Comedy album recommendations? Which ones are your favorites?

[Andy]

Invite them up and COmedy Death Ray are good places to start because you can get exposed to a lot of great stand-ups.

[Alex P.]

Does anyone know a good source to know about upcoming releases? And thanks a lot for all the suggestions.

[Smelodies]

Cannot believe Richard Pryor wasn't mentioned. 

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Bicentennial Nigger

Those are the Rubber Soul and Revolver of comedy albums.

[adamfromohio]

I really hope you didn't pull the trigger on multiple Doug Benson albums.

[Christina]

Cannot believe Richard Pryor wasn't mentioned. 

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Bicentennial Nigger

Those are the Rubber Soul and Revolver of comedy albums.

I've heard enough Mudbone & Little Feets routines for 10 lifetimes, thanks.

[Smelodies]

Cannot believe Richard Pryor wasn't mentioned. 

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Bicentennial Nigger

Those are the Rubber Soul and Revolver of comedy albums.

I've heard enough Mudbone & Little Feets routines for 10 lifetimes, thanks.

What about "Drive My Car" and "Michelle"?

[Alex P.]

I really hope you didn't pull the trigger on multiple Doug Benson albums.

But he's my favorite out of that list. 

[masterofsparks]

I really hope you didn't pull the trigger on multiple Doug Benson albums.

I don't know why you wouldn't if you're a fan. Some are better than others, but at least the first two are excellent IMO.

[Joe Rogaine]

Earles and Jensen

[thom]

[REDACTED]'s special "Laboring Under Delusions" was good, though you've probably heard all of it on the many podcasts he appears on.

A spot-on Antony impression at 14:20 of the encore here: DVD Exclusive - Paul F. Tompkins - Full Encore Performance

The set proper contains a good half-dozen Steve Martin channellings and they are DARLING.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I haven't heard much of Andrew Daly's standup, but I put that album on there going by this alone:

Andrew Daly is a genius

I listened to it three times in a row.

Andy Daly's characters on Comedy Bang Bang ('Hot Dog' and others) are the reason I keep listening to the show (his and James Adomian's). Haven't heard his album, but now I have to get it.

I grew up with the George Carlin albums and saw him live a couple of times. He's a favorite although I know some people are not fond of him. More recent comedy albums I've bought:

Thin Pig by Todd Glass
'My name is Hannibal' by Hannibal Burress
'Falling off the bone' and 'From Heaven' by Todd Barry
'A Great Stillness' by Eddie Pepitone
'Freak Wharf' by PFT
'Rock, Rot and Rule' by S&W

all of them are solid. I need to check out many of the albums listed in this thread.

For most of my comedy needs of late it's been a combination of podcast appearances, Netflix specials, and the occasional live show at The Comedy Attic.

[apoehler]

All of Steve Martin's standup comedy albums are fantastic bar The Steve Martin Brothers, which was an ill-conceived idea wedging a side of comedy and a side of banjo playing together. An early indication of Martin's musical proclivities which are currently in full flower, but not what a laugh-starved teenager wanted to hear.

[Eric Fishlegs]

"Mitch All Together" "Strategic Grill Locations" and "Do You Believe in Gosh?" by Mitch Hedberg are all great with "Mitch All Together" being the best of the 3, especially if you get the CD/DVD set that features the unedited version of his Comedy Central special.

[Steve of Bloomington]

That's the one Mitch Hedberg I don't have. I'll have to pick it up.

[apoehler]

Comparing the edited and unedited versions of the special is fascinating, by the way--it's not simply a matter of swear words cut out, it's the entire taping that was chopped up and rearranged to try to fit Mitch into the standard Comedy Central standup format. Completely different experience.