Carlin, George

George Carlin's final album. Well, of totally new material anyway. George died on June 22, 2008, and this album had been completed at that point. While it wouldn't surprise me to see compilations come out later from his estate, this will be the "final" album of new material.

Right before it was released, I had read somewhere that friends/family were saying that this album of material was more palatable to people because it's less "angry". I know I said that aout his last album, but I heard this pre-release. Then I got it, and I have to agree. While there's a bit in the middle where he totally goes off again on religion and God, most of this album is less "old crotchety man" than his recent vintage has been.

There's a bit in here where he talks about removing people from your address book who have died. He then goes on to find the humor in how we have to DELETE people now instead of crossing them out. It's quite funny if you're a computer person. I even was able to recite one of the bits from this album to someone else after having listened to it just one time. :)

It's George Carlin. It's funny. What else can I say?

I've been listening to George Carlin for as long as I can remember, going back to 1975 when I was 10, and probably shouldn't have been listening to him. :) In April I discovered George had put out a new album back in Jan of 2006 - I missed it completely, which is unusual. This is his first new album in awhile, so I had to go pick it up.

It's full of the usual Carlin humour. If you liked Carlin before, you'd like this. Especially his last few albums which are more "angry" than observational like his older stuff was. Still, it made me laugh in many places, which is the whole point of a good comedy record.

Another Carlin record. It's tradition with me - I don't buy 'em because of a "great single" or some piece, I buy it because it's new Carlin. Simple as that. :)

Carlin Note: I actually own quite a lot more Carlin albums, there's something like 20 of them. However, up until these two I bought them all on pre-recorded cassette tape. I'm not even sure all of them are available on CD anyway.

My all time favorite stand up comedian, bar none. Some of George's material I've been listening to since the early 80's, and is still frickin brilliant today. Picked this up because it was his current album at the time, and I always looked forward to a new Carlin album.

Carlin Note: I actually own quite a lot more Carlin albums, there's something like 20 of them. However, up until these two I bought them all on pre-recorded cassette tape. I'm not even sure all of them are available on CD anyway.