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+ | |Vinyl mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering | ||
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- | | The Brothers Chaps | + | | The Brothers Chaps |
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+ | |[[Missy Palmer]] | ||
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|[[Y-O-U]] | |[[Y-O-U]] | ||
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+ | |[[J. Christopher Arrison]] | ||
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+ | | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Alternate cover''' | ||
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+ | | align=center colspan=2 | [[File:lee-petty-strongbadsings-front-logo.jpg|250px|And now, it's your turntable.]] | ||
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+ | | align=center colspan=2 | Fangamer vinyl release | ||
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- | {{about|music album | + | {{about|music album}} {{fortoon|Strong Bad Sings}} {{for|toon advertising the vinyl release|Strong Bad Sings on Vinyl!}} |
- | + | '''''Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits''''' (also called '''''Strong Bad Sings''''') is a compilation album including twenty songs by [[Strong Bad]] and other various characters and artists from the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, as well as a "Secret Song" sung by [[Homestar Runner]] himself. The title of the album is based on the toon [[Strong Bad Sings]], a commercial for a fake Strong Bad album, and many of the songs named in the toon can be heard in full. | |
- | The | + | The CD is sold for $17.00, and includes a color booklet and Limozeen sticker. On September 11, 2019, the album was uploaded for [[Music Streaming Profiles|streaming and download]] onto {{wp|Spotify}}, {{wp|Apple Music}}, {{wp|Amazon Music}}, and [[songwhip:/album/strong-bad/strong-bad-sings|other platforms]]. |
- | + | On February 23, 2021, the album was released by [[Fangamer]] as a vinyl record, priced at $25.00 USD, alongside a [[Fangamer#vinyl_slipmat_dj_teh_cheat|felt slipmat]]. This dual release was accompanied by a [[Strong Bad Sings on Vinyl!|promotional video]]. The vinyl record was repressed on April 5, 2022, and the price was increased to $29. This release also included a variant color distributed by {{p|l=https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/strong-bad-sings Ship to Shore PhonoCo.}} for $30. | |
==Track Listing== | ==Track Listing== | ||
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The Cheap as Free logo is present. | The Cheap as Free logo is present. | ||
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+ | |[[Wikipedia:Universal Product Code|UPC]]|| 8 80485 41002 6 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Wikipedia:European Article Number|EAN]]|| 0 880485 410026 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Vinyl Details== | ||
+ | [[File:TwitterSBSings.jpg|thumb|Strong Bad Sings on VINYL!! Out NOW!]] | ||
+ | The Fangamer store description reads: | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | For years, he's thrilled and captivated himself with his music. And now, it's your turntable.<br/> | ||
+ | <br/> | ||
+ | Now available at Fangamer on one intimidating red-and-black vinyl record, zero CDs, zero cassettes, or zero 8-track tapes, you might expect to pay almost $20 for this remastered-for-vinyl collection, featuring beautiful art by Lee Petty and all-new liner notes from Strong Bad himself. But it's all yours for just one easy installment of $29.<br/> | ||
+ | <br/> | ||
+ | '''Side A'''<br/> | ||
+ | <br/> | ||
+ | 1. Trogdor<br/> | ||
+ | 2. The System Is Down<br/> | ||
+ | 3. Strong Badia National Anthem<br/> | ||
+ | 4. Oh Yeah Yeah<br/> | ||
+ | 5. Because, It's Midnite<br/> | ||
+ | 6. Circles<br/> | ||
+ | 7. Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested<br/> | ||
+ | 8. Moving Very Slowly<br/> | ||
+ | 9. Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song<br/> | ||
+ | 10. I Think I Have a Chance With This Guy<br/> | ||
+ | 11. It's Like It Was Meant To Be<br/> | ||
+ | <br/> | ||
+ | '''Side B'''<br/> | ||
+ | <br/> | ||
+ | 12. Nite Mamas<br/> | ||
+ | 13. Sensitive To Bees<br/> | ||
+ | 14. You've Got an Ugly & Stupid Butt<br/> | ||
+ | 15. These Peoples Try to Fade Me<br/> | ||
+ | 16. The Ladies In My Town All Know My Name<br/> | ||
