"Nashville, beware! Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Tracy Lawrence, Gretchen Wilson, and Montgomery Gentry listen up--your songs are no longer safe! Cledus T. Judd has returned with his first full-length album in years, and has put all of you on his (no)hit list!
Cledus is a staunch supporter of traditional country music and patriotism. Somehow, he manages to work those themes into these songs without sounding fake. He pokes fun at redneck heaven in "I Love NASCAR" (with a little help from pal Toby); advocates Johnny Cash (and denounces Dr. Dre) in "Hell No"; proves that fart jokes are still hilarious in "__ Is Funny"; says adios to the Dixie Chicks in "Martie, Emily, and Natalie"; sings a ballad of a cards in "One Jack Off" (get your mind out of the gutter!); begs for a home cooked meal in "Bake Me A Country Ham"; demands that lazy women work in "Paycheck Woman"; looks for love in all the wrong places in "Going Ugly Early" and "Starkissed" (the latter written by Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick); and gets serious on the touching "Funny Man."
Country music's "reigning king of country parody", Cledus T. Judd is not going to make the big-hitters shake in their expensive shoes. But he will ruin their songs, and gladly! "Bipolar and Proud" is Cledus's latest album, and it is as funny as he gets! And that, people, is pretty darn funny."
Cledus has done it again
Chad Carpenter | Kentucky United States | 08/25/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album reeks of awesomeness. Each and every song is funny, the cd is also enhanced with the video for "I Love Nascar" If your a big fan of Cledus T. Judd and or a fan of funny parodies then this album is for you."
Another classic!
Vaniir | Brunswick, GA USA | 10/02/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Cledus comes through again with another great album. Without a doubt, he truly is the "Weird Al" of country music!
This album is witty, funny, and smart yet low-brow enough for the redneck in us all.
"I Love NASCAR" is pure Cledus Gold. Classic...
"One Jack Off" is just way too funny! "Hell No" and "Paycheck Woman" are also everything any Cledus fan should expect! The entire album will keep you entertained!
I would imagine that his "conservative pandering" would not surprise most Cledus fans. After all, in his parody of Brooks and Dunn's "Only in America" called "Don't Mess with America" (from Cledus Envy) he says "And thank goodness Bush is our President..." That kind of told me where he stood!
I thought the song "Martie, Emily & Natalie" was funny and quite appropriate given his target audience (i.e. country music fans which are, for the most part, fairly conservative)."