...Is It Something I Said?
…Is It Something I Said? is the fourth album by Richard Pryor and the first he released on a new contract with Warner Bros. Records, a label he remained with for the rest of his recording career.
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| Released | July 25, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | May 26, 1975, Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 45:07 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | David Banks | |||
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| Christgau's Record Guide | A[2] |
Recorded at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the album is notable for being the recorded debut of Pryor's memorable Mudbone, rural Tupeloan become Peoria tale-spinner and lie and storyteller and anecdotist; and for the disk center label credit of the "Just Us" track to Pryor's friend, writer and collaborator Paul Mooney. Recorded by Wally Heider Recording, engineers Biff Dawes and Charles Carver.
In 1976, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording.
The album was the first Richard Pryor title to be remastered and reissued on compact disc. The album appears as part of the …And It's Deep Too! box set, with a bonus track, "Ali" (that first appeared on Richard Pryor's Greatest Hits) appended to the album.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Eulogy" | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Shortage of White People" | 1:24 |
| 3. | "New Niggers" | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Cocaine" | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Just Us" | 3:49 |
| 6. | "Mudbone – Intro" | 5:45 |
| 7. | "Mudbone – Little Feets" | 11:50 |
| 8. | "When Your Woman Leaves You" | 6:30 |
| 9. | "The Goodnight Kiss" | 1:48 |
| 10. | "Women Are Beautiful" | 0:53 |
| 11. | "Our Text For Today" | 3:48 |
| 12. | "Ali" (Bonus track on some CD reissues) | 3:47 |
See also
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1975 (U.S.)
References
- Allmusic review
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.