Mandatory Fun

Mandatory Fun is the fourteenth studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. Self-produced, the album was released by RCA Records in the United States on July 15, 2014. The release includes parodies of songs by Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Iggy Azalea, Lorde and Imagine Dragons. It also features original songs in the form of pastiche, imitating the styles of the Pixies; Cat Stevens; Foo Fighters; Crosby, Stills & Nash; and Southern Culture on the Skids. During the closing stages of the Alpocalypse tour, Yankovic stated in an interview with The Morning Call that he had one more album on his contract; the paper and other sources took to mean that this album would be his last. Yankovic later clarified that this was the last album on the current recording contract with his label, that he is currently "weighing his options" for renewing the contract or looking to another publisher, and made it clear that he was not retiring from music in the foreseeable future. In a later interview with NPR's "Weekend Edition", he stated that this might be his last conventional album, turning instead to more frequent releases of singles and EPs, as with the time between producing full-leng…

When was Mandatory Fun released?

Mandatory Fun was released in 2014 on RCA.

How many tracks are on Mandatory Fun?

Mandatory Fun has 12 tracks.

What genre is Mandatory Fun?

Mandatory Fun is catalogued under Comedy.