| Demented World | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | October 1997 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Label | Restaurant [1] (1004-2) |
| Producer | Chuck Davis |
Opie & Anthony's Demented World is a compilation album by American radio personalities Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, released in October 1997 on Restaurant Records. It features live and pre-recorded segments from their radio show Opie and Anthony when it aired in afternoons on WAAF-FM in Boston, Massachusetts from 1995 to 1998. [2]
The album was released on Restaurant Records, an independent label based in New Jersey. [3] By December 1997, the album had sold over 20,000 copies regionally and saw a national release. [3] It went to No. 21 on Soundscan's CD sales chart for the Boston area. [3] It went to No. 47 on Billboard's Heatseeker Album Chart. [4] To promote the radio show and album, a three-track promotional edition was distributed to 850 radio stations nationwide. [3]
A portion of sales from the album was donated to the Veterans Benefits Clearing House in Boston to help minority homeless veterans and the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans. [5] [6] By December 1997, over $17,000 had been raised. [7]
Hughes and Cumia had started work on a follow-up album tentatively named Cringe, but it was never released. [3] They later said that they received no money from Demented World. [8]
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