Alapalooza

Personnel: Weird Al Yankovic (vocals, keyboards, accordion); Jim West (guitar, banjo, mandolin, background vocals); Joel Peskin (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Warren Luening (trumpet); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Ruben Valtierra (keyboards); Brad Buxer (keyboards, programming); Steve Jay (bass, background vocals); Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums, percussion); Julia Waters, Maxine Waters (background vocals); Sandy Berman (dinosaur sound effects).
All songwriting proceeds from "Achy Breaky Song" will be donated to the United Cerebral Palsy Association.
Personnel: Weird Al Yankovic (vocals, accordion, keyboards, background vocals); Alan Reed, Mel Blanc (vocals); Jim West (guitar, banjo, mandolin, background vocals); Joel Peskin (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Warren Leuning (trumpet); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Brad Buxer, Ruben Valtierra (keyboards); Steve Jay (bass guitar, background vocals); Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums, percussion); Sandy Berman (sound effects); Maxine Waters, Julia Waters (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Tony Papa.
Photographer: Rocky Schenck.
Following the genuinely inspired Off the Deep End, Alapalooza is a disappointing hodgepodge of weak originals and lame parodies, only slightly redeemed by the accurate satires of The Red Hot Chili Peppers ("The Bedrock Song") and Aerosmith ("Livin' in the Fridge"). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine