Eddie Murphy: Comedian

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Eddie Murphy: Comedian - Wikipedia

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Eddie Murphy: Comedian

Cover photo by Lynn Goldsmith

Live album by

Eddie Murphy

Released

October 24, 1983

Recorded

August 17–18, 1983, DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

Genre

Comedy

Length

50:12

Label

Columbia Records

Producer

Eddie Murphy, Richard Tienken, Robert Wachs

Eddie Murphy chronology

Eddie Murphy
(1982)

Eddie Murphy: Comedian
(1983)

How Could It Be
(1985)

Eddie Murphy: Comedian (1983) is Eddie Murphy's second comedy album. The album was the recipient of one Grammy, Best Comedy Album, at the 1984 Grammy Awards.^[1]

The full concert of this performance was released as a 1983 HBO special called Eddie Murphy Delirious.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

Faggots Revisited/Sexual Prime – 8:09
Singers – 10:04
Ice Cream Man/Shoe Throwin' Mothers – 5:52
Modern Women – 2:16
The Barbecue – 12:44
The Fart Game – 1:55
Politics/Racism – 4:34
Languages – 2:13
TV – 2:25

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)^[3]	35
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	94

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[5]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Eddie Murphy". Recording Academy. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ Theakston, Rob. Comedian at AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
^ "Eddie Murphy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 212. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "American album certifications – Eddie Murphy – Comedian". Recording Industry Association of America.

v t e Eddie Murphy
Filmography Discography Awards and nominations
Stand-up comedy films	Delirious (1983) Raw (1987)
Comedy albums	Eddie Murphy (1982) Comedian (1983)
Music albums	How Could It Be (1985) So Happy (1989) Love's Alright (1993)
Compilation albums	Greatest Comedy Hits (1997) All I Fuckin' Know (1998)
Songs	"Party All the Time" "Whatzupwitu" "Patience"
Films directed	Harlem Nights (1989, also writer)
Films written	Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Raw (1987) Coming to America (1988) Another 48 Hrs. (1990) Boomerang (1992) Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) Norbit (2007)
Films produced	Life (1999) Tower Heist (2011) Dolemite Is My Name (2019) Coming 2 America (2021) Candy Cane Lane (2023) Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) The Pickup (TBA)
Characters	Axel Foley Sherman Klump Mushu (Mulan) Donkey (Shrek)
Related	Charlie Murphy (brother)

v t e Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
1950s	"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1958) The Battle of Kookamonga – Homer and Jethro / Inside Shelley Berman – Shelley Berman (1959)
1960s	Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris – Jo Stafford & Paul Weston / The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! – Bob Newhart (1960) An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May – Elaine May & Mike Nichols (1961) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1962) "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" – Allan Sherman (1963) I Started Out as a Child – Bill Cosby (1964) Why Is There Air? – Bill Cosby (1965) Wonderfulness – Bill Cosby (1966) Revenge – Bill Cosby (1967) To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With – Bill Cosby (1968) Sports – Bill Cosby (1969)
1970s	The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress – Flip Wilson (1970) This Is A Recording – Lily Tomlin (1971) FM & AM – George Carlin (1972) Los Cochinos – Cheech & Chong (1973) That Nigger's Crazy – Richard Pryor (1974) ...Is It Something I Said? – Richard Pryor (1975) Bicentennial Nigger – Richard Pryor (1976) Let's Get Small – Steve Martin (1977) A Wild and Crazy Guy – Steve Martin (1978) Reality...What a Concept – Robin Williams (1979)
1980s	No Respect – Rodney Dangerfield (1980) Rev. Du Rite – Richard Pryor (1981) Live on the Sunset Strip – Richard Pryor (1982) Eddie Murphy: Comedian – Eddie Murphy (1983) "Eat It" – "Weird Al" Yankovic (1984) Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording) – Whoopi Goldberg (1985) Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand – Bill Cosby (1986) A Night at the Met – Robin Williams (1987) Good Morning, Vietnam – Robin Williams (1988) P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults – Peter Schickele (1989)
1990s	P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities – Peter Schickele (1990) P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio – Peter Schickele (1991) P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion – Peter Schickele (1992) Jammin' in New York – George Carlin (1993) Live from Hell – Sam Kinison (1994) Crank(y) Calls – Jonathan Winters (1995) Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations – Al Franken (1996) Roll with the New – Chris Rock (1997) The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 – Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner (1998) Bigger & Blacker – Chris Rock (1999)
2000s	Brain Droppings – George Carlin (2000) Napalm & Silly Putty – George Carlin (2001) Robin Williams: Live on Broadway – Robin Williams (2002) Poodle Hat – "Weird Al" Yankovic (2003) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction – Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show (2004) Never Scared – Chris Rock (2005) The Carnegie Hall Performance – Lewis Black (2006) The Distant Future – Flight of the Conchords (2007) It's Bad for Ya – George Carlin (2008) A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! – Stephen Colbert (2009)
2010s	Stark Raving Black – Lewis Black (2010) Hilarious – Louis C.K. (2011) Blow Your Pants Off – Jimmy Fallon (2012) Calm Down Gurrl – Kathy Griffin (2013) Mandatory Fun – "Weird Al" Yankovic (2014) Live at Madison Square Garden – Louis C.K. (2015) Talking for Clapping – Patton Oswalt (2016) The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas – Dave Chappelle (2017) Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle (2018) Sticks and Stones – Dave Chappelle (2019)
2020s	Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish (2020) Sincerely Louis CK – Louis C.K. (2021) The Closer – Dave Chappelle (2022) What's In a Name? – Dave Chappelle (2023) The Dreamer – Dave Chappelle (2024)

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