For Your Consideration (Kathy Griffin album)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| For Your Consideration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | June 17, 2008[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 2008 at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy, California | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 57:38 | |||
| Label | Music with a Twist, RED | |||
| Producer | Kathy Griffin, Christian Stavros | |||
| Kathy Griffin chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
For Your Consideration is a 2008 comedy album recorded by American stand-up comedian Kathy Griffin. The album was recorded at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy, California on February 17, 2008. It is Griffin's first audio-only release of her stand-up material. Included on the disc are her takes on various celebrities and her personal life. Griffin stated that she decided to release this CD to try to win a Grammy Award.[1][3] For Your Consideration received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album, but lost to George Carlin's It's Bad for Ya.
In the Spring of 2008, a billboard for the album was placed on Sunset Blvd. Various print advertisements for bus stops, magazines and newspaper circulated from April 2008 to the release date of the album. The theme of the advertisements featured Griffin in a red carpetesque gown desperate for media attention (for which she is famously known).[1] The album also gained its own episode on Griffin's reality show, titled "For Your (Grammy) Consideration".[4]
Commercial performance
The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at #85, making it the highest-ranked album by a female comedian since 1983, when Joan Rivers reached number 22 with What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most? . The album also debuted at #1 on Top Comedy Albums, making her the first female comedian to do so since the chart began in 2004.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Hot Ticket" | 2:43 |
| 2. | "The Survey: Gay? Straight?" | 0:43 |
| 3. | "The Clicker (For the Maggie Fans)" | 2:16 |
| 4. | "My First Rebanning (Hi Barbara Walters!)" | 2:50 |
| 5. | "Happy Sunday (More Maggie!)" | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Cover Me" | 4:08 |
| 7. | "Oprah Is a Deity (And I Think She Is Full of Shit)" | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Oprah's Favorite Things" | 6:19 |
| 9. | "The Osmonds Were Never Cool" | 6:39 |
| 10. | "Freaky Doll People (Demi? Oh Yeah!)" | 6:13 |
| 11. | "Straight Guys Wake Up!" | 4:47 |
| 12. | "Our New Daddy's Coming" | 4:16 |
| 13. | "Wizard of Woz" | 2:13 |
| 14. | "My Run-in With Spielberg" | 8:20 |
| Total length: | 57:38 | |
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.[6]
Production
- Kathy Griffin — Executive producer; performer
- Christian Stavros — Producer
- Louie Teran — Mastering
- Jacob Feinberg-Pyne — Engineer
Visuals and imagery
- David Bett — Art Direction
- Michelle Holme — Art Direction
Chart positions
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200[7] | 85 |
| U.S. Top Comedy Albums[8] | 1 |
| U.S. Top Independent Albums[9] | 8 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|
| United States | June 17, 2008 | 728847 |
| Canada | June 17, 2008 | 88697288472 |
