Demented World Explained
Opie & Anthony's Demented World is a compilation album by American radio personalities Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, released in October 1997 on Restaurant Records. It features live and pre-recorded segments from their radio show Opie and Anthony when it aired in afternoons on WAAF-FM in Boston, Massachusetts from 1995 to 1998.[2]
Release
The album was released on Restaurant Records, an independent label based in New Jersey. By December 1997, the album had sold over 20,000 copies regionally and saw a national release. It went to No. 21 on Soundscan's CD sales chart for the Boston area.[3] It went to No. 47 on Billboard's Heatseeker Album Chart.[4] To promote the radio show and album, a three-track promotional edition was distributed to 850 radio stations nationwide.[3]
A portion of sales from the album was donated to the Veterans Benefits Clearing House in Boston to help minority homeless veterans and the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans.[5] [6] By December 1997, over $17,000 had been raised.[7]
Hughes and Cumia had started work on a follow-up album tentatively named Cringe, but it was never released.[3] They later said that they received no money from Demented World.[8]
Tracks
- 100 Grand (1:25)
- Hi Mom, I'm in Jail (3:40)
- Testicular Video (1:30)
- (2:51)
- Green People (2:47)
- Dr. Smith (2:23)
- Butt Plug (1:42)
- Evil Barney Babysits (2:51)
- Girl's Bike (1:48)
- Brando & Underdog (0:58)
- Publishers Clearing House (2:13)
- Hi Mom, I'm in Porno (2:49)
- My Dog Fresca (1:53)
- Scrotum (1:07)
- Reagan (3:23)
- Hey Masterbator (1:46)
- Emphysema Call (3:05)
- Raquel Welch (0:40)
- Captain Kirk (1:25)
- Green Bay Funeral (2:49)
- Babe's Auto Villa (0:43)
- Breasts (1:57)
- Crazy Jim (0:20)
- Tourettes Whorehouse (2:54)
- Fake-O (0:36)
- Freezer (2:04)
- Granny Christmas Song (2:06)
- Wheelchair Fred Butt Plug (1:34)[9]
Production
- Executive Producer — Dave Douglas[10]
- Producer — Chuck Davis
- Mastering — Henk Kooistra
- Photography — Malcolm Hewitt
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150218055159/http://www.mtv.com/artists/opie-anthonys-2/discography/123062/ Opie & Anthony's Discography
- https://books.google.com/books?id=EQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 Billboard - August 22 1998 - Page 14
- News: . Anderman . Joan . Comfortably dumb Tasteless humor and pranks from WAAF shock jocks . Boston Globe . 5 December 1997 . C18 .
- https://books.google.com/books?id=0wkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17 Billboard - October 25 1997 - Page 17
- News: . Donham . Jim . Holiday performances at Vernon Hill post . Telegram & Gazette . Worcester, Mass . 7 December 1997 . A6 .
- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1043825/a/opie+%26+anthony's+demented+world.htm CD Universe - Opie & Anthony's Demented World CD
- News: . Bickelhaupt . Susan . Stations are giving it up all month . Boston Globe . 4 December 1997 . E14 .
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6mpkeVH5Ac Opie and Anthony Unmasked
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/opie-anthonys-demented-world-mw0000031334 AllMusic - Opie & Anthony's Demented World
- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/opie-anthonys-demented-world-opie-anthony/340544?ean=630165100446 BN - Opie & Anthony's Demented World
