The Final Rip Off

The Final Rip Off
Compilation album by
Released30 November 1987 (UK)
Recorded1971–1987
GenreComedy
Length116:00
LabelVirgin
CompilerAndre Jacquemin
Monty Python chronology
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
(1983)
The Final Rip Off
(1987)
Monty Python Sings
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Musical Express0/10[2]

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.

  1. ^ The Final Rip Off at AllMusic
  2. ^ Wells, Steve (9 January 1988). "Monty Python: The Final Rip Off / Live At Jongleurs: Various / Skint Video: Off License to III". New Musical Express. p. 23.