Track Listing 1. Sold American 2. Before All Hell Breaks Loose 3. Ballad of Charles Whitman, The 4. Waitret, Please, Waitret 5. Get Your Biscuits in the Oven & Your Buns in the Bed 6. A****** From el Paso 7. People Who Read People Magazine 8. Something's Wrong With the Beaver 9. We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You 10. Homo Erectus 11. Ride' em Jewboy 12. Take-It-Easy Trailer Park, The 13. Rock and Roll Across the U.S.A. 14. Ol' Ben Lucas 15. They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Timed to coincide with Richard "Kinky" Friedman's completely serious 2006 independent run for Texas governor, THE BEST OF KINKY FRIEDMAN is a 15-track anthology of the singer and novelist's sardonic outlaw country tunes. Often misunderstood as an anti-PC caricature, Friedman is a social satirist whose songs feature deceptively serious commentary on racism ("We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service To You"), sexism ("Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed"), and anti-Semitism ("They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore"). The set also includes the heartbreaking "Sold American," one of the greatest country ballads of the 1970s.
Editorial Reviews Like Randy Newman, Kinky crafts songs with humor, satire and parody. No Depression
A great idea, especially since some of his best albums are out of print....It's good to hear 'Something's Wrong With the Beaver' and the slightly more serious 'Sold American'. Dirty Linen
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