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Title: Great Comedy, But Buy The Separate CDs
Review: Bill Hicks is a master commentator (it sounds to belittling to call him a comedian). This CD collects the "best of" Hicks's routines from his other CDs. The work is masterful. However, it loses some of the momentum when parsed and compiled here.Part of the mark of a legendary comedian is the ability to "compose" a comedy routine which is like a symphony, it has crescendos, valleys, ebbs, and flows. Hearing the routine in full gives it the greatest comedic impact. This CD, by cutting the routines up, takes away some of that impact.Therefore, if you want to get your feet wet with Hicks, start here. But please, don't stop here. Go to the original material to discover the full impact. The material is five star; presented in this manner makes it a four star CD.
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