From Heaven

Todd Barry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Comedy Central Rec.
• ASIN: B0012IWHIM
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,658 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Working With Me

2. Leak, Looking For Apartment, Friend Looking For Apartment

3. Guy Who Needs Help, Been To NYC?, Driving With Friend

4. Preachy Singer, English Washer, Alabama, Pittsburgh

5. Birthdays, Challenge, Cambridge, Noodle Gift

6. Prarie Dogs, Sweet Soap

7. MySpace, Unbelievable Questions, Guy Who Reads Email, UF

8. Chipotle, Trader Joe's

9. Old Navy, Short Stop

10. Todd's Address, Stay With Todd, Limo, Container Store

11. Anal, Set An Alarm

12. Amex, Pastry Chef

13. Nurse's T-Shirt

14. Selling CDs, Springsteen At Bar, Moore At Party, Gawker

15. Potter, Chinese Restaurant Conversation

16. Fridge, Audience Member's Tab, Best Celebrity Sighting

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High five! blip blip blip, March 20, 2008

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Vaughn Deyhle - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Heaven (Audio CD)

Ah, and the world just got a bit funnier. Todd Barry is one of the very best out there right now, period. It's a shame he doesn't get more attention than he does. With this album he once again proves that above all else, GOOD, SOLID WRITING is important in comedy. This is humor in purest form, virtually gimmic free...

...unless you consider his near comatose delivery a gimmic. That's debatable (though he sounds a bit peppier this time around.) He has a brand of sarcasm that is so smooth yet scathing, it is observational humor at its best. Yes, here's where I'm supposed to say "he takes the absurdities of our worlds and tackles them with his wit." To which you are supposed to reply "yeah, that's what most comedians do." True, but Todd does it better.

Todd is able to come up with material ABOUT ANYTHING. This is the man who had a joke about the band FUGAZI in his act a few years ago. I never thought there could be ANYTHING funny about Fugazi, but I stand corrected. Renting an apartment across the street from Sara Jessica Parker ... Parkning ticket money going to the homeless ... restaurant chain, Chipotle ... his aim is broad but deadly. There is a purity to Barry's comedy that doesn't require overselling, wild gesticulations, excessive theatrics and perhaps that's why Todd Barry albums tend to be superior to a lot of other guys out there. This is a guy who works out very well on audio recording, you don't feel like you're missing out by not being there. The art of subtlety usually trumps excess and that brilliance shines on this album.

This is also recorded in a small venue (which frankly ALL comedy albums should be.) You can hear distinct voices in the audience, (this was recorded in a Chinese restaurant ... no kidding.)

For those of you who have not yet discovered this guy, you really need to do yourselves a favor and check him out.

3.0 out of 5 stars Todd Barry, May 3, 2010

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I. Martin "banana" (OKC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Heaven (Audio CD)

I thought this one was OK. I personally favor 'Medium Energy' and was hoping to get that same punch out of 'From Heaven'.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite, but good, October 1, 2009

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T. Lewison (Cottonwood, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Heaven (Audio CD)

This isn't my favorite Todd Barry CD, but even mediocre Todd Barry is pretty damn funny. I prefer to see video of his comedy to get the full effect. But its great to listen to him in the car. I buy all of his CDs and eagerly await the next...