Riding the Wave (album)

Riding the Wave
Studio album by
Released2004
Recorded2003, Los Angeles
GenreA cappella
LabelParody Records
ProducerThe Blanks
Chad Fischer (Superman)
The Blanks chronology
Riding the Wave
(2004)
Worth the Weight
(2011)

Riding the Wave is a debut album by the Blanks released in 2004 on CD and as a digital download. A limited edition vinyl was released in 2021 by Enjoy the Ride Records with four tracks from their second album Worth the Weight included in Side 2.[1][2]

Overview

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Riding the Wave features both original songs by the band and cover versions of other songs, most of which were performed on the TV series Scrubs. It also features candid recordings of the cast and production team of Scrubs. Sam Lloyd was written into the script for the all 9 seasons of Scrubs. The album cover jokes that these recordings are "used without [the cast and crew's] knowledge or permission".

Track listing

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CD edition[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Superman" (theme from Scrubs, produced by Chad Fischer)Fischer, Tim Bright, Chris Link3:20
2."Charles in Charge" (theme from Charles in Charge, from the episode "My Nightingale")Michael Jacobs, Al Burton, David Kurtz1:00
3."A Little Polish"Philip McNiven2:38
4."They'll Never Know" (cast recording)The Blanks0:12
5."Touched Up" (cast recording featuring Judy Reyes)Reyes, Sam Lloyd0:28
6."Play On" (cast recording featuring Robert Maschio)Maschio, Lloyd0:23
7."Testy Tiger"Paul F. Perry0:42
8."Commandos (Attack!)" (featuring Robert Beckwith as Major Butch Bullhorn, with new lyrics by Perry)Lloyd, Perry2:05
9."Good Old Days" (theme from Our Gang [The Little Rascals], with new lyrics by Perry)Leroy Shield2:32
10."Crowded Landscape" (cast recording featuring John C. McGinley)McGinley, Lloyd0:18
11."Holy" (cast recording featuring Sarah Chalke)Chalke, Lloyd0:25
12."Elliot in Your Cup" (from the episode "My Kingdom") 0:12
13."By Mennen - G Major" (from the episode "My Kingdom")Doug Katsaros0:04
14."Happy Halloween" (with new lyrics by Perry)Lloyd, Perry1:17
15."The Full Monty" (featuring Robert Beckwith as Major Butch Bullhorn)Perry0:39
16."Testy Tiger – reprise"Perry0:43
17."What Now?" (cast recording featuring Ken Jenkins)Jenkins, Lloyd0:20
18."I'm in the Middle" (cast recording featuring Donald Faison)Faison, Lloyd0:27
19."Facts of Life" (theme from The Facts of Life, from the episode "My Nightingale")Burton, Gloria Loring, Alan Thicke0:53
20."By Mennen - D Major"Katsaros0:04
21."Flipper Theme" (theme from Flipper)Henry Vars, William D. "By" Dunham0:39
22."Speed Racer" (theme from Mach GoGoGo [Speed Racer], full-length studio version, originally performed in the episode "My Hero")Nobuyoshi Koshibe, Peter Fernandez1:15
23."The Riff Song" (number from The Desert Song)Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel (uncredited)1:28
24."John" (cast recording featuring Christa Miller Lawrence)Miller Lawrence, Lloyd0:19
25."Do You Want?" (cast recording featuring Aloma Wright)Wright, Lloyd0:11
26."If You Never Looked at Me" (cast recording featuring Zach Braff)Braff, Lloyd0:48
27."Boing Fwip" (including reprise of "By Mennen" in B flat, from the episode "My Kingdom")Perry, Bill Lawrence, Eric Weinberg, Katsaros (uncredited)0:11
28."Underdog" (theme from Underdog, from the episode "My Hero")W. Watts Biggers, Treadwell Covington, Joseph Harris, Chester Stover2:21
29."Six Million Dollar Man" (theme from The Six Million Dollar Man, full-length studio version, originally performed in the episode "My Nightingale")Oliver Nelson1:29
30."Testy Tiger – additional reprise"Perry0:53
31."Love Having You" (cast recording featuring Bill Lawrence)Lawrence, Lloyd0:27
32."I'll Be Seeing You"Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal1:40
33."The Ballad of Jimmy Durante"Perry3:38
34."Back to You" (cast recording featuring Neil Flynn)Flynn, Lloyd0:27
Total length:34:28

References

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  1. ^ "The Blanks (5) – Riding The Wave". Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ "The Blanks - Riding The Wave". Enjoy The Ride Records. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ The Blanks (2004). Riding the Wave (Media notes). Parody Records.
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