Mind Over Matter

Robert Klein | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032N9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,143 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #67 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy

Track Listings

1. Final Record Offer

2. Fred Capossella

3. Feminine/Masculine

4. 100% Undetectable Hairpiece

5. Crime & Punishment

6. Jacques Cousteau

7. Juergen's Myasthenia

8. Mysticism

9. The Borscht Belt

10. Our Heros

11. The National Anthem

12. Oil

13. On the Road

14. Test on This

15. Graffiti

16. No News (Milton Lewis)

17. Wallowing in Watergate

18. Greed & Jeopardy

19. The Ted Mack Amateur Hour

20. In Praise of the Harmonica

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Child of the 50's, June 20, 2005

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Sir George Martini "Verbalosity" (Fromage, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mind Over Matter (Audio CD)

Robert Klein has not received the recognition he deserves, but at least Jerry Seinfeld has cited him as a one of his influences. Many of his routines are of their time, but they still are still funny and I think they have aged better than most of his peer's material (especially Woody Allen's albums). Although I've seen many skits based on "The Final Record Offer", Klein's performance is still the best. "In Praise Of The Harmonica" has one of the most creative uses of the harmonica ever recorded.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World's Funniest Record Of All time, November 20, 2003

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Lance Drake (Santa Fe, NM United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mind Over Matter (Audio CD)

Please excuse the hyperbole - but this series of Klein's comedic writing is, to my taste, the funniest stuff ever conceived. 'Juergen's Myasthenia', '100% undetectable hairpiece', 'Ever Record Ever Recorded' EVERY BIT on the album 'The None News News' - EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC! I laugh every time I hear this work. Robert Klein has more wacky, kooky, zany, stuff crammed into this album than ANY other comedian... EVER... on any other album. THIS IS TRULY WHAT HUMOR IS ALL ABOUT... Sorry for the shouting - but I'll never hear anything else as funny, as long as I live. God bless Robert Klein - he is the greatest of all time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More dated than "Child of the 50's" -- but still funny, June 25, 2000

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Anne M. Marble "Anne" (MD, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mind Over Matter (Audio CD)

This album didn't age as well as "Child of the 50's." But that didn't stop it from being funny. My nephew, who was born about ten years after Watergate, still laughed at most of the tracks. And even my _mother_ laughed at "Obligatory Drug Bit: First Time Stoned."

Also, I still think of Robert Klein's ine "Shovel please!" every time I read (or write) B.S.

Besides, the song "Mind Over Matter" is one of my favorite Robert Klein songs ever. Anybody who had to cope with being outside of the "in" crowd in school will appreciate this one.

Anne M. Marble -- Reviewer, All About Romance