Opie & Anthony's Demented World is a compilation album by American radio personalities Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, released in October 1997 on Restaurant Records. It features live and pre-recorded segments from their radio show Opie and Anthony when it aired in afternoons on WAAF-FM in Boston, Massachusetts from 1995 to 1998.Billboard - August 22 1998 - Page 14
Release The album was released on Restaurant Records, an independent label based in New Jersey. By December 1997, the album had sold over 20,000 copies regionally and saw a national release. It went to No. 21 on Soundscan's CD sales chart for the Boston area. It went to No. 47 on Billboard's Heatseeker Album Chart.Billboard - October 25 1997 - Page 17 To promote the radio show and album, a three-track promotional edition was distributed to 850 radio stations nationwide.
A portion of sales from the album was donated to the Veterans Benefits Clearing House in Boston to help minority homeless veterans and the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans.CD Universe - Opie & Anthony's Demented World CD By December 1997, over $17,000 had been raised.
Hughes and Cumia had started work on a follow-up album tentatively named Cringe, but it was never released. They later said that they received no money from Demented World.Opie and Anthony Unmasked
Tracks 100 Grand (1:25) Hi Mom, I'm in Jail (3:40) Testicular Video (1:30) (2:51) Green People (2:47) Dr. Smith (2:23) Butt Plug (1:42) Evil Barney Babysits (2:51) Girl's Bike (1:48) Brando & Underdog (0:58) Publishers Clearing House (2:13) Hi Mom, I'm in Porno (2:49) My Dog Fresca (1:53) Scrotum (1:07) Reagan (3:23) Hey Masterbator (1:46) Emphysema Call (3:05) Raquel Welch (0:40) Captain Kirk (1:25) Green Bay Funeral (2:49) Babe's Auto Villa (0:43) Breasts (1:57) Crazy Jim (0:20) Tourettes Whorehouse (2:54) Fake-O (0:36) Freezer (2:04) Granny Christmas Song (2:06) Wheelchair Fred Butt Plug (1:34)AllMusic - Opie & Anthony's Demented World
Production Executive Producer — Dave DouglasBN - Opie & Anthony's Demented World Producer — Chuck Davis Mastering — Henk Kooistra Photography — Malcolm Hewitt
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