+ | 17. Theme from Dangeresque II: This Time, It's Not Dangeresque I<br/> | ||
+ | 18. Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)<br/> | ||
+ | 19. The Cheat Is Not Dead<br/> | ||
+ | 20. Everybody To the Limit (Live From West Rekjavik)<br/> | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | The Ship to Shore description is largely identical. Changes are specifying "Now available at Ship to Shore on one intimidating green-and-black exclusive vinyl variant", and a price difference resulting in "you might expect to pay almost $40 [...] it's all yours for just one easy installment of $30." | ||
+ | {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse" | ||
+ | |- bgcolor=#eeeeee | ||
+ | ! width="10%"|Part !! Description | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Front cover|| An illustration of Strong Bad standing in a sci-fi landscape. He is muscular and has three arms - a typical boxing-glove hand holding a stylized microphone with an eyeball at the top, a cybernetic arm holding aloft a laser sword, and a monstrous green arm holding an electric guitar with an eyeball on the head. His mouth is full of sharp teeth and bat-like wings are coming out of his back. He is wearing zebra-striped tights and a space helmet. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Spine|| The star from either the H*R logo or Homestar's shirt, the title "STRONG BAD SINGS (AND OTHER TYPE HITS)", the label code "FG40", and a Fangamer logo. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Back cover|| The version of Strong Bad from the cover, seen in reverse onstage overlooking a sea of skull-like faces. Beneath this is a track list broken up by sides, and below that is the copyright information. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Vinyl record|| Fangamer: Red with black splatter.<br>Ship to Shore: Green with black splatter. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Side A label|| A stylized illustration of a monstrous Strong Bad in profile, with "Side A" printed beneath. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Side B label|| A much simpler illustration of the reverse, drawn by Strong Bad, on lined paper with "SIDE B" written roughly beneath. A [[sticky note]] on the drawing reads: | ||
+ | <blockquote>hey art guy,<br/>i dunno.<br/>sumpn like<br/>this? -SB</blockquote> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Record sleeve front|| Illustration of a warrior-style Strong Bad, different from the version seen on the cover, with a mohawk and wearing armor. He is holding aloft a sword in his cybernetic right arm, and yelling into a microphone held in his left hand. He is facing a large dragon with guitar-like features, like tuning pegs and frets, all over its body. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Record sleeve back|| Typed list of credits. In the margins, several doodles from Strong Bad suggest squinting your eyes to see the shapes that the text make up. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Dead wax inscription|| Side A: <blockquote>AW CRAP! I FORGOT TO...</blockquote> | ||
+ | Side B: <blockquote>...HIDE A BACKWARDS MESSAGE!</blockquote> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Liner notes|| <blockquote class="deleteheads"> | ||
+ | <tt>"Strong Bad's musical talents exist at a crossroads of a crockload of</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>sonic tenacity, lyrical ascendancy, and melodic pretendency. These raw</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>ingredients are melted down in the brainfurnace of his mind and poured</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>at high velocity out of his fleshtangle mouth into the waiting vessel</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>of your eager ears like melted cheese into that little meatbowl that</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>happens when you microwave a single slice of baloney."</tt> | ||
+ | ::::<tt>{{--}} Strong Bad, talking in the mirror a few seconds ago</tt> | ||
+ | {{clear}} | ||
