Track Listing

1. You're Wrong Night
2. Fevered Egos
3. Easter
4. Gideons
5. People Suck
6. Pro Life
7. People Who Hate People
8. Non-Smokers
9. Gifts of Forgiveness
10. Purple Vein Dick Joke
11. Confession Time (Cops)
12. Wax Dart
13. I'm Talking to the Women Here
14. New Flag (Patriotism)
15. Gays in the Military
16. I.R.S. Bust
17. Politics in America
18. Quiet Loner
19. Artistic Roll Call
20. Orange Drink
21. Save Willie
22. Deficit (Jesse Helms)
23. Rush Limbaugh
24. Time to Evolve
25. Waco (Koresh)
26. Pope
27. Christianity
28. Seven Seals
29. One of the Boys (Clinton)
30. Car Bomb Derby
31. Elite
32. Love List (No Future)
33. Back to the Garden
34. Your Children Aren't Special
35. Wizards Have Landed
36. Lift Me Lord

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50058 in Music
• Released on: 1997-02-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.com
Bill Hicks was crass, obstreperous, and undeniably offensive. He was also one of the funniest comedians ever, in the malicious tradition of George Carlin and Lenny Bruce, hiding social commentary in the bluster of standup. Rant in E-Minor is probably the best introduction to his work, containing his opinions on such tame subjects as abortion, gays in the military, and Rush Limbaugh. Agree with him or not--and you'd be hard put to find anyone who agrees with everything Hicks had to say--it's devilishly clever stuff; even the dated material is still funny and fresh. Hicks was a twisted genius of the highest order, and he's sorely missed. --Genevieve Williams

From the Label
The material for Rant In E-Minor was recorded at approximately the same time as Arizona Bay, but Hicks’ plan for the album was substantially different. He chose to simply focus on performance energy, cycling his routine to alternately build and release. Consequently, Rant...’s tracks are shorter and more intensely focused than those on his previous albums. Probably Hicks’ most explosive recorded work, Rant... broadens both the range of his comedy and his insightful characterizations, while further honing his satirical wit. The album stands as a harmonic convergence of all elements of Hicks’ talent.

Customer Reviews

do yourself a favor.....buy it
I first heard Hicks on a comedy special on showtime I believe about 8 years ago. I didn't catch the name..but I thought the guy was hilarious. He was doing a routine about playing the new kids on the block backwards, and I was rolling on the floor. Well, years later, I was listening to Dennis Leary, and decided to buy a cd by what I thought was an unknown artist, and lo and behold it was the same guy I had seen so long ago. I nearly cried with laughter, and immediately ran out of my job (no kidding) to buy his other 3 albums. It was money well spent. You can't go wrong with this purchase...and if you need the cash..go sell anything by Dennis Leary you may have...As Bill Hicks once implied, his big secret was that he stole all Leary's material and just to throw people off, he did it before Leary, and actually made it funny. (Listen to them both, especially the bits on non-smokers and rockstars, and it becomes eerily obvious where Leary "borrowed" much of his material from...)

Bill Hicks...smarter than the averege comic
Rant in E-minor is Bill Hicks at his best. Not holding anything back. At all. Right from the start,no one is safe. From Billy Ray Cyrus to George Bush, Hicks' addresses many issuses that the averege comdeian usually stays away from, such as Abortion to Gays in the millitary. This, out of all four major releases, is by far the best. Though Rant in E-minor is better off to save as the last of Hicks' CD's to buy, because it's so out there, and really truly greatly funny. Bill Hicks ranting under the stars for all of us the apathic masses. RIP Bill, you are missed.

Rest In Peace Maestro
If there is one Bill Hicks album you must own, Rant In E Minor is it. No, I take that back, if there is one album in general that you must own, Rant In E Minor is it. This album will seriously change the way you look at everything. It was his last stand up performance ever, after he learned he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. He takes no prisoners with this one. Everything he says is like another blow to the gut. He had a way with words like no other. I agree with the people that say that Bill Hicks was more of a philosopher than a comedian, well a philosopher with punchlines I guess. This performance was executed with passion, honesty, and sincerity. He uses his time onstage to shed light on true human thoughts and emotions. You know? The stuff that everyone thinks about, but acts offended when brought up verbally. Check out the end of his hilarious Pro Life bit. His stuff is like fertillizer for the ever growing mind. I'll wrap this up by saying this, if you don't own this, scroll back up and click the add-to-cart icon right now!