#6 Album of 2009: The Lonely Island

What can I say about Incredibad other than that I wish it was twice as long? The quality of parody/comedy music has never been this high.

"Boombox" by The Lonely Island

#6

Incredibad
The Lonely Island

As you likely know by now, The Lonely Island is Akiva Schaffer, SNL's Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone. Much of their music was written for the SNL Digital Shorts, which have easily been the best thing about Saturday Night Live over the last few years. Incredibad is not only hilarious but musically accessible, with high production values and a slew of ridiculous guests like Justin Timberlake, T-Pain, Natalie Portman, Jack Black, and more. Hearing Norah Jones sing about Chex Mix™ and mistaking a woman for a bag of trash is priceless.

The "classics" are on this album, including "Natalie's Rap" and "Lazy Suday" (The Chronicle of Narnia), and while there are a few others that I wish had made the cut, I can't think of them off the top of my head, which must mean it's not too big a deal that they're missing.

The album comes with a bonus DVD of some of the SNL shorts. I watched it once and now it's resting in my movie shelves somewhere. The idea of including a DVD always seems good, and I'm sure a lot of people find this excellent, but for me, it's never been much of a draw. I buy music for the music.

Hands down, this is the funniest album of the year, and I hope to hear more from The Lonely Island in the future.