Rant in E-Minor

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Rant in E-Minor
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Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1997
RecordedNovember 1992 - December 1993
Genre Comedy
Length73:54
Label Rykodisc
RCD 10353
Producer Kevin Booth
Bill Hicks chronology
Arizona Bay
(1997)
Rant in E-Minor
(1997)
Philosophy: The Best of Bill Hicks
(2001)
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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]

Contents

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

Rant in E-Minor: Variations

No.TitleLength
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

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References

  1. AllMusic Review
  2. Static and Feedback Review Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes Review
  4. "BILL HICKS' LEGACY OF THE PROFANE AND THE PROFOUND OUT ON CD - Chicago Tribune".
  5. "Bill Hicks: Rant In E-Minor: Variations". Comedy Dynamics. Retrieved 8 February 2019.