+ | <tt>Welcome, taut listener, to this vinyl release of Strong Bad Sings! If</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>you're like me, you've spent the last 17 years of your life trying to</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>get the original CD release to play on your turntable, ruining needles,</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>wrecking the disc, and spending many fruitless hours on the phone with</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>Audio-Technica customer support. I even tried spray painting the CD</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>black and cut a bigger hole in the middle with a jigsaw so it'd look</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>like a seven-inch. It still didn't play (and actually made sparks this</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>time!) but I was able to sell it to Strong Sad for 23 bucks when I</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>wrote "UK Import" on it. The point is, this version of the album will</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>ACTUALLY work on your record player! Also Limozeen is on it! Twice!</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>And Taranchula! Definitely sub-woof your tweeters when those tracks</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>come on. I was kinda hoping Coach Z and Marzipan's songs would get cut</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>from this release but they're still on here. But it's mostly all me and</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>that means this record is full of train-droppers, know what I'm sayin'?</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>So get a super long extension cord, put your record player in your</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>car, roll down the windows, and crank this here opus while you drive</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>around the cul de sac until the neighbors call the cops*!</tt> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tt>How do I make #1 Jams with boxing gloves on? Drop the needle, taut</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>listener, and find out!</tt> | ||
+ | ::::<tt>{{--}} Also Strong Bad, talking to you just now</tt> | ||
+ | ::::::''{Strong Bad's signature}'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | <small><tt>*Strong Bad not responsible for any damage to this record, your</tt><br/> | ||
+ | <tt>turntable, your car, or your neighbors as a result of taking this advice.</tt></small> | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Easter Eggs == | == Easter Eggs == | ||
- | *At 6 minutes and 20 | + | *At 6 minutes and 20 seconds into the last track, Homestar Runner sings a hidden track, Secret Song. |
*The CD contains the music video directed by [[The Cheat]] for ''"These peoples try to fade me"''. While video should auto-start in a Windows-based computer, it will not auto-start on a Mac OS-based computer. However, it can be viewed on either system, regardless of whether it starts itself automatically. The name of the CD when it is in the drive is "SUPER_SECRETS". | *The CD contains the music video directed by [[The Cheat]] for ''"These peoples try to fade me"''. While video should auto-start in a Windows-based computer, it will not auto-start on a Mac OS-based computer. However, it can be viewed on either system, regardless of whether it starts itself automatically. The name of the CD when it is in the drive is "SUPER_SECRETS". | ||
==Fun Facts== | ==Fun Facts== | ||
+ | ===Remarks=== | ||
+ | *The vinyl version does not include any artist information for the songs. | ||
+ | *The [[Music Streaming Profiles|music streaming]] versions credit every song simply to Strong Bad, as a result of [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019#1171907866246225920|"weird limits on compilations and various artists albums"]]. | ||
+ | |||
===Inside References=== | ===Inside References=== | ||
*The album title is an example of the use of the word "[[type]]". | *The album title is an example of the use of the word "[[type]]". | ||
===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
- | *Special guests "Firehorse" may be a reference to the late '80s metal band | + | *Special guests "Firehorse" may be a reference to the late '80s metal band {{w|FireHouse}} or '80s-'90s alternative band {{w|Firehose (band)|fIREHOSE}}. |
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20200407054940/https://wildsauburn.com/ Wild's Pizza] and [http://www.ironrocktaphouse.com/ Iron Rock Tavern] are real companies. | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20200407054940/https://wildsauburn.com/ Wild's Pizza] and [http://www.ironrocktaphouse.com/ Iron Rock Tavern] are real companies. | ||
