Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection is a release by radio disc jockey Dr. Demento to celebrate 25 years since the beginning of his radio career and novelty song show. It covers many of the novelty and comedy songs from the 1950s to the early 1990s, such as Shaving Cream by Benny Bell, to the then recent release of Smells Like Nirvana by "Weird Al" Yankovic, whose popularity was boosted by Demento. It is also a sequel to the previous album, Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection.
| Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1996 |
| Genre | Comedy rock, Novelty songs |
| Length | 1:55:00 |
| Label | Rhino Records |
| Producer | Various |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| allmusic |  [1] |
Track listing
editDisc one
edit| # | Title | Performer(s) | Time | Writer(s) | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Smells Like Nirvana" | Weird Al Yankovic | 3:44 | Kurt Cobain / Alfred Yankovic | 1992 |
| 2 | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Stan Freberg | 2:27 | Mae Boren Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley | 1956 |
| 3 | "The Curly Shuffle" | Jump 'N The Saddle Band | 2:54 | Peter Quinn | 1983 |
| 4 | "Rubber Biscuit" | The Chips | 2:06 | Charlie Johnson | 1962 |
| 5 | "The Martian Boogie" | Brownsville Station | 4:18 | 1977 | |
| 6 | "Fast Food" | Stevens & Grdnic | 2:22 | Ron Stevens / Joy Grdnic | 1982 |
| 7 | "Car Phone" | Sheeler & Sheeler | 2:49 | Chip Davis / Bill Fries / Wade Sheeler / Karen Sheeler | 1990 |
| 8 | "Highly Illogical" | Leonard Nimoy | 3:02 | 1968 | |
| 9 | "One More Minute" | Weird Al Yankovic | 4:02 | Alfred Yankovic | 1985 |
| 10 | "No, I Don't Wanna Do Dat" | The Happy Schnapps Combo | 3:13 | Jim Krueger | 1992 |
| 11 | "Dance of the Hours" | Spike Jones and his City Slickers | 2:58 | Amilcare Ponchielli | 1949 |
| 12 | "My Dead Dog Rover" | Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank | 2:18 | 1977 | |
| 13 | "There's a New Sound" | Tony Burrello | 2:23 | Tony Burrello / Tom Murray | 1953 |
| 14 | "When I Was a Dinosaur" | Trout Fishing In America | 2:41 | Larry Armer / David Egan | 1991 |
| 15 | "The Old Philosopher" | Eddie Lawrence | 3:15 | Eddie Lawrence | 1956 |
| 16 | "I'm a Happy Boy" | Beat Farmers | 1:17 | Jeff Becker / Dane Conover | 1985 |
| 17 | "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" | Tiny Tim | 1:51 | Joe Burke / Al Dubin | 1968 |
| 18 | "Shaving Cream" | Benny Bell | 2:12 | Benny Bell | 1946 |
Disc two
edit| # | Title | Performer(s) | Time | Writer(s) | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Particle Man" | They Might Be Giants | 1:56 | John Flansburgh / John Linnell | 1990 |
| 2 | "Sensitive New Age Guys" | Christine Lavin | 3:39 | John Gorka / Christine Lavin | 1990 |
| 3 | "The Hunting Song" | Tom Lehrer | 1:45 | Tom Lehrer | 1960 |
| 4 | "Achy Breaky Song" | Weird Al Yankovic | 3:21 | Alfred Yankovic | 1993 |
| 5 | "In Heaven There is No Beer" | Clean Living | 2:28 | 1972 | |
| 6 | "I Gotta Get A Fake I.D." | Barnes and Barnes with Friends | 3:05 | Artie Barnes | 1980 |
| 7 | "Peter the Meter Reader" | Meri Wilson | 2:30 | Meri Wilson | 1981 |
| 8 | "Everybody Wants My Fanny" | Benny Bell | 2:08 | Benny Bell | 1949 |
| 9 | "Entering Marion" | John Forster | 2:12 | John Foster | 1993 |
| 10 | "'Cause I'm a Blonde" | Julie Brown | 2:15 | Julie Brown / Charles Coffey / Dennis Poore | 1989 |
| 11 | "Leader of the Laundromat" | The Detergents | 3:12 | Lee Pockriss / Paul Vance | 1964 |
| 12 | "Song of the Sewer" | Art Carney | 2:37 | Matt Dubey | 1954 |
| 13 | "Mr. Custer" | Larry Verne | 2:11 | Fred Darian / Al DeLory / Joseph VanWinkle | 1960 |
| 14 | "Second Week of Deer Camp" | Da Yoopers | 2:49 | Jim DeCaire / Joe Potila | 1987 |
| 15 | "Timothy" | The Buoys | 2:46 | Rupert Holmes | 1970 |
| 16 | "Stardrek" | Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara | 4:52 | Peter Ferrara / Bobby Pickett | 1976 |
| 17 | "Three Little Pigs" | Green Jellÿ | 4:21 | Marc Levinthal / Bill Manspeaker | 1993 |
| 18 | "Moose Turd Pie" | Utah Phillips | 5:20 | 1973 |