Eddie Murphy - Comedian

Title: Comedian Artist: Eddie Murphy Release Date: 1983 Re-Released On: 4/11/2006 Label: Legacy Recordings Album Type(s): Explicit lyrics sticker, live UPCs: 074643900522, 828768128626 Genre: Spoken Word Styles: Comedy, Sketch Comedy, Standup Comedy Moods: Provocative, Whimsical, Witty, Cynical/Sarcastic, Fun, Lively, Playful, Brash, Humorous, Sexual, Ironic, Irreverent, Silly, Street-Smart, Outrageous, Party/Celebratory, Quirky, Energetic, Swaggering, Trashy, Acerbic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 6 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Faggots Revisited/Sexual Prime
2. Singers
3. Ice Cream Man/Shoe Throwin' Mothers
4. Modern Women
5. The Barbecue
6. The Fart Game
7. Politics, Racism
8. Languages
9. TV

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Legacy Recordings 81286 1995 CD Legacy Recordings 39005

No other editions were found for this album.

By the time Eddie Murphy's Comedian was released, he was already on top of the comedy world, as well as one of Hollywood and television's most important stars. He was already known for taking standup comedy and pushing it to the limit, but on Comedian he takes it one step further and in the process influenced an entire generation of aspiring young comedians to develop standup in a similar fashion. None of the topics Murphy covers here are necessarily groundbreaking, but the manner in which he sets up and executes joke after joke is almost like a machine gun: while one joke has unfolded and the audience is recovering, he's firing off the next round with excellent timing and accuracy. Comedian is a classic and one not easily bested in the comedy album world. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Quaglieri Reissue Producer Eddie Murphy Composer, Vocals, Producer Jeff Magid Reissue Producer Jim Crotty Engineer, Mixing Joseph M. Palmaccio Mastering Liz Reilly Photo Research Lynn Goldsmith Photography, Cover Photo Mark Wilder Digital Mastering, Mastering Nancy Greenberg Art Direction Richard Tienken Producer Robert Wachs Producer