My first Bill Hicks experience was with ARIZONA BAY.  While it was in fact a funny album, I was put off by the mood inducing music and Hick's biggest draw, which was his large social baggage about religion and govt that he brought to his act.  I told myself that I would give him another chance and that chance came from RANT IN E MINOR.  The album is nearly twice as long, his baggage could be carried in steamer trunks on this album, but the material is three times as funny and at many times found myself almost hurting with laughter.  In particular the track called ARTISTIC ROLL CALL (about Jay Leno and the Tonight Show), is the funniest on any comedy album that I've heard.  Other noteworthy tracks are CONFESSION TIME (an obsession with the show COPS) and FEVERED EGOS (Bills idea for a TV show).  As I said the social material is a turn away at times (to me anyway), but the album is just too funny for me to give any kind of demerrit, unless it comes from the RUSH LIMBAUGH track (consider hitting >> on your player, it is rather disgusting.)