| Off the Deep End (CD)

''Off the Deep End'' is the seventh album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1992. This is also Al's first self-produced album, after six albums with Rick Derringer. The lead-off song, "Smells Like Nirvana," is a parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."   Consisting of five direct parodies, five original songs, and a polka medley, ''Off the Deep End'' parodies pop and rock music of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the newly arisen grunge movement. ''Off the Deep End'' is one of "Weird Al" Yankovic's most successful albums and it helped to reenergize Yankovic's career after a lull in the late-80's. In 2006, the album was certified Platinum. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording in 1993.   ==Recording and release== After Yankovic's 1989 movie, ''UHF'', Yankovic returned to the studio to record his follow-up album. On June 6, recording officially began, with "Airline Amy". After the five originals ("Airline Amy," "Trigger Happy