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One only has to listen to the wordplay on "Barnacles!" or the fact that the album's main "love song" is actually an ode to underwear. Additionally there's a wee bit of subversive humor that will wash over the youthful ears, but sink in with the more mature listeners. Really the star of this album is Jerry "The Geator" Blavat who voices the suave Al Bacore and really captures that old time payola era radio chutzpah. The musical stylings tend to follow the flavorings of '50s rock and doo-wop, complete with twangy guitars and background vocals (as evidenced on "Employee of the Month"), but also dip into vintage early '60s rock ("Under My Rock"), Spanish tinged symphonic pop (the aforementioned "Barnacles!"), melancholy, yet lush, balladry love songs with a Beach Boys slant ("Tighty Whiteys"), borderline punk enthusiasm ("Ridin' The Hook"), torch song theatrics (Squidward's "Superior"), boppin' Sha-Na-Na-styled honky-tonk sing-a-longs ("Doin' The Krabby Patty"), and straight Country hoo-haa ("Who Wants To Race Me?"). Kids, on the other, hand, will no doubt be entranced by the antics of Spongebob and his cadre of crazy friends who join him on tunes like "Barnacles!" (Sandy, Mr. Adults will probably approach it with an analytical stance, pitting it against other concept albums from their past (and perhaps a few comedy albums, as well). Which, in a nutshell points out who the intended audience for this record is. Of course young kids aren't going to put much thought into the sequencing and will probably just ebb and flow without a care in the world. Once you figure out the sequence, then you pretty much are able to cruise with the current. After getting into the album, however, one quickly figures out the flow: Al Bacore bit, song, ad, song, Al Bacore bit, repeat. Things are brought back into the fold when Al Bacore does a phone call-in with Patrick and spoofs the common error of listeners calling in and having their radio turned up too loud, thus causing echo between them and the host. This is followed by a spot for a Hi-Seas concert which bleeds right into the Spongebob tune "Employee of the Month." It's a spotty transition that kind of breaks up the flow of the concept. The intro lead-in to the first track, "The Best Day Ever," works seamlessly.
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Basically some of the radio/DJ transitions don't make a lot of sense. The radio show angle is played throughout to mixed results, working to wonderful effect at times and faltering elsewhere. The general storyline follows Spongebob & The Hi-Seas, their hit songs, concert updates, and the like. WH20 are the "ironic" call letters and we're introduced to the album by Al Bacore, the "Tuneful Tuna" aka "The boss of the sea sauce" a wonderful character that hearkens back to the vintage days of personality driven radio. Yes, the radio station broadcast motif has been done to death in the past, but here it's given a nice aquatic overhaul. Sure, SB's high pitched antics can grate on your ears after a few spins, but it's still put together with studio slickness and a sense of transitional cohesion. Playing off the ever popular shtick of a radio broadcast skit built around a number of tuneful tunes, the album is actually pretty entertaining. All of which brings us to Spongebob's The Best Day Ever.