+ | *The "backwards message" mentioned in the inscription makes reference to {{w|backmasking}}, a recording technique where backwards audio is recorded onto a track meant to be played forward. Urban legends held that rock musicians would use backmasking to hide subliminal Satanic messages. | ||
===Fast Forward=== | ===Fast Forward=== | ||
*The cover design and the illustrations behind the credits have been featured on the [[Sketchbook (video)|Sketchbook]], a bonus feature included with [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three]]. | *The cover design and the illustrations behind the credits have been featured on the [[Sketchbook (video)|Sketchbook]], a bonus feature included with [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three]]. | ||
- | *The [[rock opera]] | + | *The [[Strong Bad Email]] [[rock opera]] also shows Strong Bad with 2 guitars sticking out of his head. |
*The Taranchula album art (seen in the booklet) also appears in [[montage]]. | *The Taranchula album art (seen in the booklet) also appears in [[montage]]. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
- | *[[myshopify:collections/dvds/products/strong-bad-sings-cd|''Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits'' at the Homestar Runner Store]] | + | *[[myshopify:collections/dvds/products/strong-bad-sings-cd|''Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits'' CD at the Homestar Runner Store]] |
- | *[[songwhip: | + | *[[songwhip:album/strong-bad/strong-bad-sings|''Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits'' streaming on Songwhip]] |
+ | *[[fangamer:products/strong-bad-sings-vinyl|''Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits)'' vinyl on Fangamer]] | ||
+ | **[https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/strong-bad-sings ''Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits)'' vinyl on Ship to Shore PhonoCo.] | ||
*[[wikipedia:Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits)|Album entry on Wikipedia]] | *[[wikipedia:Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits)|Album entry on Wikipedia]] | ||
- | *[ | + | *[https://www.discogs.com/Strong-Bad-Strong-Bad-Sings-And-Other-Type-Hits/master/1993918 Album entry on Discogs] |
- | + | *[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OoZexk Artwork for the vinyl packaging on Lee Petty's ArtStation] | |
- | + | ||
- | + | ||
{{Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits}} | {{Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|*]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Store]] |
Revision as of 03:24, 4 November 2022
Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits | |
Album by Strong Bad | |
Released | November 17, 2003 |
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Recorded | Pairadeez Productions |
Mixed by Russ-T at Ruby Red Studios | |
Mastered by Rodney Mills at Rodney Mills Masterhouse | |
Vinyl mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering | |
Genre | Compilation |
Length | 40:06 |
Record label | Harmless Junk, Inc./Cheap as Free |
Fangamer (vinyl) | |
Producers | The Brothers Chaps |
Players | The Brothers Chaps |
Missy Palmer | |
Y-O-U | |
J. Christopher Arrison | |
Alternate cover | |
Fangamer vinyl release |
- This article is about the music album. For the toon, see Strong Bad Sings. For the toon advertising the vinyl release, see Strong Bad Sings on Vinyl!.
Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits (also called Strong Bad Sings) is a compilation album including twenty songs by Strong Bad and other various characters and artists from the Homestar Runner body of work, as well as a "Secret Song" sung by Homestar Runner himself. The title of the album is based on the toon Strong Bad Sings, a commercial for a fake Strong Bad album, and many of the songs named in the toon can be heard in full.
The CD is sold for $17.00, and includes a color booklet and Limozeen sticker. On September 11, 2019, the album was uploaded for streaming and download onto Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other platforms.
On February 23, 2021, the album was released by Fangamer as a vinyl record, priced at $25.00 USD, alongside a felt slipmat. This dual release was accompanied by a promotional video. The vinyl record was repressed on April 5, 2022, and the price was increased to $29. This release also included a variant color distributed by Ship to Shore PhonoCo. for $30.
