The Firesign Theatre: I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus CD Track Listing
The Firesign Theatre
I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus (1971)
2001 Columbia/Legacy\nOriginally Released 1971\nRemastered Edition Released December 4, 2001\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Picking up exactly where Don't Crush That Dwarf left off (with the sound of an ice cream truck), I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus isn't so much a revelation as its predecessor. This is another concept album, this time about technology, the future, and humanity's place in the equation. There are less obvious laughs this time out, and the album really needs repeated listens to begin to make any sense of it (indeed, in the Mobile Fidelity reissue, two of the members of the group contribute essays in an attempt to make it less incomprehensible). Still, there are some really fine moments that immediately click, like "Breaking of the President" and the visits from the Holygrams. Repeated listening will bring out all the album has to offer. -- Sean Carruthers\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nNot their best, but a must for fans, March 8, 2002 \nReviewer: Craig Clarke from Holden, MA United States \nThis album does not reach the manic highs of such masterpieces as "Don't Crush the Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers" and "How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All" (and those of you who are not Firesign Theatre fans are scratching your heads at those titles, or, perhaps, like me, you are intrigued), but it is still a solid effort from the Four or Five Crazee Guys.\n\nThe science-fiction element of this album is not overwhelming, so do not be put off by that. The main thing is the humor. Any Firesign album is good for several laughs, and this one is no different. And the best things about their albums is that one is actually rewarded with repeat listenings. New nuances are constantly being discovered. Also, this album is part of a trilogy consisting of the two above albums, so it is interesting to see how the two link together.\n\nAlso, the Firesigns are always self-referential, so listening to more of their albums makes one realize that, not unlike Stephen King novels, these actions are all taking place within their own separate consistent universe.\n\nAlthough, I would not recommend this for someone starting out with the Firesign Theatre (that title goes to "How Can You Be..." above), it is certainly a good third or fourth buy for the newly burgeoning fan. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nHi-fi, sci-fi comedy classic from Firesign!, December 20, 2001 \nReviewer: A music fan from Los Angeles, CA USA \n'Bozos" is another in a series of classic albums put out by the Firesign Theatre during their late-60s - '70s heyday. It is the most science-fiction-influenced of their albums and was inspired by the (then) dawn of the computer age and old World's Fairs from the past. Set at the "Future Fair," it presents a very funny re-thinking of the history of Man as viewed through a Disneyland-esque interactive amusement park ride which culminates with a visit to a robotic version of "The President," which our computer-hacker hero promptly de-programs. Power and goverment are very much themes of this album. The lead character's (Phil Proctor) motives are a bit more cloudy than on other Firesign albums, but this does not mar the laugh quotient one bit. Highlights include frequent appearances from the Theme Parks "mascots" (Phil Austin's the Whisperin' Squash, David Ossman's the Lonesome Beet, & Peter Bergman's Artie Choke) and a group of academics' theories of evolution presented to a classroom of bored students. Oh, did I mention that it was really funny? Grab this comedy classic before it goes out of print again (it's just now been re-released after nearly a decade in moratorium) and check out laugh.com for other classic Firesign re-releases like "Everything You Know Is Wrong" and "In the Next World, You're On Your Own"). \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nJoke For Brains, December 4, 2001 \nReviewer: A music fan from Anytown USA \nThis album stands as one of the finest audio theatre productions ever and represents a peak in the work of this seminal troup of actor/writer/comedians. Of their early albums, this is the most coherent in the sense that it is one continuous story from start to finish ("Don't Touch That Dwarf..." is too, but not in an obvious way). \n\nAll of the Firesign's best work is dense and multi-layered requiring many listenings to get all the jokes and decipher all the plot elements and this album is no exception. Don't let that put you off, though - even the first pass will be funny and fascinating, but unlike most comedy albums the second pass will be funnier and the third even funnier. Although some of the humor is downright silly, much of it makes use of both high- and low-cultural references (often juxtaposing the two for comic effect) in a very artful and literary way. The more you think about it the more of the jokes you'll get.\n\nThis record is also a great piece of science-fiction and like the best science-fiction part of the fun is trying to figure out the nature of the world in which the story takes place. Who are the Bozos and what is the Future Fair really? The great thing about the Firesign Theatre is that all their works are open to multiple interpretations. \n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nBill Driml, Engineer\nPhil Cross, Engineer
This misc cd contains 2 tracks and runs 39min 0sec.
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- The Firesign Theatre - Side .001 (20:51)
- The Firesign Theatre - Side .002 (18:06)
