...Is It Something I Said?

...Is It Something I Said?
...Is It Something I Said?
Live album by Richard Pryor
Released	July 25, 1975
Recorded	May 26, 1975, Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Genre	Comedy
Length	45:07
Label	Reprise
Producer	David Banks
Richard Pryor chronology

Last updated November 23, 2024

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A^[2]

...Is It Something I Said? is the fourth album by Richard Pryor and the first he released on a new contract with Warner Bros. Records, through its subsidiary Reprise Records. He remained with the parent label for the rest of his recording career.

Content

The disc's label credits the track "Just Us" as being "stolen" by Paul Mooney, Pryor's friend and collaborator. The album was recorded by Wally Heider Recording, and engineered by Biff Dawes and Charles Carver.

In 1976, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording.

The album was the first Richard Pryor record to be remastered and reissued on compact disc. The album appears as part of the ...And It's Deep Too! box set, with a bonus track, "Ali" (that first appeared on Richard Pryor's Greatest Hits) appended to the album.

Track listing

All tracks written by Richard Pryor, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Eulogy"		3:50
2.	"Shortage of White People"		1:24
3.	"New Niggers"		4:00
4.	"Cocaine"		4:10
5.	"Just Us"	Paul Mooney	3:49
6.	"Mudbone – Intro"		5:45
7.	"Mudbone – Little Feets"		11:50
8.	"When Your Woman Leaves You"		6:30
9.	"The Goodnight Kiss"		1:48
10.	"Women Are Beautiful"		0:53
11.	"Our Text for Today"		3:48

"Ali" is a bonus routine released as track 12 on some CD reissues.

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[3]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
↑ "American album certifications – Richard Pryor – …Is it Something I Said?". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved November 22, 2022.

External links

Richard Pryor's Official Homepage

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[1] Allmusic review

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.

[United_StatesRichard_Pryor…Is_it_Something_I_Said?albumCertRef-3] "American album certifications – Richard Pryor – …Is it Something I Said?". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved November 22, 2022.

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