prince of Parties | | • | Leggy Blonde | | • | Robots | | • | Boom | | • | A Kiss is Not a Contract | | • | The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room | | • | Business Time | | • | Bowie | | • | Au Revoir |
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Amazon.co.uk
Anyone familiar with cultish comedy series Flight of the Conchords will be aware of the wonderful songs that the hapless New Zealand duo Bret and Jemaine concoct for each episode. Tackling all genres, from hip hop and soul to glam rock, the duo create highly original and well-produced tracks that typically satirise the very genre they?re imitating. This album collects together many of the show?s best musical moments, many of them subtly revamped. "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" and "Boom" illustrate the pair?s hilarious 'rap' skills. "Think About It" parodies socially minded soul visionaries such as Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield, "Bowie" satirises the 70s icon (especially his prodigious drug use), while "Inner City Pressure" mimics the Pet Shop Boys. Two of the most memorable songs from the series--"The Prince of Parties" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)"--are also both present, making this the definitive FOTC compilation. The humour ranges from offbeat to downright daft, but there's nothing laughable about the production, which is mostly first class. It's true they could have given us a few new songs, but then how many comedy albums can you repeatedly rewind and find yourself not only laughing, but dancing too?--Paul Sullivan
Product Description
This acclaimed Kiwi novelty band follow the release of their six-track Grammy Award-winning CD EP "The Distant Future" with their full-length debut. Features fully fleshed-out and professionally recorded versions of the duo's concerts and TV favorites. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement's trademark acoustic guitars lead the blitz, backed by a diverse array of instrumentation and production technique. If amazing, delightful, and hilarious is your idea of funny, then prepare for undisappointment. These fifteen songs pay homage to Pet Shop Boys, censorship, Marvin Gaye, sexism, Shabba Ranks, and backhanded compliments.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...
 For those already obsessed April 22, 2008
36 out of 51 found this review helpful
Let's face it: The Flight of the Conchords are not a band, they're comedians. Unfortunately, these audio only songs do lose a little something when you don't see Bret and Jemaine taking themselves totally seriously with these ridiculous songs. Don't get me wrong, these songs are absolutely funny, but only if you're already a fan. There isn't really much difference between the songs from here to the versions heard on the HBO series. So my recommendation is this, if you love the guys and you love the songs and the HBO show, then go ahead and buy the album (or more accurately Season 1 soundtrack). If you haven't seen the show or the Conchords' shtick before, then see it and judge whether or not you like it. Also, there are a few notable omissions from the disc:
I'm Not Crying (On the Distant Future EP)
If You're Into It (Also on the Distant Future EP)
Albi the Racist Dragon
Bret You Got It Goin On (Available from iTunes as a pre-order only bonus track, too late)
Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring
Sello Tape (I love this one, I wish they put it on there)
Cheer Up Murray
Song for Sally
Mermaids
Jenny (hillarious)
Also, they could have done without Leggy Blonde (not very funny). O well, it's still nice to have for posterity's sake so that you can sing along and laugh with all of your other Conchord's fan friends.
 Disappointed with the album. Buy the The distant future EP instead. April 24, 2008
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of Flight of the conchords. Their live performances make me laugh so hard and I really enjoy their music comedy. But this album was a disappointment.
The beauty of Flight of the Conchords is the raw simplicity and awkwardness of their comedy and music. The humor usually played off each other is not there, everything was rehearsed and it became unnatural. There were also a lot more sound effects going on in each track that, I felt, destroyed the songs.
Don't get me wrong, Flight of the Conchords is a great "2-man novelty band" but this album does not do them justice... Buy The Distant Future EP instead. It has fewer tracks but I feel it's much more enjoyable...
Great group, but this album isn't the best representative April 27, 2008
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
Many FOTC fans know that the best versions of many of their songs are not the ones from their TV show. There are much better versions of "The Most Beautiful Girl", "Hiphopopotamus", "Robots" and many other popular tracks from either previously-released material, or live performances that can be seen/heard online. That's not to say this isn't a good album, but not all of their songs were improved by the overproduction evident on these tracks, and in many cases the altered-for-tv lyrics different from earlier, more funny or more spontaneous performances.
If you're a hardcore fan, you already have these tracks anyway, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy the album to let the corporations know that FOTC is worth investing in for several more new seasons.
 Flight of the Conchords are here to folk you up April 22, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement make up New Zealand's fourth most popular parody folk duo, Flight of the Conchords. Looking down upon them is a tribute band, Like of the Conchords, who outshine the original duo playing the same songs and are simply just more popular. However, Bret and Jemaine are still popular enough in New Zealand that most New Zealanders will deny ever hearing of the group just to be alternative. Jemaine's grandmother compares them to The Beatles: "they used to get really hairy too."
Their live performance on an HBO special gave them further worldwide exposure, especially on the internet, and they later released a Grammy award-winning EP, The Distant Future. Their television series, Flight of the Conchords - The Complete First Season, truly elevated their fan base. The songs on this self-titled album (the group's first full-length) are scattered throughout the plot of the show, which features these Kiwis attempting to survive in New York and make a name for themselves. Surely enough they've done so with the airing of the series in the United States and the comedy/music integration with guitars and various other instruments in hand. It's also worth noting that the EP and full-length share just one song, "Business Time."
One letdown regarding the self-titled album is that none of these songs were written just for the release of the album - they're all favorites from past appearances and such. On the up side, they've been professionally fine-tuned and somewhat differ (without straying too far from the original content) from the same songs of old. Much like wine, the flavor has improved in time. But wine has never been this funny. Back in New Zealand where Bret and Jemaine invented rap, they're also known as Rhymenocerous and the Hiphopopotamus and have a rap battle in the appropriately titled "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous." Jemaine wants to brush teeth and recycle together in arguably their biggest hit, "Business Time." Bret is the sexist "Boom" king and will seduce you with his 1987 DG20 Casio electric guitar. Together they will call you "The Most Beautiful Girl," but depending on the street.
Flight of the Conchords are here to folk you up. Tenacious who?
The Flight of the Conchords DEFINE originality April 22, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
During a time when so much of what on television, in the movies, and heard in music seems so derivitive, it's refreshing to see a band that is completely unlike anything else out there. If you like music and comedy, then this CD is the perfect item for you. There's not a single song on here that isn't entertaining, and you will more than likely find yourself laughing out loud.
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