Contents |
Track Listing
Number | Title | Artist | Length | BPM |
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1 | Trogdor | Strong Bad | 1:39 | 128.89 BPM |
2 | The System is Down | Strong Bad | 1:46 | 139.85 BPM |
3 | Strong Badia National Anthem | Strong Bad (feat. Ms. Partsmatter's 1st grade class) | 2:12 | 124.14 BPM |
4 | Oh Yeah Yeah | Marzipan | 1:09 | 101.44 BPM |
5 | Because, It's Midnite | Limozeen | 2:13 | 147.79 BPM |
6 | Circles | The Kinda Long-Haired Band | 2:13 | 160.93 BPM |
7 | Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested | Strong Bad | 0:48 | 144.02 BPM |
8 | Moving Very Slowly | Taranchula | 4:06 | 140.36 BPM |
9 | Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song | Unknown | 0:56 | 161.01 BPM |
10 | I Think I Have a Chance With This Guy | What's Her Face | 0:56 | 125.02 BPM |
11 | It's Like It Was Meant to Be | Strong Bad | 1:05 | 123.65 BPM |
12 | Nite Mamas | Limozeen | 2:27 | 82.91 BPM |
13 | Sensitive To Bees | Marzipan feat. Strong Bad and Homestar Runner | 1:54 | 102.15 BPM |
14 | You've Got an Ugly & Stupid Butt | Strong Bad | 0:32 | 130.97 BPM |
15 | These Peoples Try to Fade Me | Coach Z | 2:11 | 124.91 BPM |
16 | The Ladies in My Town All Know My Name | Strong Bad | 0:34 | 146.17 BPM |
17 | The Theme from Dangeresque II | Strong Bad | 1:30 | 126.74 BPM |
18 | Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them) | Strong Bad | 0:47 | 122.08 BPM |
19 | The Cheat Is Not Dead | Strong Bad | 3:02 | 153.31 BPM |
20 | Everybody to the Limit (Live) (Live from West Rekjavik) | Strong Bad | 3:51 (song), 7:56 (whole track) | 103.53 BPM |
20½ | Secret Song (A hidden track) | Homestar Runner | 1:28 (starts at 6:20 on track 20) | 107.68 BPM |
CD Packaging Details
Part | Description |
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CD | It looks like a home-burned CD-R of the Videlectrix Media brand (which parodies the appearance of many CD-Rs), with a capacity of "70 jg". The title looks like it was hand-written with a permanent marker. On the underside of the CD, the word "Homestar" is laser-etched into the outer part of the middle. |
Cover | The front of the CD jacket has a blue ballpoint pen illustration of Strong Bad with blaring amps for feet, lightning bolts for arms, and two electric guitars sticking out of his head like gigantic horns. |
Inside Cover | Trogdor is burninating a modern-day city and fending off a jet, helicopter, tank, and some infantrymen. A defeated pig-man, possibly the Kerrek, is also shown. There is also a pouch-like slit to hold the booklet and sticker. |
Sticker | A rectangular sticker with the Limozeen logo in white on a black background. |
Booklet | The front has a color version of the illustration from the jacket. The next two pages feature three promotional posters:
Strong Bad
The Kinda Long-Haired Band
LIMOZEEN
The last two pages contain the drawings behind the credits and acknowledgments appear to be "prototype" drawings of some of the characters, including Teen Girl Squad and Eh! Steve!. A fat Strong Sad, a The S is for Sucks prototype and a Stinkoman without any blue hair can also be seen. A character that looks a bit like Homeschool Winner can be seen on the far right side. There are also a few pictures from Exaggerations. The back of the booklet contains a photo of Dangeresque-like sunglasses under a spotlight. |
Under the CD | Illustration of Dangeresque's "cool glasses". |
Back of Case | A hand-written track listing and copyright notice:
The Cheap as Free logo is present. |
UPC | 8 80485 41002 6 |
EAN | 0 880485 410026 |
Vinyl Details
The Fangamer store description reads:
For years, he's thrilled and captivated himself with his music. And now, it's your turntable.
Now available at Fangamer on one intimidating red-and-black vinyl record, zero CDs, zero cassettes, or zero 8-track tapes, you might expect to pay almost $20 for this remastered-for-vinyl collection, featuring beautiful art by Lee Petty and all-new liner notes from Strong Bad himself. But it's all yours for just one easy installment of $29.
Side A
1. Trogdor
2. The System Is Down
3. Strong Badia National Anthem
4. Oh Yeah Yeah
5. Because, It's Midnite
6. Circles
7. Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested
8. Moving Very Slowly
9. Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song
10. I Think I Have a Chance With This Guy
11. It's Like It Was Meant To Be
Side B
12. Nite Mamas
13. Sensitive To Bees
14. You've Got an Ugly & Stupid Butt
15. These Peoples Try to Fade Me
16. The Ladies In My Town All Know My Name
17. Theme from Dangeresque II: This Time, It's Not Dangeresque I
18. Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)
19. The Cheat Is Not Dead
20. Everybody To the Limit (Live From West Rekjavik)
The Ship to Shore description is largely identical. Changes are specifying "Now available at Ship to Shore on one intimidating green-and-black exclusive vinyl variant", and a price difference resulting in "you might expect to pay almost $40 [...] it's all yours for just one easy installment of $30."
