Revenge (Bill Cosby album)

Infobox Album | Name = Revenge
Type = Album
Artist = Bill Cosby


Recorded = 1967
Harrah's
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Released = January 1967
Genre = Stand-up comedy
Length = 41:56
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xez8b5x4msqh link] | Last album = ""
(1967)
This album = "Revenge"
(1967)
Next album = "To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With"
(1968)

"Revenge" (1967) is the sixth album by Bill Cosby.

It was recorded live at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Warner Bros. Records.

In the track "Buck Buck," Cosby first mentions Fat Albert, his Philadelphia childhood friend who was the basis for the hit cartoon series "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids". Old Weird Harold, another of Cosby's friends/characters, is also featured on this album, on the track "9th Street Bridge."

Unlike earlier albums such as "I Started Out as a Child," which contained skits around TV shows such as the Lone Ranger, this album sees Cosby discuss his upbringing through anecdotes and introduce perhaps his most memorable character outside of Cliff Huxtable—Fat Albert. While later albums included this character, many fans regard this as his finest album and an influence on future comedy albums based on the anecdotal style.

Track listing

ide one

#Revenge – 6:00
#Two Daughters – 5:10
#Two Brothers – 2:54
#The Tank – 1:36
#Smoking – 2:56
#Wives – 3:27

ide two

#Cool Covers – 4:22
#9th Street Bridge – 5:09
#Buck, Buck – 9:13
#Planes – 2:03