Bicentennial Nigger

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Bicentennial Nigger
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Live album by
Richard Pryor
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1976
RecordedFebruary 1976 and July 1976
Venue The Comedy Store and Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, California
Genre Stand-up comedy
Length40:23
Label Warner Bros.
Producer David Banks
Richard Pryor chronology
L.A. Jail
(1976)		Bicentennial Nigger
(1976)		 Wanted: Live in Concert
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Bicentennial Nigger is the sixth album by the American comedian Richard Pryor. David Banks produced the album, while Warner Bros. Records released the album in September 1976. It is often considered one of his most influential recordings. [2] [3] [4] The CD version of the album was released on 20 June 1989. [5] It won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. [6]

Contents

The album was recorded in July 1976 at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, with the exception of the title track, recorded at The Comedy Store in Hollywood in February 1976, location recording by Wally Heider Recording, engineer Biff Dawes. Album cover design and art direction by Kosh.

It ends with the words "I ain't never goin' to forget".

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Hillbilly" - 2:15
  2. "Black and White Women" - 4:06
  3. "Our Gang" - 2:48
  4. "Bicentennial Prayer" - 6:42

Side two

  1. "Black Hollywood" - 5:25
  2. "Mudbone Goes to Hollywood" - 10:11
  3. "Chinese Restaurant" - 1:18
  4. "Acid" - 4:55
  5. "Bicentennial Nigger" - 2:25

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Tucker, Terrence T. (2017). "Direct from a Never Scared Bicentennial Nigger". Furiously Funny: Comic Rage in Late 20th Century African-American Literature. Gainesville. doi:10.5744/florida/9780813054360.003.0007. ISBN   9780813054360.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Cooper, Evan (28 August 2007). "Is It Something He Said: The Mass Consumption of Richard Pryor's Culturally Intimate Humor". The Communication Review. 10 (3): 224. doi:10.1080/10714420701528065. S2CID   143900518.
  4. ↑ Asim, Jabari (2007). The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 207. ISBN   978-0-618-19717-0. OCLC   1039404339 . Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  5. ↑ "CD release" . Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  6. ↑ "A new black superstar". Time. 1977-08-22. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  7. ↑ "American album certifications – Richard Pryor – Bicentennial Nigger". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved November 22, 2022.


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