Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits) is a compilation album featuring songs by Strong Bad and other characters from the Homestar Runner web cartoon series.Hirsch, Deborah. (July 22, 2003) Orlando Sentinel "Tooned in" The curious characters on Homestar Runner look to be more than just an Internet fad. The site's 200,000 daily hits and a legion of fans mean they're a genuine phenomenon.Section: Life and times; Page E1. Strong Bad Sings is the sole audio CD spinoff from the online cartoon world of homestarrunner.com.Strauss, Neil. (January 25, 2004) New York Times Playlist; On Speaking Terms With The Devil. Section: 2; Page 227. The songs represent various pastiches of popular music, such as glam metal, folk, hip hop, techno and indie rock.
The songs "Trogdor" and "Because It's Midnite" appear in Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, respectively. There is also a hidden track titled "Secret Song" that features Homestar Runner. The disc also contains a music video for "These Peoples Try to Fade Me", inferred to be animated in-universe by The Cheat, in the style of Powered by The Cheat (his series of amateur Flash cartoons).
A vinyl was released on February 23, 2021, under Fangamer.
Track listing
Musicians Matt Chapman – Lead vocals, piano Mike Chapman – Guitar, bass, keyboards Missy Palmer – Lead vocals, guitar
Y-O-U
Nick Niespodziani – Backing vocals, guitar, drums, keyboards, programming Peter Olson – Guitar, bass, programming Mark Cobb – Drums Eric Harlan Park – Keyboards, piano Matt Sonnicksen – Guitar, drums, keyboards, piano, backing vocals, bells J. Christopher Arrison – Guitar, bass, piano
Writing credits Music and lyrics for tracks 4 and 13 were written by Missy Palmer. All other lyrics were written by The Brothers Chaps. Music for tracks 5, 7, 9, 14, 17, 18, and 19 was written by The Brothers Chaps with members of Y-O-U. Music for tracks 8, 11, and 16 was written by The Brothers Chaps with J. Christopher Arrison and members of Y-O-U. All other music was written by The Brothers Chaps.
References
External links "Strong Bad Sings", the cartoon that inspired the CD's title and some of its songs Page for the album at Homestar Runner Wiki