Part | Description |
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Front cover | An illustration of Strong Bad standing in a sci-fi landscape. He is muscular and has three arms - a typical boxing-glove hand holding a stylized microphone with an eyeball at the top, a cybernetic arm holding aloft a laser sword, and a monstrous green arm holding an electric guitar with an eyeball on the head. His mouth is full of sharp teeth and bat-like wings are coming out of his back. He is wearing zebra-striped tights and a space helmet. |
Spine | The star from either the H*R logo or Homestar's shirt, the title "STRONG BAD SINGS (AND OTHER TYPE HITS)", the label code "FG40", and a Fangamer logo. |
Back cover | The version of Strong Bad from the cover, seen in reverse onstage overlooking a sea of skull-like faces. Beneath this is a track list broken up by sides, and below that is the copyright information. |
Vinyl record | Fangamer: Red with black splatter. Ship to Shore: Green with black splatter. |
Side A label | A stylized illustration of a monstrous Strong Bad in profile, with "Side A" printed beneath. |
Side B label | A much simpler illustration of the reverse, drawn by Strong Bad, on lined paper with "SIDE B" written roughly beneath. A sticky note on the drawing reads:
hey art guy, |
Record sleeve front | Illustration of a warrior-style Strong Bad, different from the version seen on the cover, with a mohawk and wearing armor. He is holding aloft a sword in his cybernetic right arm, and yelling into a microphone held in his left hand. He is facing a large dragon with guitar-like features, like tuning pegs and frets, all over its body. |
Record sleeve back | Typed list of credits. In the margins, several doodles from Strong Bad suggest squinting your eyes to see the shapes that the text make up. |
Dead wax inscription | Side A: AW CRAP! I FORGOT TO...Side B: ...HIDE A BACKWARDS MESSAGE! |
Liner notes |
|
Easter Eggs
- At 6 minutes and 20 seconds into the last track, Homestar Runner sings a hidden track, Secret Song.
- The CD contains the music video directed by The Cheat for "These peoples try to fade me". While video should auto-start in a Windows-based computer, it will not auto-start on a Mac OS-based computer. However, it can be viewed on either system, regardless of whether it starts itself automatically. The name of the CD when it is in the drive is "SUPER_SECRETS".
Fun Facts
Remarks
- The vinyl version does not include any artist information for the songs.
- The music streaming versions credit every song simply to Strong Bad, as a result of "weird limits on compilations and various artists albums".
Inside References
- The album title is an example of the use of the word "type".
Real-World References
- Special guests "Firehorse" may be a reference to the late '80s metal band FireHouse or '80s-'90s alternative band fIREHOSE.
- Wild's Pizza and Iron Rock Tavern are real companies.
- The "backwards message" mentioned in the inscription makes reference to backmasking, a recording technique where backwards audio is recorded onto a track meant to be played forward. Urban legends held that rock musicians would use backmasking to hide subliminal Satanic messages.
Fast Forward
- The cover design and the illustrations behind the credits have been featured on the Sketchbook, a bonus feature included with strongbad_email.exe Disc Three.
- The Strong Bad Email rock opera also shows Strong Bad with 2 guitars sticking out of his head.
- The Taranchula album art (seen in the booklet) also appears in montage.
External Links
- Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits CD at the Homestar Runner Store
- Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits streaming on Songwhip
- Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits) vinyl on Fangamer
- Album entry on Wikipedia
- Album entry on Discogs
- Artwork for the vinyl packaging on Lee Petty's ArtStation