Rant in E-Minor

Rant in E-Minor
Live album by
Bill Hicks
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1997
RecordedNovember 1992 – December 1993
GenreComedy
Length73:54
LabelRykodisc
RCD 10353
ProducerKevin Booth
Bill Hicks chronology
Arizona Bay
(1997) 		Rant in E-Minor
(1997) 		Philosophy: The Best of Bill Hicks
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Static and Feedback(favorable) [2]
Tiny Mix Tapes5/5[3]

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]

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

  • Part One
    • Chapter One
      • 1. "Fevered Egos" – 4:05
      • 2. "Easter" – 1:19
      • 3. "Gideons" – 1:05
    • Chapter Two
      • 4. "People Suck" – 0:21
      • 5. "Pro Life" – 4:13
      • 6. "People Who Hate People" – 0:32
      • 7. "Non-Smokers" – 2:39
      • 8. "Gifts of Forgiveness" – 5:09
      • 9. "Purple Vein Dick Joke" – 0:29
    • Chapter Three
      • 10. "Confession Time (COPS)" – 4:25
      • 11. "Wax Dart" – 0:30
      • 12. "I'm Talking to the Women Here" – 1:10
  • Part Two
    • Chapter Four
      • 13. "You're Wrong Night" – 5:37
    • Chapter Five
      • 14. "A New Flag (Patriotism)" – 1:13
      • 15. "Gays in the Military" – 2:24
      • 16. "I.R.S. Bust" – 1:09
      • 17. "Politics in America" – 0:39
      • 18. "Quiet Loner" – 0:57
    • Chapter Six
      • 19. "Artistic Roll Call" – 4:33
      • 20. "Orange Drink" – 1:08
      • 21. "Save Willie" – 1:30
    • Chapter Seven
      • 22. "Deficit (Jesse Helms)" – 2:47
      • 23. "Rush Limbaugh" – 2:21
  • Part Three
    • Chapter Eight
      • 24. "Time to Evolve" – 3:16
    • Chapter Nine
      • 25. "Waco (Koresh)" – 5:35
      • 26. "The Pope" – 1:02
      • 27. "Christianity" – 0:27
      • 28. "Seven Seals" – 0:28
    • Chapter Ten
      • 29. "One of the Boys (Clinton)" – 1:03
      • 30. "Car Bomb Derby" – 0:26
      • 31. "The Elite" – 1:06
    • Chapter Eleven
      • 32. "Love List (No Future)" – 2:56
      • 33. "Back to the Garden" – 1:20
      • 34. "Your Children Aren't Special" – 3:13
      • 35. "Wizards Have Landed" – 1:43
      • 36. "Lift Me Lord" – 0:53

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

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.
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