Shock and Awe (album)

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Shock and Awe
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Live album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2003
RecordedNovember 11, 1992, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England
Genre Comedy
Length64:42
Label Invasion
Bill Hicks chronology
Flying Saucer Tour Vol. 1
(2002)
Shock and Awe
(2003)
Salvation
(2005)
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Shock and Awe is a live recording posthumously released by stand-up comedian and satirist Bill Hicks in 2003 on New York-based Invasion Records. It was recorded at the Oxford Playhouse, and is an abridged version of the album Salvation .

Track listing

  1. "Hello Oxford" 10:30
  2. "Jimmy White" 1:02
  3. "Hooligans" 2:54
  4. "Sniper's Nest" 2:30
  5. "More about Smoking" 2:23
  6. "Vote for Labour" 3:37
  7. "Madonna's Sex Book" 1:03
  8. "English Porno" 2:06
  9. "Basic Instinct" 5:56
  10. "Back to Bed America" 3:45
  11. "Christians for the Death Penalty" 2:37
  12. "Wrong Crowd?" 1:21
  13. "Satan Starmaker" 3:01
  14. "I Love Film" 2:44
  15. "Children" 4:24
  16. "Back in My Room" 1:52
  17. "American Horseshit" 1:22
  18. "I Need to Get Laid" 2:58
  19. "On the Bright Side" 3:17
  20. "Fuck Artists Only" 2:34
  21. "Is There a Message" 2:43

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