Much like The Simpsons (at least back when I watched it) music plays a very significant role in Bob’s Burgers. In fact, it plays an even more significant role, given the singing propensities of multiple characters in the Belcher family. This album collects the featured songs from the show, as well as a few covers of those songs by prominent contemporary bands, in an absurd collection of 112 tracks. I should note that, to the best of my knowledge, the little unique musical snippets that end each episode are not present. If included one could imagine this collection being a lot longer… (Twice as long?)
If you like musical parody, this collection is for you. Though there are a few (deliberately awful) covers of famous songs, most of these song frequents are clever parodies of styles and genres of music (or, in some cases, very specific performers, such as Tori Amos). The parodies are often so dead-on that you kind of which they had written whole songs; they leave you wanting more, which is definitely the better way to go with parodies.
The fragments capture the spirit of the show about as well as anything and this collection is just the kind of thing I was looking for. As a fan of the show who has not managed to sit down and watch every episode, this feels almost like a Greatest Hits version of the show, giving me some of my favourite moments, as well as many I’ve missed, in a pretty great package.
Highly recommended for fans of musical comedy or Bob’s Burgers.
8/10
- The Bob’s Burgers Theme Song
- Lifting Up the Skirt of the Night
- Butts, Butts, Butts
- Theme From Banjo
- Da Ding Ding
- Pirates of Panache
- Weekend at Mort’s
- Sex Music
- Wing Man
- Taffy Butt
- Getting Out of P.E.
- Groping for Glory
- Oil Spill
- One Way or Another
- The Prince of Persuasia
- Bad Girls
- You Got Beefsquatched
- Milkin’ the Cow
- Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!
- Parakeet in Your Hat
- Kill the Turkey
- The Diarrhea Song
- Silent Love
- Silent Muffler
- The Harry Truman Song
- Daddy / The Itsy Bitsy Stripper
- Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex
- You’re the Best
- Mad Pooper
- Buckle It Up
- Love Mission
- Two People
- Can’t Get Enough (of Your Woman Stuff)
- Funky Finger
- This Is Working
- Baby Hold On
- Electric Love
- T-I-N-A
- The Snake Song
- Fracas Foam
- The Kids Run the Restaurant
- Coal Mine
- Whisper in Your Eyes
- I Wanna Hear Your Secrets
- I’ve Got a Yum Yum
- Rain, Rain, Flash, Flash
- We’re Coming for Ya
- Quicky Kiss It
- Prankin’
- Sneaky Pete
- Gravy Boat
- We Won the Talent Show
- Derek Dematopolis
- Not Bad for Havin’ Three Kids
- Jingle in the Jungle
- Slumber Party Fashion Show
- It’s Not Magic It’s Tragic
- The Fart Song
- Hava Nagila
- Equestranauts Theme
- Nice Things Are Nice
- Wharf of Wonder
- Bad Things Are Bad
- Die Hard / Working Girl Musical Medley
- Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl
- Jeff (Il est mort)
- Your Best Friend
- Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)
- Christmas Magic
- Happy Crappy Place
- Darryl’s Slow Jam
- I’m Jimmy Jr. Pesto
- The Sheriff Had a Piggy
- Lipstick on His Pickup
- I’ll Trade You These Tears / I Won’t Go Solo on You
- Shimmy Tap
- Date Night
- Don’t You Love Cotton Candy
- Jam With Darryl
- His Name Is Lenny
- I Don’t Need Music
- I Want Some Burgers and Fries
- BM in the PM
- I’m Falling for Helen
- 99 Red Balloons
- It’s Called Fate (and It’s Great)
- I Love You So Much (It’s Scary)
- It’s Thanksgiving for Everybody
- The Spirits of Christmas
- The Nice-Capades
- Amor for Favor (Me Llamo Tina)
- It’s Valentine’s Day
- Hot Ham and Cheese Day
- Cease and Desist
- Muse Dance
- If You Love Something
- Fart Stools (for the Gifted)
- Do the Dirty Pigeon
- Two Butted Goat
- Butt Phone
- Breaking Out
- Mononucleosis
- Just What I Needed
- I Love Charades
- I’m Tall Enough
- Yat Dat Dat Da
- Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom
- St. Vincent – Bad Girls
- Stephin Merritt & Kenny Mellman – Electric Love
- The National – Sailors in Your Mouth
- The National – Christmas Magic
- The National & Låpsley – Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom