Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014UC
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,254 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rapid City, South Dakota

2. Popeye the Sailor Man

3. Homo Erectus

4. Lover Please

5. Wild Man From Borneo

6. Before All Hell Breaks Loose

7. Somethin's Wrong With the Beaver

8. When the Lord Closes the Door (He Opens a Little Window)

9. Miss Nickelodeon

10. Autograph

11. They Ain't makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars country music's leading intellectual (and clown), January 28, 2004

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simon barrett "blond omnivore" (Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kinky Friedman (Audio CD)

One of my favourite records for nigh on 30 years - what more can I say? I don't like calling songs 'poetry' but Kinky's work is certainly literature - more than his books, anyway!! - in its depth and ambiguity. (I'm talking about the words now - the tunes are just out for a good time.) Half this album is country (check the personnel!) half is good-time music (GREAT production) but the whole combines pathos with subversion.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful recording, May 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Kinky Friedman (Audio CD)

I bought this record after buying the Kinky Friedman tribute album "Pearls in the Snow." Though it's great to hear other artists doing Kinky's material, as on PEARLS, sometimes it's best to go right to the source. This album is poignant, funny, hip, and just plain cool. I wish I'd heard it years ago. Favorite cuts: They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore, Popeye the Sailor, and Autographs, the last also found on "Pearls", sung by Delbert McClinton. Definitely five stars.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ride 'em Kinky, June 25, 2003

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Kevan James "yeskev" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kinky Friedman (Audio CD)

I don't like this album as much as "Sold American" but still thinks it's excellent stuff. I'm not a huge fan of country music but think the Kinkster manages to get just the right blend of tunefulness and humour. It's a shame he isn't better known for his music in the UK, most people here only know him for his crime novels (if they've heard of him at all that is). Keep ridin' 'em, Kinky!!