Rant in E-Minor

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.[4]

Rant in E-Minor
Live album by Bill Hicks
Released	February 25, 1997
Recorded	November 1992 - December 1993
Genre	Comedy
Length	73:54
Label	Rykodisc RCD 10353
Producer	Kevin Booth
Bill Hicks chronology
Arizona Bay (1997) Rant in E-Minor (1997) Philosophy: The Best of Bill Hicks (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Static and Feedback	(favorable) [2]
Tiny Mix Tapes	5/5[3]

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.[5]

Track listing

• Part One
  • Chapter One
    • 1. "Fevered Egos" – 4:05
    • 2. "Easter" – 1:19
    • 3. "Gideons" – 1:05
  • Chapter Two
    • 4. "People Suck" – 0:21
    • 5. "Pro Life" – 4:13
    • 6. "People Who Hate People" – 0:32
    • 7. "Non-Smokers" – 2:39
    • 8. "Gifts of Forgiveness" – 5:09
    • 9. "Purple Vein Dick Joke" – 0:29
  • Chapter Three
    • 10. "Confession Time (COPS)" – 4:25
    • 11. "Wax Dart" – 0:30
    • 12. "I'm Talking to the Women Here" – 1:10
• Part Two
  • Chapter Four
    • 13. "You're Wrong Night" – 5:37
  • Chapter Five
    • 14. "A New Flag (Patriotism)" – 1:13
    • 15. "Gays in the Military" – 2:24
    • 16. "I.R.S. Bust" – 1:09
    • 17. "Politics in America" – 0:39
    • 18. "Quiet Loner" – 0:57
  • Chapter Six
    • 19. "Artistic Roll Call" – 4:33
    • 20. "Orange Drink" – 1:08
    • 21. "Save Willie" – 1:30
  • Chapter Seven
    • 22. "Deficit (Jesse Helms)" – 2:47
    • 23. "Rush Limbaugh" – 2:21
• Part Three
  • Chapter Eight
    • 24. "Time to Evolve" – 3:16
  • Chapter Nine
    • 25. "Waco (Koresh)" – 5:35
    • 26. "The Pope" – 1:02
    • 27. "Christianity" – 0:27
    • 28. "Seven Seals" – 0:28
  • Chapter Ten
    • 29. "One of the Boys (Clinton)" – 1:03
    • 30. "Car Bomb Derby" – 0:26
    • 31. "The Elite" – 1:06
  • Chapter Eleven
    • 32. "Love List (No Future)" – 2:56
    • 33. "Back to the Garden" – 1:20
    • 34. "Your Children Aren't Special" – 3:13
    • 35. "Wizards Have Landed" – 1:43
    • 36. "Lift Me Lord" – 0:53

Rant in E-Minor: Variations

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bill Takes Stage"	0:23
2.	"Fevered Egos"	4:38
3.	"Dance Clubs"	1:54
4.	"Homosexuality"	2:40
5.	"People Suck"	0:22
6.	"Pro-Lifers and Non-Smokers"	4:59
7.	"Started Smoking Again"	1:59
8.	"Hendrix Was an Alien"	1:32
9.	"Let's Do Some Comedy"	0:08
10.	"Keith Richards and the Ledge Beyond the Edge"	1:32
11.	"Hendrix Language"	0:15
12.	"Musicians Who Are Dead"	0:14
13.	"LA City of Hell"	1:27
14.	"I've Smoked a Lot"	0:30
15.	"Australia"	2:24
16.	"Easter"	1:23
17.	"Gideons"	1:20
18.	"Gifts of Forgiveness"	5:08
19.	"Riff on Comedy, Dick Jokes, And Plastic Plants"	0:58
20.	"When Jesus Comes Back"	1:11
21.	"Confession Time (Cops)"	4:18
22.	"Wax Dart"	1:01
23.	"I'm Talking to the Women Here"	1:11
24.	"Pussywhipped Satan"	1:41
25.	"Rebirthing"	0:46
26.	"Rush Limbaugh"	2:21
27.	"Glass of Water"	0:24
28.	"Waco Koresh"	4:18
29.	"One of the Boys (Clinton)"	1:12
30.	"The Elite"	1:17
31.	"Car Bombs and Cowards"	0:56
32.	"Time to Evolve (More Dick Jokes Are Coming)"	3:19
33.	"Deficit Jesse Helms"	4:06
34.	"Alcohol Kills / Pot Is Better / A Job Has Been Created"	2:58
35.	"A Better World (Are You Cool with That?)"	0:45
36.	"Everything They Tell You About Pot Is a Lie (Play the Sitar)"	1:08
37.	"Sacrifices"	0:46
38.	"Carrot Top and Gallagher"	2:53
39.	"Artistic Roll Call"	4:07
40.	"Save Willie"	1:04
41.	"Can't Breathe Out of My Right Lung"	0:09
42.	"Bradley Tanks Knocking Down Catholic Churches"	0:35
43.	"The Pope"	1:10
44.	"Childbirth Is Not a Miracle"	4:02
45.	"People Who Hate People"	1:00
46.	"Philosophical Discussion with a Christian"	1:54
47.	"Childbirth Is Not Natural (Back to the Garden)"	0:46
48.	"It's Women (Women)"	0:40
49.	"Guys Don't Want Children"	0:38
50.	"Your Children Are Not Special (Grey Gym Sock)"	3:11
51.	"Welcome to Comedy"	1:02

Personnel

• Bill Hicks – guitar, vocals
• Kevin Booth – bass, keyboards, percussion, producer

References

1. AllMusic Review
2. Static and Feedback Review Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
3. Tiny Mix Tapes Review
4. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aSsDA22f_kAJ:https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-02-28-9702280367-story.html+&cd=18&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-b-1-d
5. "Bill Hicks: Rant In E-Minor: Variations". Comedy Dynamics. Retrieved 8 February 2019.