King of Poets [Import]

Charles Bukowski | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B00000G1W9
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #833,918 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. When All The Animals Lay Down

2. A Smart Girl

3. The Light Of Jesus

4. The Pleasures

5. Rejoice And Asunder

6. A Northern Acquaintance

7. Grammar Of Life

8. My Father

9. "Soup, Cosmos And Tears

10. The Life Of The King

11. Only The Truly Lost

12. A Need For Glue

13. Hammer And Leash

14. Another Academy

15. The Solar Mass

16. The Lesbian

17. The Night I Killed Tommy

18. The Lady With The Legs

19. Photo

20. Like That

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

24 home recordings from New Orleans in 1970 by the legendarydrunken poet. The cover art is a spoof of a Budweiser beerlogo & album's title is a parody of Budweiser's famous logo'King Of Beers'. 1998 Chinaski Records release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars definitely worth having, September 7, 1999

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Oz du Soleil - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Poets (Audio CD)

I have to give this 4 stars because "Hostage" is so much better. "King..." is a simple recording from 1970. There are poems and Buk speaking to whomever might be listening. Those are some great moments. He steps out from behind the poems and gives us even more about who he is as a man--as if he doesn't give us enough in his writing.

This is surely a good CD to have. But if you have a choice between this one and "Hostage" pick "Hostage."

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars King Of Poets Indeed!, February 19, 2000

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John J. Martinez (Chicago, Illinois, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King of Poets (Audio CD)

I think that when Buk was still trying to get his life straight, and was offered $100 for life by John Martin to leave the post office and write poetry full time, I don't think he believed that when he made these small set of recordings in New Orleans over 20 years ago, someone would put them together and package them, and from Germany, no less! The boys from Chinaski Records made this one, and have made a subsequent CD called "70 Minutes in Hell," but I think you should stick with this one (I own both of them). The most memorable track on this CD is "The Night I Killed Tommy," and when you hear it, you'll never be the same. I say pick this one up, just to hear his insanity on the last track, "Bukowski Says Goodbye." There's something so wrong with him, and yet, it's so right. Oh, this CD shouldn't be compared to "Hostage." Buk was polished and almost comfortable in front of the crowd by the time "Hostage" was recorded. This early stuff only proves he was at his best every time he was in front of a mike, whether it was alone in 1970, in front of a drunken crowd of elitist yuppies in 1980, or in our speakers now in the 21st century.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A One Sided Conversation with Buk, March 1, 2001

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Richard Russell (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Poets (Audio CD)

A home recording, KING OF POETS makes you feel Hank is sitting across from you on a beat up couch, beer in one hand, poems in the other. The conversational tone, the slurring of the words, the comments and background noise give this disc an intensely personal feel. A must for Bukowski fans. This is how it's supposed to be.