The Bathroom Wall
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| Live album with studio tracks by Jimmy Fallon | ||||
| Released | August 27, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Comedy rock, comedy | |||
| Length | 36:49 | |||
| Label | Dreamworks | |||
| Producer | The Soundhustlers | |||
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The Bathroom Wall is the debut album by Jimmy Fallon. The first five tracks of the album consists of studio songs, with the remainder of the album consisting of stand-up comedy material. It was released on August 27, 2002. This was most notable for the song "Idiot Boyfriend", which included a music video. Actress and singer/songwriter Zooey Deschanel appears in the music video as the girlfriend, but is not credited.
Allmusic described it as Fallon's "mix tape of high school fights, bad athletic performances, and collegiate experimentation combined with a dose of rock & roll mayhem"; two of the songs ("Idiot Boyfriend" and "Road Rage") were AMG "Track Picks", as were two of the stand-up comedy routines ("Troll Doll Jingles" and "Hammertime").
The Rolling Stone liked the "fifteen minutes' worth of songs" and called "Idiot Boyfriend" the "second-best Prince parody ever, after Beck's 'Debra'"; the rest of the album was said to be "padded out with lame stand-up on college life (the fridges are small!), celebrity impressions and troll dolls."
The Bathroom Wall was nominated for a Grammy in 2003 as the Best Spoken Comedy Album.
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