The full track listing for Weird Al's STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD

So far I haven't seen any official announcement, but so many sources are consistently reporting this so this may very well be the real deal. This is the point before "Weird Al" Yankovic releases a new album when all of his fans will be speculating about what the songs will be like exactly. For me personally, there are always some song titles that I have to wonder what in the world could possibly be funny or original about them... and then the album comes out and I wind up playing those very same songs over and over and over again, they are so good. Last time it was the songs "Hardware Store", "Bob" and "Wanna Be Ur Lovr" (by far the most risque thing Al has ever done). So far as Straight Outta Lynwood goes, I think this time "Pancreas" and "Virus Alert" might be the big surprises.

Anyway, here's the list of what will be on Straight Outta Lynwood:

1. White and Nerdy - parody of Ridin' by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone

2. Pancreas - an original song with an animated video on the DualDisc

3. Canadian Idiot - parody of American Idiot by Green Day

4. I'll Sue Ya - an original song that also includes an animated video on the DualDisc

5. Polkarama! - Al's usual polka medley of current well-known songs (my favorites of those have got to be Polka Your Eyes Out and Bohemian Polka)

6. Virus Alert - an original song about computer viruses and the like that infect your computer from your friends's e-mail outboxes, also featuring a music video is animated by David Lovelace, the creator of Retarded Animal Babies. According to Lovelace, "just about every RAB character will have cameos in the video."

7. Confessions Part III - parody of Confessions Part II by Usher

8. Weasel Stomping Day - an original song to be given a "Robot Chicken video treatment" with a stop-motion animation piece on the popular cartoon's 35th episode, airing on September 24, 2006.

9. Close But No Cigar - an original song "kind of about this cat who's trying to hit on several girls, but he finds out that they're not really his type." John Kricfalusi, creator of Ren & Stimpy, and Katie Rice are working on the animated video.

10. Do I Creep You Out - parody of Do I Make You Proud by Taylor Hicks

11. Trapped in the Drive Thru - parody of Trapped in the Closet by R. Kelly

12. Don't Download This Song - a style parody of We Are the World which "describes the perils of online music file-sharing." Also features a Bill Plympton-animated video.

As you migh know, "You're Pitiful" was originally going to be on this album, but James Blunt's record company asked Al not to do it (which is why he made it a free download). One thing I've noticed is that the parodies from Straight Outta Lynwood seem to be those of some very current songs, like the Taylor Hicks one. Makes me wonder if Al might be considering doing song parodies all the time and sticking them on the Internet after he finishes them. That would definitely be a good self-marketing thing to do (in my opinion marketing himself through his own website and his Myspace page like this is something very innovative that Al is doing).

Taylor Hicks fan that I am, I can't wait to hear "Do I Creep You Out" :-)