Album Review: Spaced Out

When I had the, uh, opportunity to acquire a copy of ‘Spaced Out,’ an entire album of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy performing various contemporary favourites, I jumped on it so fast I nearly smacked my face into the far wall.  I sort of had the idea that Shatner, that tongue-in-cheek scamp, and Nimoy, that delicious-voiced thespian, would have produced something sufficiently unusual to titillate my jaded musical tastes.

Consider me titillated.  Check out that album cover.

Ow, my eyes.  Also, ow my ears.

OK, first, I know you’ve seen Shatner doing ‘Slim Shady’ on Futurama.  Don’t lie.  You may have also been subjected to him doing ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ or at least the Duckman spoof, which was pretty good.  And if you were feeling particularly foolhardy, you’ve watched Nimoy doing ‘The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins,’ which I could have sworn ended up somewhere here on Sodacraze but now I can’t find it.  On this album, they cover many pleasant songs of the era using their, err, inimitable styles.

But trust me, you have not lived till you’ve heard First Officer Spock singing ‘I Walk the Line.’   It was so bad it gave me a nosebleed.  When was the last time you heard an album that did that?

Overall review: -0.2 stars out of 5

Sound quality: 4 out of 5.  Some fuzziness, probably due to this being recorded to mp3 from cassette.

Worst track: ‘Both Sides Now’ – Leonard Nimoy.  Very bad.

Best track: ‘It Was A Very Good Year’ – William Shatner.  Very, very, very bad.  Good orchestration though.

Recommendations: Buy this album.  Play it incessantly.  Go mad, black out, wake up in some South American dance hall, mother warned me about men like you, find Jesus.  Hallelujah.