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- 3 Balloons
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Stephen Lynch
Released 2009

3 Balloons
04:04
21,651 plays

Fishin' Hole
03:54
20,890 plays

Crazy Peanuts
03:08
20,644 plays

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songs

- 1
- Waiting
- 03:58
- 20,331 plays

- 2
- Fishin' Hole
- 03:54
- 20,890 plays

- 3
- Dear Diary 1
- 00:47
- 16,766 plays

- 4
- Crazy Peanuts
- 03:08
- 20,644 plays

- 5
- 3 Balloons
- 04:04
- 21,651 plays

- 6
- Dear Diary 2
- 00:48
- 15,974 plays

- 7
- Medieval Bush
- 02:38
- 18,418 plays

- 8
- A History Lesson
- 02:32
- 20,528 plays

- 9
- Dear Diary 3
- 00:48
- 15,346 plays

- 10
- You (Prettier Than)
- 02:56
- 15,926 plays

- 11
- The Ballad Of Scarface
- 04:48
- 15,183 plays

- 12
- America
- 03:24
- 16,664 plays

- 13
- Dear Diary 4
- 00:48
- 13,770 plays

- 14
- Hallelujah
- 04:44
- 16,027 plays

album review

Love him or hate him -- and that really does seem all there is to choose from -- 3 Balloons finds novelty songster Stephen Lynch on a roll, keeping the quality high even when the formula is the same it has been for the past decade. "Waiting" is quintessential Lynch style as it starts off believably wistful and searching and then does a complete 180, becoming depraved and somewhat vicious. The song's chamber music arrangement is clever but it's the sudden switch to mocking AIDS testing that will drive the more prudish away. Those same people should also stay away from the songs that devolve into subjects such as children being "assholes" ("Fishin' Hole"), cocaine being smuggled by anus (the title track), and unhealthy obsessions with breasts ("Hallelujah"). Sick humor aficionados, however, will thrill at the way "The Ballad of Scarface" works the film's "Her womb is so polluted" line into the lyrics, and the four "Dear Diary" interludes -- all from tragic historical figures -- will seem like manna from heaven. "It doth resemble Fidel Castro eating a London broil!" is a lyric from "Medieval Bush," and that's all the info you need to decide if 3 Balloons is the album for you. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

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listener reviews

- - Not bad
  - - By Trogdor827
    - 5/26/2009 16:44:23
  - Still hilarious but not as good as his other CDs. it has some quality tracks like Fishin' Hole and a History Lesson and all the Dear Diaries but there are a few slower songs that just aren't that impressive compared to Craig Machine
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