Anthology 1968-1992 [Explicit Lyrics]

Richard Pryor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 15, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1968
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B00005Q3AO
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,657 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #2 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Shock Comedy
  • #3 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy
  • #8 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Contemporary Comedy

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Super Nigger

2. Prison Play

3. Nigger With A Seizure

4. Have Your Ass Home By 11:00

5. Black & White Lifestyles

6. Exorcist

7. Niggers Vs. The Police

8. Wino Dealing With Dracula

9. Wino & Junkie

10. Mudbone-Intro

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. New Year's Eve

2. Discipline

3. Heart Attacks

4. Monkeys

5. Being Sensitive

6. Africa

7. Freebase

8. Hospital

9. I Like Women

10. M.S.

Editorial Reviews

Listening to this two-disc collection, you get a vivid picture of how Richard Pryor's comic genius evolved. He went from the early Cosby-esque style of "Super Nigger" and "Prison Play" to the 'hood humor of "Have Your Ass Home By 11:00" and "Wino & Junkie." Then came his razor-sharp socio-political observations in "Bicentennial Nigger" and "Africa," and the intensely personal, highly publicized travails recounted in "New Year's Eve," "Freebase," and "M.S." Every comic working today owes a debt to this profane-yet-profound genius. Rhino's two-disc Richard Pryor: The Anthology (1968-1992) is jam-packed with 26 of Pryor's most outrageous routines gathered from his seven Warner albums and the Pryor archives. Over 2-hours of hilarity!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Genius At His Best, August 20, 2004

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Juan Mobili (Valley Cottage, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology 1968-1992 (Audio CD)

I don't doubt that the box set these selections are taken from has many more immaculate moments to offer, but for the money, this 2-CD offering will not cause you any regrets.
Some of you may be wondering why I may refer to Pryor's routines as "immaculate," given the free use of schatological language and common themes from his inspired imagination, yet it is not without thought that I chose such term.
Let me explain ... underneath, at the root of every Pryor routine there's so much heart, such honest pain turned into laughs, such uncanny gift for showing the absurdity of our social ills, that it is hard to imagine that some divine order of grace has not touched this man.
Yes, the language is strong but not because he curses, it is strong because he speaks irresistibly and poignantly to what makes us humans so foolish and, often, so cruel.
Here's the work that gave birth to so many great comedians, from Eddie Murphy to Dave Chappelle. And, specially, to Chris Rock's great work, someone who has not copied but learned from Richard and seems to be the only politically meaningful stand up artist around these days.
Anyway, back to Richard Pryor, I urge you to buy this CD, have it travel with you. Whenever you may find yourself depressed, overwhelmed or taken over by your own form of "automatic pilot," play it and laugh yourself back to your real life.
If you still have any doubts, just take a look at this CD's cover, Richard, bare-chested and raising his fists, ready for a fight, and behind him the American flag. This is how courageous this material is, how willing to take on something so much bigger than he was. And you know what? In some level, he won the fight by a knockout.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking - and a great value, January 19, 2002

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R. Riis "rriis" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology 1968-1992 (Audio CD)

A well-selected overview of the best of Pryor's comedy albums, 1968-1992. Pryor's material and presentation, especially in the mid-1970s, were groundbreaking for all comics, black and white, and many of these bits still have sharp social impact. That aside, he is just plain funny. And what a value for a two-disc set!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Toast!, March 28, 2002

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology 1968-1992 (Audio CD)

to the Man who forever changed the Game of Comedy.He is really showcased fully well here.He is Deep on so many topics&yet you are laughing so hard.He was to Comedy in the 70's as Ali was to the Ring in the Same Era.a Voice second too None.He is a Ground-Breaker&a PowerFul Force.