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"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D

"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
The cover for "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D features "Weird Al" Yankovic's upper torso protruding out of an askew box with a wooden frame. The title is written in mock three-deminsional font. The sky and a yellow floor are featured in the background. This is a direct connection to evilness, seeing as there is a message in one of the songs on the album called"nature trail to hell" which has a backwards message saying that satan eats cheese whiz, also connecting cheese to evilness too.
Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released February 28, 1984
Recorded October 1–December 13, 1983
Genre Comedy, parody
Length 44:03
Label Rock 'n Roll Records
Scotti Brothers
Producer Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
"Weird Al" Yankovic
(1983)		 "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
(1984)		 Dare to Be Stupid
(1985)
Singles from In 3-D
  1. "Eat It"
    Released: February 28, 1984
  2. "King of Suede"
    Released: April 1984
  3. "I Lost on Jeopardy"
    Released: June 4, 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
The Daily Vault B+
Robert Christgau C+
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars

"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (often referred to simply as In 3-D) is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on February 28, 1984, by Rock 'n Roll Records. The album was one of many produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. Recorded between October and December 1983, the album was Yankovic's follow-up to his modestly successful debut LP, "Weird Al" Yankovic.

The music on "'Weird Al' Yankovic in 3-D" is built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid-1980s. Half of the album is made up of parodies, featuring jabs at Michael Jackson, Men Without Hats, The Greg Kihn Band, The Police, and Survivor. The other half of the album is original material, featuring many "style parodies", or musical imitations that come close to, but do not copy, existing artists. These style parodies include imitations of specific artists like Bob Marley and The B-52s. This album marked a musical departure from Yankovic's self-titled debut, in that the arrangements of the parodies were now closer to the originals and the accordion was no longer used in every song, now only being featured where deemed appropriate or wholly inappropriate for comedic effect. "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D is also notable for being the first album released by Yankovic to feature a polka of hit songs. These pastiches of hit songs, set to polka music, have since appeared on nearly all of Yankovic's albums.

"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D was met with mostly positive reviews and peaked at number seventeen on the Billboard 200 and number sixty-one in Australia. The album also produced one of Yankovic's most famous singles, "Eat It" (a parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It"), which peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. This song was Yankovic's highest charting single until "White & Nerdy" from his 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood peaked at number nine in the October 21, 2006 Billboard charts. "Eat It" also charted at number one in Australia, making it Yankovic's only number one single in any country. The album also produced two minor US hits, "King of Suede", which peaked at number sixty-two, and "I Lost on Jeopardy", which peaked at number eighty-one. The album was Yankovic's first Gold record, and went on to be certified Platinum for sales of over one million copies in the United States. "Eat It" won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical in 1985.


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