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Greatest Comedy Hits

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Released
  
May 27, 1997

Length
  
64:32

Producer
  
Eddie Murphy

Genre
  
Comedy

Label
  
Columbia

Greatest Comedy Hits (1997)
  
All I Fuckin' Know (1998)

Greatest Comedy Hits is the first compilation album by American comedian Eddie Murphy. The album was released on May 27, 1997 for Columbia Records, produced by Vernon 'Vas' Lynch Jr and Murphy himself. Greatest Comedy Hits featured his greatest stand-up comedy sketches as well as recordings from his films, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor and Eddie Murphy Raw.

Track listing

  1. "The Barbecue" - 1:45 (originally released in 1983)
  2. "Drinking Fathers" - 8:09 (originally released in 1982)
  3. "Singers" - 6:50 (originally released in 1983)
  4. "Old Jew" - 1:54
  5. "Ice Cream Man" - 3:25 (originally released in 1983)
  6. "Boxers" - 3:11
  7. "Hit by a Car" - 5:49 (originally released in 1982)
  8. "Cumin' Hard" - 5:52
  9. "Skeleton in Closet" - 6:13
  10. "Grandma Klump" - 2:19
  11. "Buckwheat" - 2:06 (originally released in 1982)
  12. "Niggaz in the '70s" - 1:36
  13. "Moses" - 3:49
  14. "Lost in Space" - 0:47
  15. "Little Richard" - 1:06
  16. "Black Sambo" - 1:38
  17. "Almost Fucked a Midget" - 4:53
  18. "Seeing Birth" - 3:10
from liner notes

'The re-issued of Eddie Murphy's Greatest Comedy Hits is a compilation of a virtually forgotten phase of Eddie Murphy's stellar 20-year career as one of the greatest stand-up comics of our time. This compilation ranges the ten-year period between 1977 and 1987 with performances from:

  • the 1980 to 1984 Eddie Murphy skits on Saturday Night Live
  • the 1982 album Eddie Murphy
  • the 1983 Grammy Award-winning, Eddie Murphy: Comedian
  • the 1987 in-concert movie, Eddie Murphy Raw
  • the 1996 Universal film, The Nutty Professor

    • Eddie Murphy, as with all the best comedians, has a sharp and insightful sense of reality. Which is why Greatest Comedy Hits also contains seven previously unreleased compositions from various live club and concert dates, which include:

  • Niggaz In The '70s
  • Moses
  • Lost In Space
  • Little Richard
  • Black Sambo
  • Almost Fucked A Midget
  • Seeing Birth - a sensitive peek into Eddie Murphy's home life (and nod to Bill Cosby's story-telling structure)

    • Certainly, America would love to see a return to his roots in stand-up comedy, but because his movie star transcends all his other accomplishments, we've simply forgotten that Eddie Murphy is a hell of a funny guy, even when left to his own resources.'

    References

    Greatest Comedy Hits Wikipedia
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