Frontiers
Album details
Artist: Journey
Year: 1983
Average fodder rating (out of 5): 4
Difficulty: Intermediate
Assessment of suitability for parodying
The title of the album hints that there will be tricky words to rhyme. Some of the song titles also reflected this. Fortunately, the songs are generally somewhat conventional, which means not too many factors making it hard.
The parodies
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) . . . The Part Crazed (Torn Apart)
Chain Reaction . . . Crazy Reaction
Edge Of The Blade . . . Edge of the Sword
Troubled Child . . . Troubled or Wild?
Frontiers . . . Careers
Rubicon . . . Rubies and Coins
Behind the scenes
- I wrote the parody album in July 2017.
- I like to call the parody album Careers.
- Remarks about my creative process with this album are found in Album Story 18: Connection.
Categories
Album categories: 4-fodder albums, albums of intermediating difficulty
Song categories: Journey songs, 1980s songs, 3-fodder songs, 4-fodder songs, 5-fodder songs
Parody subject categories: Story of Davy Jones and Calypso, transformation into a monster, literal heart misplacement, Pirates of the Caribbean as a franchise, pirate lifestyle, treasure
Parody style categories: Turnabout parodies, repurposed songs, clever uses of songs, characterizations
Other parody categories: Parodies that are accessible to everyone