Fantastic!
D. L. Smith | California | 09/08/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Move over Bored of the Rings, it is time for a new satire for a new millennium! This album parodies with love and humor both Professor T's classic epic and Peter Jackson's film trilogy. The songs are witty, sing-able, and downright enjoyable. Sixteen tracks take the listener on an adventure from the opening Overture to Galadriel Explains It All and, after stops at Bilbo's birthday, the Prancing Pony, Weathertop, Rivendell, and Moria, to the concluding Song of Destiny ("Is this the end?" asks Sam, "No, it is the end of the beginning... we are actually beginning the middle..."). The music is by Allen Simpson and the lyrics by everyone in the group - but there is no dialog from the play itself. Will there be a Two Towers and Return of the King? We can only hope..."