Rant in E-Minor
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| Rant in E-Minor | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | February 25, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | November 1992 – December 1993 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 73:54 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc RCD 10353 | |||
| Producer | Kevin Booth | |||
| Bill Hicks chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Static and Feedback | (favorable) [2] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 5/5[3] |
Rant in E-Minor is an album by stand-up comedian and satirist Bill Hicks. Both this album and a similar album of new material, Arizona Bay, were released posthumously by Rykodisc on February 25, 1997, marking three years since Hicks' death.[4]
The material on this album is darker and angrier in tone than some of his earlier work; Hicks can be heard screaming at his audience in between chapters, and very prominently during the track "You're Wrong Night".
On April 15, 2016, Comedy Dynamics released a new version of the album in both double CD and double vinyl LP formats called Rant in E-Minor: Variations. While the original album was culled from various performances and included musical interludes performed by Hicks, the new version presents a complete and uninterrupted performance recorded at the Laff Stop in Austin, Texas on October 24, 1993.[5]
Track listing
[edit]- Part One
- Chapter One
- 1. "Fevered Egos" – 4:05
- 2. "Easter" – 1:19
- 3. "Gideons" – 1:05
- Chapter Two
- 4. "People Suck" – 0:21
- 5. "Pro Life" – 4:13
- 6. "People Who Hate People" – 0:32
- 7. "Non-Smokers" – 2:39
- 8. "Gifts of Forgiveness" – 5:09
- 9. "Purple Vein Dick Joke" – 0:29
- Chapter Three
- 10. "Confession Time (COPS)" – 4:25
- 11. "Wax Dart" – 0:30
- 12. "I'm Talking to the Women Here" – 1:10
- Chapter One
- Part Two
- Chapter Four
- 13. "You're Wrong Night" – 5:37
- Chapter Five
- 14. "A New Flag (Patriotism)" – 1:13
- 15. "Gays in the Military" – 2:24
- 16. "I.R.S. Bust" – 1:09
- 17. "Politics in America" – 0:39
- 18. "Quiet Loner" – 0:57
- Chapter Six
- 19. "Artistic Roll Call" – 4:33
- 20. "Orange Drink" – 1:08
- 21. "Save Willie" – 1:30
- Chapter Seven
- 22. "Deficit (Jesse Helms)" – 2:47
- 23. "Rush Limbaugh" – 2:21
- Chapter Four
- Part Three
- Chapter Eight
- 24. "Time to Evolve" – 3:16
- Chapter Nine
- 25. "Waco (Koresh)" – 5:35
- 26. "The Pope" – 1:02
- 27. "Christianity" – 0:27
- 28. "Seven Seals" – 0:28
- Chapter Ten
- 29. "One of the Boys (Clinton)" – 1:03
- 30. "Car Bomb Derby" – 0:26
- 31. "The Elite" – 1:06
- Chapter Eleven
- 32. "Love List (No Future)" – 2:56
- 33. "Back to the Garden" – 1:20
- 34. "Your Children Aren't Special" – 3:13
- 35. "Wizards Have Landed" – 1:43
- 36. "Lift Me Lord" – 0:53
- Chapter Eight
Rant in E-Minor: Variations
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bill Takes Stage" | 0:23 |
| 2. | "Fevered Egos" | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Dance Clubs" | 1:54 |
| 4. | "Homosexuality" | 2:40 |
| 5. | "People Suck" | 0:22 |
| 6. | "Pro-Lifers and Non-Smokers" | 4:59 |
| 7. | "Started Smoking Again" | 1:59 |
| 8. | "Hendrix Was an Alien" | 1:32 |
| 9. | "Let's Do Some Comedy" | 0:08 |
| 10. | "Keith Richards and the Ledge Beyond the Edge" | 1:32 |
| 11. | "Hendrix Language" | 0:15 |
| 12. | "Musicians Who Are Dead" | 0:14 |
| 13. | "LA City of Hell" | 1:27 |
| 14. | "I've Smoked a Lot" | 0:30 |
| 15. | "Australia" | 2:24 |
| 16. | "Easter" | 1:23 |
| 17. | "Gideons" | 1:20 |
| 18. | "Gifts of Forgiveness" | 5:08 |
| 19. | "Riff on Comedy, Dick Jokes, And Plastic Plants" | 0:58 |
| 20. | "When Jesus Comes Back" | 1:11 |
| 21. | "Confession Time (Cops)" | 4:18 |
| 22. | "Wax Dart" | 1:01 |
| 23. | "I'm Talking to the Women Here" | 1:11 |
| 24. | "Pussywhipped Satan" | 1:41 |
| 25. | "Rebirthing" | 0:46 |
| 26. | "Rush Limbaugh" | 2:21 |
| 27. | "Glass of Water" | 0:24 |
| 28. | "Waco Koresh" | 4:18 |
| 29. | "One of the Boys (Clinton)" | 1:12 |
| 30. | "The Elite" | 1:17 |
| 31. | "Car Bombs and Cowards" | 0:56 |
| 32. | "Time to Evolve (More Dick Jokes Are Coming)" | 3:19 |
| 33. | "Deficit Jesse Helms" | 4:06 |
| 34. | "Alcohol Kills / Pot Is Better / A Job Has Been Created" | 2:58 |
| 35. | "A Better World (Are You Cool with That?)" | 0:45 |
| 36. | "Everything They Tell You About Pot Is a Lie (Play the Sitar)" | 1:08 |
| 37. | "Sacrifices" | 0:46 |
| 38. | "Carrot Top and Gallagher" | 2:53 |
| 39. | "Artistic Roll Call" | 4:07 |
| 40. | "Save Willie" | 1:04 |
| 41. | "Can't Breathe Out of My Right Lung" | 0:09 |
| 42. | "Bradley Tanks Knocking Down Catholic Churches" | 0:35 |
| 43. | "The Pope" | 1:10 |
| 44. | "Childbirth Is Not a Miracle" | 4:02 |
| 45. | "People Who Hate People" | 1:00 |
| 46. | "Philosophical Discussion with a Christian" | 1:54 |
| 47. | "Childbirth Is Not Natural (Back to the Garden)" | 0:46 |
| 48. | "It's Women (Women)" | 0:40 |
| 49. | "Guys Don't Want Children" | 0:38 |
| 50. | "Your Children Are Not Special (Grey Gym Sock)" | 3:11 |
| 51. | "Welcome to Comedy" | 1:02 |
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic Review
- ^ Static and Feedback Review Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tiny Mix Tapes Review
- ^ "BILL HICKS' LEGACY OF THE PROFANE AND THE PROFOUND OUT ON CD - Chicago Tribune".
- ^ "Bill Hicks: Rant In E-Minor: Variations". Comedy Dynamics. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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