Bipolar and Proud is a 2004 album released by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 parodist Cledus T. Judd

Cledus T. Judd

Barry Poole is an American country music artist who records under the name Cledus T. Judd. Known primarily for his parodies of popular country music songs, he has been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music, and his albums are usually an equal mix of original comedy songs and parodies...

. The album was originally slated to be named "Cledus Gone Wild", but was changed at the last minute. This album also produced his highest chart single in "I Love NASCAR", which charted at 48 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts.

David Jefferies of Allmusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that most of the tracks were funny, but criticizing "____ Is Funny".

It is also an enhanced CD, featuring the video for the song "I Love NASCAR".

Track listing

Original content on parody songs written by Cledus T. Judd and Chris Clark, except "Bake Me a Country Ham", parody lyrics by Corey Lee Barker and Lee Gibson. Composers of original songs as listed.

1. "I Love NASCAR" — 4:07
   • parody of "I Love This Bar
     I Love This Bar
     "I Love This Bar" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2003 as the lead off single from his 2003 album, Shock'n Y'all. It became a Number One hit on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, keeping the...
     
     " by Toby Keith
     Toby Keith
     Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
     
     
   • feat. Toby Keith
2. "Hell No" — 4:22
   • parody of "Hell Yeah" by Montgomery Gentry
     Montgomery Gentry
     Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...
     
     
3. "One Jack Off" (Judd, Clark, Paula Taylor) — 3:41
   • original song
4. "Paycheck Woman" — 3:21
   • parody of "Redneck Woman
     Redneck Woman
     "Redneck Woman" is the debut single of American country music artist Gretchen Wilson. Released in 2004, the single served as the lead-off to her multi-platinum debut album Here for the Party. The song was also Wilson's only number one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks...
     
     " by Gretchen Wilson
     Gretchen Wilson
     Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party...
     
     
5. "Bake Me a Country Ham" — 3:44
   • parody of "Paint Me a Birmingham
     Paint Me a Birmingham
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     " by Tracy Lawrence
     Tracy Lawrence
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6. "I'm Going Ugly Early Tonight" (Brent Burns, Bill Whyte, Pete Hourihan) — 3:03
   • original song
7. "____ Is Funny" (Jim Beavers, Mike Waldron) — 3:20
   • original song
8. "Starkissed" (Keith, Emerick) — 2:55
   • original song
9. "Martie, Emily & Natalie" — 3:31
   • parody of "Celebrity
     Celebrity (Brad Paisley song)
     "Celebrity" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2003 as the lead single from his album, Mud on the Tires. The song reached the top five of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number three. It also peaked at number 31...
     
     " by Brad Paisley
     Brad Paisley
     Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
     
     
10. "Funny Man" (Clark) — 4:04
    • original song

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

• Ricky Barker — background vocals on "I'm Going Ugly Early Tonight"
• Jim Beavers — background vocals on "____ Is Funny"
• Trenna Barnes
  Cowboy Crush
  Cowboy Crush is an American country music band signed to Curb Records' Asylum/Curb division. The group is composed of Trenna Barnes , Debbie Johnson , Becky Priest , and Renaé Truex . Until 2006, Darla Perlozzi was also a member of the group...
  
   — background vocals on "Paycheck Woman" and "One Jack Off"
• Dennis Burnside — keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   on "Hell No" and "Funnyman"
• Glen Duncan — fiddle
  Fiddle
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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• Pat Flynn — acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Wes Hightower — background vocals on "I Love NASCAR" and "Hell No"
• Doug Kahan — bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Troy Lancaster — electric guitar
• Russ Pahl — electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
  Pedal steel guitar
  The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
  
  
• Larry Paxton — bass guitar
• Marcia Ramirez — background vocals on "____ Is Funny"
• John Wesley Ryles
  John Wesley Ryles
  John Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,...
  
   — background vocals on "One Jack Off", "Bake Me a Country Ham", "I'm Going Ugly Early Tonight", "Starkissed" and "Funnyman"
• Scott Sanders — pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
  Lap steel guitar
  The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
  
  
• Paul Scholten — drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
• Mike Severs — electric guitar
• Steve Sheehan — acoustic guitar
• Gary Smith — keyboards
• Mike Waldron — background vocals on "____ Is Funny"

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Comedy Albums	2
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	15
U.S. Billboard 200	98
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	8