Arizona Bay

by Bill Hicks

Arizona Bay cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 February 1997
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:06:05
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released posthumously, this unique project layers the comedian's famously cynical, philosophical stand-up material over original instrumental rock music that he composed and produced himself. Exploring themes of spiritual enlightenment and political hypocrisy, the resulting album feels more like a spoken-word conceptual rock record than a traditional comedy special. It serves as a stark reminder of his fiercely independent artistic vision.

Genres

Descriptors: vulgar, political, conscious, satirical, dark-humor

Tracklist

  1. Goodbye You Lizard Scum (3:52)
  2. Step on the Gas (L.A. Riots) (4:50)
  3. Hooligans (4:20)
  4. Officer Nigger Hater (5:27)
  5. As Long as We're Talking Shelf Life (Kennedy) (5:00)
  6. Elephant Is Dead (Bush) (1:57)
  7. Me and Saddam (3:11)
  8. Bullies of the World (1:22)
  9. Shane's Song (2:02)
  10. Dinosaurs in the Bible (5:45)
  11. Living God (1:05)
  12. Marketing and Advertising (4:38)
  13. Don't Talk for Me (1:40)
  14. Clam Lappers and Sonic the Hedgehog (3:01)
  15. She's Got a Broken Heart (1:08)
  16. Pussywhipped Satan (4:40)
  17. L.A. Falls (3:54)
  18. Elvis (8:04)

Credits

  • Bill Hicks - primary artist, written-by, performer, guitar, vocals
  • Russell Hebert - voice [elvis introduction]

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