Drilling for Crude; 'South Park Album' Aims Low

From: The Washington Post | Date: December 2, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

"Chef Aid: The South Park Album" (Columbia). People will either love or hate this album. Much like the hit Comedy Central show itself, it's rude, lewd, crude and embarrassingly amusing--if sophomoric humor is your fancy. And Trey Parker's lyrics tend to be very sophomoric. Structured as a fund-raiser for the financially beleaguered Chef (Isaac Hayes), the animated concert features the series's quirky Primus theme song, characters doing select covers (Eric Cartman's wobbly rendering of Styx's "Come Sail Away" is particularly painful), obvious variations (Master P's updating of the ...

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