Album Review "Break Like The Wind" by Spinal Tap

Album Review "Break Like The Wind" by Spinal Tap 1982

Spinal Tap is made up of

"David St. Hubbins" (Michael McKean) - you may also know him as 

Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley or Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul

"Nigel Tufnel" (Christopher Guest) - you may remember him as 

Harlan Pepper in Best of Show"Derek Smalls" (Harry Shearer) - In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom The Simpsons; he provides voices for characters including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert and more. 

This the the follow up to the 1984 Spinal Tap album. The songs include a range of genres, from the glam metal anthem "Bitch School" down to the skiffle satire of "All the Way Home". The title, and the album's title track, is a double entendre that combines and confuses the idiom "make like the wind" (also possibly a reference to the Christopher Cross song "Ride Like the Wind", famously covered by British heavy metal band Saxon) with "break wind", a euphemism for flatulence or farting. 

Originally, the CD was packaged in an 18-inch "extra-long box", as a satire against the controversial packaging policy of longboxes which was increasingly criticized as unnecessary and wasteful.

Other artists to appear on the album are  

Jeff Beck – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"

Cher – co-lead vocals on "Just Begin Again"

Joe Satriani – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"

Slash – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"

Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals on "Christmas with the Devil" and "Cash On Delivery"

Dweezil Zappa – guitar solo on "Diva Fever"

The album does not list a track 13, but there is one. 

Is is a rock album or comedy album? Yes. Serious music and very good guitar by the 3 members. Not really a "Weird Al" of rock, no parody songs. 

You need to listen for yourself. Enjoy the music and have a good time 

-Andy