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| ARTIST: | Monty Python |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Virgin Records |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Introduction, Constitutional Peasant, Fish Licence, Eric The Half-a-Bee Song, Finland Song, Travel Agent, Are You Embarrassed Easily?, Australian Table Wines, Argument, Henry Kissinger Song, Parrot (Oh, Not Again), Untitled, Sit On My Face, Undertaker, Novel Writing (Live From Wessex), Untitled, String, Bells, Traffic Lights, Cocktail Bar, Four Yorkshiremen, Election Special, Lumberjack Song, Untitled, I Like Chinese, Spanish Inquisition Part 1, Cheese Shop, Cherry Orchard, Architect's Sketch, Spanish Inquisition Part 2, Spam, Spanish Inquisition Part 3, Comfy Chair, Famous Person Quiz, You Be The Actor, Nudge Nudge, Cannibalism, Spanish Inquisition Revisited, I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio, Bruces, Bookshop, Do Wot John, Rock Notes, I'm So Worried, Crocodile, French Taunter, Marilyn Monroe, Swamp Castle, French Taunter Part 2, Last Word |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 077778603320 |
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Customer Reviews of Monty Python's The Final Rip Off
Five ounces of your best Python, if you would, stout yeoman Python fans argue constantly about the best performances of particular sketches precisely because the boys performed (and recorded) them at so many different venues. The only thing fans all agree on is the fact that the performances ARE different depending upon the recording. Every fan who loves Python's studio sessions has a counterpart who prefers the raw edge of the live theatricals. RIP OFF has a mixture of both, with probably the best balance of any Python album. To be sure, it's the most exhaustive collection, because it was released well after the group's demise. I don't believe you'll find a compilation with as much material from as many different phases of the group's history.
As such, RIP OFF is a particularly good place to start a Python collection. This is not the same thing as saying it's the best Python album. To be sure, other records, most obviously those recorded while the group was still together, are better in the way that any original album is better than a "best of" compilation. It's hard to top, for instance, the quality of the sketches on MONTY PYTHON'S PREVIOUS RECORD, or the overall coherence of MATCHING TIE AND HANDKERCHIEF--a work so brilliant that it actually had two Side Twos on vinyl. Still, even if it doesn't match the brilliance of any of the original albums, it's easily the best thing the group has put on CD after their breakup. If you're getting to know the group retrospectively, choose this over any other compilation album.
A Great Python Primer
The Final Rip Off is a great way to listen to the various ways that Python can entertain. Through sketches and musical numbers from a variety of sources, this CD captures the essence of Python. Where it fails however, is its use of live performances in place of the excellent original recordings. The live performance are filled with audience expectations, they know the punchline, the exquisite timing is lost amidst the guffaws. The slapdash sequencing is also a bit annoying, but it's still funnier than most things available. After you give this a try seek out the original recordings, like Matching Tie and Handkerchief, and hear how this material sounds when the planning is concise and thoughtful in the way Monty Python should be.
Another Python compilation
If you're looking for the LIMITED new material on this album, like I did, you'll be disapointed, as there's maybe a total minutes of new material, which is simply Micheal Palin, bantering about nothing.
If your looking for sketches that you haven't heard for a while, or at least not the Drury Lane versions, sadly, I still don't Drury Lane, then get this album. There is also a small booklet with new stuff, and pictures some of which I haven't seen anywhere else. It's not essential, but you can still have a nice time.