Rant in E-Minor
| Rant in E-Minor | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | February 25, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | November 1992 – December 1993 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 73:54 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc RCD 10353 | |||
| Producer | Kevin Booth | |||
| Bill Hicks chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Static and Feedback | (favorable) |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 5/5 |
Rant in E-Minor is an album by stand-up comedian and satirist Bill Hicks. Both this album and a similar album of new material, Arizona Bay, were released posthumously by Rykodisc on February 25, 1997, marking three years since Hicks' death.
The material on this album is darker and angrier in tone than some of his earlier work; Hicks can be heard screaming at his audience in between chapters, and very prominently during the track "You're Wrong Night".
On April 15, 2016, Comedy Dynamics released a new version of the album in both double CD and double vinyl LP formats called Rant in E-Minor: Variations. While the original album was culled from various performances and included musical interludes performed by Hicks, the new version presents a complete and uninterrupted performance recorded at the Laff Stop in Austin, Texas on October 24, 1993.