...And It's Deep Too!
...And It's Deep, Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992) is a compilation of all of Richard Pryor's recordings with Warner Bros. Records. It contains material recorded between 1968 and 1992 and was released in 2000 through Rhino Entertainment.
| ...And It's Deep, Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992) | ||||
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| Released | October 17, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | September 1968–October 17, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 450:06 | |||
| Label | Warner Archives/Rhino/Atlantic Records | |||
| Producer | Robert Marchese Richard Pryor David Banks Biff Dawes | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A+ [2] |
The box set was re-issued in 2013 without the first and last discs as The Warner Bros. Albums (1974-1983).[3]
Background
The collection includes a 76-page booklet, eight CDs released on Warner Bros. between 1968 and 1983, and a ninth CD of previously unreleased material. These albums include:
- Richard Pryor (1968)
- That Nigger's Crazy (1974)
- ...Is It Something I Said? (1975)
- Bicentennial Nigger (1976)
- Wanted/Richard Pryor - Live In Concert (1979)
- Live On The Sunset Strip (1982)
- Here And Now (1983)
- That "African-American" Is STILL Crazy: Good Shit From the Vaults ('70s, '80s, and '90s) (bonus CD)
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Super Nigger" | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Girls" | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Farting" | 2:02 |
| 4. | "Prison Play" | 9:12 |
| 5. | "T.V. Panel Show" | 7:09 |
| 6. | "Smells" | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Army Life" | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Frankenstein" | 0:56 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Hope I'm Funny" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Nigger With A Seizure" | 5:24 |
| 3. | "Have Your Ass Home By 11:00" | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Black And White Lifestyles" | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Exorcist" | 1:53 |
| 6. | "Wino Dealing With Dracula" | 2:11 |
| 7. | "Flying Saucers" | 1:09 |
| 8. | "The Back Down" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Black Man/White Woman" | 0:55 |
| 10. | "Niggers Vs. Police" | 1:42 |
| 11. | "Wino & Junkie" | 7:06 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Eulogy" | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Shortage of White People" | 1:24 |
| 3. | "New Niggers" | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Cocaine" | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Just Us" ((Credited on the album as being "stolen" from Paul Mooney)) | 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) | 3:47 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hillbilly" | 2:15 |
| 2. | "Black and White Women" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "Our Gang" | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Bicentennial Prayer" | 6:42 |
| 5. | "Black Hollywood" | 5:25 |
| 6. | "Mudbone Goes to Hollywood" | 10:11 |
| 7. | "Chinese Restaurant" | 1:18 |
| 8. | "Acid" | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Bicentennial Nigger" | 2:25 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "New Year's Eve" | 3:54 |
| 2. | "White And Black People" | 7:59 |
| 3. | "Black Funerals" | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Discipline" | 8:00 |
| 5. | "Heart Attacks" | 8:11 |
| 6. | "Ali" | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Keeping In Shape" | 6:48 |
| 8. | "Leon Spinks" | 5:09 |
| 9. | "Dogs And Horses" | 5:50 |
| 10. | "Jim Brown" | 4:43 |
| 11. | "Monkeys" | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Kids" | 3:50 |
| 13. | "Nature" | 3:31 |
| 14. | "Things In The Woods" | 3:13 |
| 15. | "Deer Hunter" | 3:02 |
| 16. | "Chinese Food" | 3:23 |
| 17. | "Being Sensitive" | 7:54 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Women" | 11:24 |
| 2. | "Prison" | 6:25 |
| 3. | "Africa" | 10:33 |
| 4. | "Mafia Club" | 6:04 |
| 5. | "Mudbone" | 7:38 |
| 6. | "Freebase" | 8:12 |
| 7. | "Hospital" | 10:17 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Here and Now" | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Southern Hospitality" | 1:38 |
| 3. | "Slavery" | 1:15 |
| 4. | "Motherland" | 6:38 |
| 5. | "I Met the President" | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Fire Exit" | 0:46 |
| 7. | "Mudbone (Part One)" | 6:24 |
| 8. | "Mudbone (Part Two)" | 4:40 |
| 9. | "Inebriated" | 5:54 |
| 10. | "One Night Stands" | 2:54 |
| 11. | "One Day at a Time" | 4:57 |
| 12. | "I Like Women" | 6:22 |
| 13. | "Being Famous" | 2:01 |
| 14. | "I Remember" | 1:36 |
| 15. | "Interview" (Bonus Track) | 22:43 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction-Tom Dreesen" | |
| 2. | "Mudbone Goes To Hollywood" (Alternate Version) | |
| 3. | "Fame (Part 1)" | |
| 4. | "Black Messiah" | |
| 5. | "Life" | |
| 6. | "Death" | |
| 7. | "My Funeral" | |
| 8. | "Acid" (Alternate Version) | |
| 9. | "Patty Hearst" | |
| 10. | "Fighting" | |
| 11. | "The Law" | |
| 12. | "History Lesson" | |
| 13. | "I Don't Give A Fuck" | |
| 14. | "Fame (Part Two)" | |
| 15. | "Therapy" | |
| 16. | "W.A.S.P.'s" | |
| 17. | "Getting Older" | |
| 18. | "God" | |
| 19. | "Dog" | |
| 20. | "M.S." |
References
- "Richard Pryor." American Decades Gale Research, 1998; Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2005.
- "Richard Pryor" in Shirelle Phillips (editor) Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 24 Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2005.
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