Bicentennial Nigger

Bicentennial Nigger
Live album by Richard Pryor
Released	September 10, 1976
Recorded	February 1976 and July 1976
Venue	The Comedy Store and Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, California
Genre	Stand-up comedy
Length	40:23
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	David Banks
Richard Pryor chronology
L.A. Jail (1976) Bicentennial Nigger (1976) Wanted: Live in Concert (1978)

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Bicentennial Nigger is the sixth album by the American comedian Richard Pryor. David Banks produced the album, while Warner Bros. Records released the album in September 1976. It is often considered one of his most influential recordings.^[2][3][4] The CD version of the album was released on 20 June 1989.^[5] It won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.^[6]

The album was recorded in July 1976 at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, with the exception of the title track, recorded at The Comedy Store in Hollywood in February 1976, location recording by Wally Heider Recording, engineer Biff Dawes. Album cover design and art direction by Kosh.

It ends with the words "I ain't never goin' to forget".

Side one

1. "Hillbilly" - 2:15
2. "Black and White Women" - 4:06
3. "Our Gang" - 2:48
4. "Bicentennial Prayer" - 6:42

Side two

1. "Black Hollywood" - 5:25
2. "Mudbone Goes to Hollywood" - 10:11
3. "Chinese Restaurant" - 1:18
4. "Acid" - 4:55
5. "Bicentennial Nigger" - 2:25

• On cassette releases, "Acid" was moved to side one, after "Bicentennial Prayer," to make the content more even on each side of the tape.

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