Parental Advisory - Explicit Lyrics by George Carlin (CD, Nov-1990, Atlantic USA)

George Carlin's album Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics (1990) is exactly as advertised. His cynical, sarcastic, linguistic comedic style is as angry and funny as ever. Much of the CD is dedicated to challenging political correctness and defying social conventions.

Carlin's observations about the changes in the American language through the use of euphemisms will hit home with anyone who feels that political correctness is out of control in the United States. He does face a challenge with his audience when he attempts to make a case that you can "make a joke about anything." His effort at joking about rape is a little over the top.

The "NOTICE" Carlin includes on the back of the CD's album notes is indicative of the album's tenor: "This recording contains no backmasking or subliminal suggestions. All messages from the Devil are recorded clearly and audibly in straightforward Standard American English." This album is definitely NOT for everyone, not so much because of Carlin's profuse foul language, but because the subject matter will definitely be offensive to many people.