The Final Rip Off


The Final Rip Off is a compilation double album by Monty Python, released in 1987. It was the team's first release on Virgin Records, after the label acquired the rights to their back catalogue previously released on Charisma. The set contains material from those six albums, but not from the Life of Brian or The Meaning of Life soundtracks, which were released on other labels. Michael Palin added some new linking material while all the songs were remixed by producer Andre Jacquemin including one, "Henry Kissinger", which featured a previously unreleased section. Contrastingly, the selections from Another Monty Python Record and Live at Drury Lane were mixed from stereo into mono. The cover art, with its graphic image of spilling guts, was illustrated by Les Edwards.

Track listing

Side one

  1. Introduction
  2. Constitutional Peasant
  3. Fish Licence
  4. Eric the Half-a-Bee Song
  5. Finland Song
  6. Travel Agent
  7. Are You Embarrassed Easily?
  8. Australian Table Wines
  9. Argument
  10. Henry Kissinger Song
  11. Parrot (Oh, Not Again)

Side two

  1. Sit On My Face
  2. Undertaker
  3. Novel Writing
  4. Announcement
  5. String
  6. Bells
  7. Traffic Lights
  8. Cocktail Bar
  9. Four Yorkshiremen
  10. Election Special
  11. Lumberjack Song

Side three

  1. I Like Chinese
  2. The Spanish [Inquisition (Monty Python)|Spanish Inquisition] Part 1
  3. Cheese Shop
  4. Cherry Orchard
  5. Architects Sketch
  6. Spanish Inquisition Part 2
  7. Spam
  8. Spanish Inquisition Part 3
  9. Comfy Chair
  10. Famous Person Quiz
  11. You Be the Actor
  12. Nudge Nudge
  13. Cannibalism
  14. Spanish Inquisition Revisited

Side four

  1. I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio
  2. Bruces
  3. Bookshop
  4. Do Wot John
  5. Rock Notes
  6. I'm So Worried
  7. Crocodile
  8. French Taunter
  9. Marilyn Monroe
  10. Swamp Castle
  11. French Taunter Part 2
  12. Last Word