Greatest Comedy Hits
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| Greatest hits album by Eddie Murphy | ||||
| Released | May 27, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 64:32 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Eddie Murphy | |||
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Greatest Comedy Hits is the first compilation album by American comedian Eddie Murphy. The album was released on May 27, 1997 for Columbia Records, produced by Vernon 'Vas' Lynch Jr and Murphy himself.Greatest Comedy Hits featured his greatest stand-up comedy sketches as well as recordings from his films, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor and Eddie Murphy Raw.
'The re-issued of Eddie Murphy's Greatest Comedy Hits is a compilation of a virtually forgotten phase of Eddie Murphy's stellar 20-year career as one of the greatest stand-up comics of our time. This compilation ranges the ten-year period between 1977 and 1987 with performances from:
Eddie Murphy, as with all the best comedians, has a sharp and insightful sense of reality. Which is why Greatest Comedy Hits also contains seven previously unreleased compositions from various live club and concert dates, which include:
Certainly, America would love to see a return to his roots in stand-up comedy, but because his movie star transcends all his other accomplishments, we've simply forgotten that Eddie Murphy is a hell of a funny guy, even when left to his own resources.'
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