April Fools 4

Happy April Fools! Some birthdays you just never forget. My cousin's falls on April 1st, which means every year her birthday message doubles as a prank threat. She's a good sport about it. That's also why the April Fools series exists — a once-a-year excuse to dig deep into jokers, jokes, and jokey energy across genres, eras, and languages. Volume whatever-this-is keeps that tradition going with 24 tracks spanning reggae dub, hip-hop, psych rock, new wave, French ye-ye, German schlager, and a few left turns even I didn't see coming. The Pick this round is Faith No More's reading of "I Started A Joke" — a cover that somehow out-saddens the Bee Gees original, which is saying something. As always, the joke's on you if you sleep on this one.

April Fools 4

64 Scientist - Joker Dub

65 Billy Myles - The Joker (That's What They Call Me)

66 Duran Duran - 911 Is A Joke

67 MCM And The Monster - Serious Joke

68 Eric B & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke

69 Sharon Van Etten - Joke Or A Lie

70 Garden Odyssey - The Joker

71 The Laurie Johnson Orchestra - Joker

72 Brian Jonestown Massacre - When Jokers Attack

73 Nina Hagen - Life Is A Joke

74 Conny Froboess - Jolly Joker  (Holl)

75 Robbie Williams & The Orb - I Started a Joke (I Started An Orb Mix)

76 The Ventures - Joker's Wild

77 Cherrie Vangelder-Smith - Jokers

78 Henriette Coulouvrat - Can't You Take A Joke Ha Ha Hi Hi!

79 Druids - Girl Can't Take a Joke

80 The Milestones - The Joker

81 kd Lang - The Joker

82 Faith No More - I Started A Joke

83 Lee Scratch Perry - The Joker

84 REM - The Worst Joke Ever

85 Wolfmother - Joker & The Thief

86 Queens Of The Stone Age - Running Joke

87 Pet Shop Boys - I Started A Joke