Monty Python - The Final Rip Off (1987) 2CD

Monty Python - The Final Rip Off (1987) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) 641 mb (incl 5%) | Mp3 (CBR320/Stereo) 281 mb (incl 5%) | Scans 15 mb
Genre: Sketch Comedy, Comedy Rock, Soundtracks | Label: Virgin | # 0777 7 86033 2 0 | Time: 01:56:59

This is it the one Monty Python album that you must have. A compilation drawn from various films, TV series, and performance sketches, The Final Rip Off consists of two CDs of absolute classics. One of the very first tracks is the famous "Constitutional Peasant" scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Also included are "Spanish Inquisition," "Argument," "Lumberjack Song," and several other sketches that have achieved much-deserved pride of place in popular culture. The members of Monty Python are quite aware of this--the much-loved dead-parrot sketch is listed here as "Parrot (Oh, Not Again)." It's a testimony to the artistry, not to mention timing, of the group that the great majority of this stuff is still funny after decades of wear.



This ironically titled set was not the final Monty Python anthology; contrarily, it is the troupe's first CD compilation. Nor could it be considered a ripoff, as it draws upon practically all of their albums, the exceptions being their debut long-player, Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970), as well as the Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983) soundtracks. This is more likely due to licensing constraints than a dismissal of the contents. The bulk of the Final Rip Off (1988) has been derived from Another Monty Python Record (1971) and Monty Python's Previous Record (1973) -- which consist primarily of sketches from the four series of their groundbreaking BBC-TV program, Monty Python's Flying Circus. Likewise, there are copious inclusions from their post-telly recordings Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973) and Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980). As this (or really any Python platter) demonstrates, the collective and respective talents of writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam are as aurally unequaled as they are visually incomparable. Even as personalities and egos clashed behind the scenes, the results were uniformly inspired; this remains true of Palin's newly recorded "Introduction" and a few other brief links as well. A glance at the running order will inevitably reveal favorites for all dimensions of enthusiast, from the absurdist pet-related humor of "Fish Licence" and "Parrot (Oh, Not Again)" to the rare Cleese singing vocal on "Eric the Half-a-Bee Song" to the witty and worldly pokes at pompous pretenses on "Australian Table Wines," "Four Yorkshiremen," or the "Gumby Theatre" adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard." Plenty of Python's demented ditties are here as well, such as the Viking-led ode to "Spam," "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio," and the Dadaist dig at Cleese on "Do Wot John." The sole cinematic representation comes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). Final Rip Off is arguably the best representation of Monty Python's remarkable comedic range, although fanatics may find it doesn't replace owning each of the individual titles from which it has been compiled.

Review by Lindsay Planer, Allmusic.com


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Tracklist:

Disc 1:

1. Introduction
2. Constitutional Peasant
3. Fish License
4. Eric the Half-a-Bee Song
5. Finland Song
6. Travel Agent
7. Are You Embarrassed Easily?
8. Australian Table Wines
9. Argument
10. Henry Kissinger Song
11. Parrot (Oh, Not Again)
12. Sit On My Face
13. Undertaker
14. Nover Writing (Live From Wessex)
15. String
16. Bells
17. Traffic Lights
18. Cocktail Bar
19. Four Yorkshiremen
20. Election Special
21. Lumberjack Song

Disc 2:

1. I Like Chinese
2. Spanish Inquisition Part 1
3. Cheese Shop
4. Cherry Orchard
5. Architect's Sketch
6. Spanish Inquisition Part 2
7. Spam
8. Spanish Inquisition Part 3
9. Comfy Chair
10. Famous Person Quiz
11. You Be The Actor
12. Nudge Nudge
13. Cannibalism
14. Spanish Inquisition Revisited
15. I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio
16. Bruces
17. Bookshop
18. Do Wot John
19. Rock Notes
20. I'm So Worried
21. Crocodile
22. French Taunter
23. Marilyn Monroe
24. Swamp Castle
25. French Taunter Part 2
26. Last Word

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