| 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 personalitiesGregg "Opie" Hughes andAnthony Cumia, released in October 1997 on Restaurant Records. It features live and pre-recorded segments from their radio showOpie and Anthony when it aired in afternoons onWAAF-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 onSoundscan's CD sales chart for the Boston area.[3] It went to No. 47 onBillboard'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 namedCringe, but it was never released.[3] They later said that they received no money fromDemented World.[8]