Tuxicity is Richard Cheese's second album. It was released in 2002, two years after Lounge Against The Machine.
She Hates Me is vintage Richard Cheese: a gently, catchy jazz song, with the novelty of a profanity-laden chorus!
On the other hand, Fell In Love With A Girl lacks the grubby language, but more than makes up for it with the catchy music. As does Hate To Say I Told You So.
Similarly, the originals of Hot For Teacher and More Human Than Human doesn't give them much material to work with. But the frenetic energy injected into this cover makes them great songs in their own right.
Down With The Sickness is brilliant. Starting with a great soft opening, it gently builds up in line with the increasing depravity of the lyrics. Which all leads to a grand, and hilariously over-the-top, ending.
It's not really a song, but I do enjoy the joke of getting the band to...ahem... Shut Up. Similarly, the gag at the end of Crazy is comedy gold.
If I may get a little philosophical, this album had me considering the nature of parody albums. Whereas a Frank Bennett album (also lounge covers of pop hits) would have me considering intellectual aspects such as the arrangements and creativity in the adaption, for Richard Cheese I immediately go looking for the LOLs (i.e. gentle crooning laced with as much profanity as possible!). The timing of the comedy is executed very well here, with most of the covers being much shorter than the original versions, to avoid the joke getting stale by the end of the song. Midway through listening to Shut Up and Crazy I was thinking that they weren't as strong as the other songs, and perhaps Mr Cheese recognised this since these songs are essentially used as the build-up to the joke at the end.
Favourite songs
Fell In Love With A Girl, Down With The Sickness, Hot For Teacher, More Human Than Human
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