Revenge (Bill Cosby album)

Revenge
Live album by Bill Cosby
Released January 1967
Recorded 1967
Harrah's
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Genre Rhythm and blues, Stand-up comedy
Length 41:56
Label Warner Bros.
Bill Cosby chronology
Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings
(1967)		 Revenge
(1967)		 To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
(1968)
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Revenge (1967) is the sixth album by comedian Bill Cosby. It was recorded live at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Warner Bros. Records.

Contents

Background

Unlike earlier albums such as I Started Out as a Child, which contained skits around TV shows such as the Lone Ranger, this album sees Cosby discuss his upbringing through anecdotes and introduce perhaps his most memorable character outside of Cliff Huxtable—Fat Albert. While later albums included this character, many fans regard this as his finest album and an influence on future comedy albums based on the anecdotal style.

In the track "Buck Buck," Cosby first mentions Fat Albert, his Philadelphia childhood friend who was the basis for the hit cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. Old Weird Harold, another of Cosby's friends/characters, is also featured on this album, primarily on the track "9th Street Bridge."

Track listing

Side one

  1. Revenge – 6:00
  2. Two Daughters – 5:10
  3. Two Brothers – 2:54
  4. The Tank – 1:36
  5. Smoking – 2:56
  6. Wives – 3:27

Side two

  1. Cool Covers – 4:22
  2. 9th Street Bridge – 5:09
  3. Buck, Buck – 9:13
  4. Planes – 2:03

References

  1. ^ Revenge (Bill Cosby album) at Allmusic

See also

Bill Cosby
Comedy albums
Music albums
Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings (1967)  • Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968)  • Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971)  • Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971)  • Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972)  • At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings (1974)  • Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976)  • Disco Bill (1977)  • Where You Lay Your Head (1990)  • My Appreciation (1991)  • Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love (1997)  • Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby - The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (2004)  • Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby - The New Mixes Vol. 1 (2004)  • State of Emergency (2009)  • Keep Standing (2010)
Compilations
The Best of Bill Cosby (1969)  • More of the Best of Bill Cosby (1970)  • Bill (1973)  • Down Under (1975)  • Cosby and the Kids (1986)  • At His Best (1994)  • 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Cosby (2001)  • The Bill Cosby Collection (2004)
Singles
"Little Ol' Man (Uptight—Everything's Alright)" (1967)  • "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" (1970)  • "I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself" (1976)  • "Yes, Yes, Yes" (1976)
Television
I Spy (1965-1968)  • The Bill Cosby Show (1969-1971)  • The Electric Company (1971-1977)  • The New Bill Cosby Show (1972)  • Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972-1985)  • The Cosby Show (1984-1992)  • A Different World (1987-1993) • The Cosby Mysteries (1994-1995)  • Cosby (1996-2000)  • Little Bill (1999-2004)  • Fatherhood (2004-2005)
Books
Fatherhood (1986)  • Time Flies (1987)  • Love and Marriage (1989)  • Childhood (1991)  • Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998)  • Congratulations! Now What?: A Book for Graduates. (1999)  • American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge (2000, w/ Allen, Dwight William)  • Cosbyology: Essays and Observations from the Doctor of Comedy (2001, w/ Booth, George)  • I Am What I Ate ... and I'm Frightened!!!: And Other Digressions from the Doctor of Comedy (2003)  • Friends of a Feather: One of Life's Little Fables (2003, w/ Cosby, Erika)  • Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors (2007, w/ Poussaint, Alvin F.)  • I Didn't Ask to be Born, But I'm Glad I Was (2011)