Peter & the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos album) Peter & the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos album) Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals – Part II is a studio album by American parody singer-songwriter and musician "Weird Al" Yankovic and composer and keyboardist Wendy Carlos, released in October 1988 on CBS Records. It features a comical adaptation of the orchestral works "Peter and the Wolf" by Sergei Prokofiev and "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children at the 31st awards. Carlos was invited by CBS Records to work on the project
Universal (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album) to Far Away" and "If You're Still in Love with Me". Erstwhile McCluskey collaborator Karl Bartos (formerly of Kraftwerk) co-wrote "The Moon & the Sun". Stephen Thomas Erlewine in AllMusic remarked: ""Universal" is a rote collection of synth-pop and dance-pop from OMD, demonstrating only a fraction of the sophisticated craft that made its predecessor "Liberator" enjoyable, and none of the adventurous spirit of their '80s records." "Trouser Press" wrote that "the album quickly settles into the type of pop OMD has offered since [1985's] "Crush"" and is "enjoyable enough for what it is". Universal (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album)