Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | December 1985 | |||
Recorded | April 30, 1985 – May 1, 1985[1] | |||
Venue | The Improvisation, Hollywood[2] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 39:56 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer |
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Bette Midler chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Comedy on Record: The Complete Critical Discography | [5] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! is the third live and first comedy album[8] by American singer and actress Bette Midler, released on December 1985, by Atlantic Records.[3]
Overview
It is a live recording of one of Midler's stand-up comedy shows performed in 1985. Although primarily a spoken word album, Midler is accompanied onstage by her long-time musical collaborator
Despite the positive critical reception, the album was not a sales success, reaching only number 183 on the US charts, which was the worst result for Midler in her career.[9] The album was released on CD for the first time in 1989. Unlike the rest of Midler's discography up to this point, this album was never reissued on CD and is currently out of print.
Critical reception
Charlotte Dillon of AllMusic retrospectively gave the album four stars out of five, stating that the album is worth buying because there is enough material on the album to laugh; she especially noted the tracks "The Unfettered Boob", "Taking Aim", "Fit or Fat" and "incredibly funny number" called "Marriage, Movies, Madonna and Mick".[4] Robert Christgau called the album quite funny, not devoid of a certain style of the performer.[10]
Keith Tuber from Orange Coast magazine, on the contrary, gave a negative assessment of the album, stating that Midler's main problem is not in the presentation of the material, but in the humor itself; according to the reviewer, she is used to shocking the public, but in the modern world, few people are shocked by jokes below the belt. In the end, he added that it is impossible to listen to the album without a liter of drunk wine, but who exactly will fly dirt, so it's in those who will buy this album.[11]
For the album, Bette Midler was awarded the American Comedy Awards in the category "Funniest Record of the Year".[12]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Taking Aim" | Bette Midler | 5:09 |
2. | "Fit Or Fat 'Fat As I Am'" |
| 3:10 |
3. | "Marriage, Movies, Madonna and Mick" | Midler | 6:39 |
4. | "Vickie Eydie / I'm Singing Broadway" |
| 4:44 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Coping" | Midler | 1:40 |
2. | "The Unfettered Boob" | Midler | 2:58 |
3. | "Otto Titsling" |
| 4:20 |
4. | "Why Bother?" | Midler | 6:44 |
5. | "Soph" | Midler | 4:32 |
Total length: | 39:56 |
Personnel
- vocals, record producer, writer
- musical arranger
- Bob Kaminsky – record producer
- Jerry Blatt – record producer
- Additional material by: Jerry Blatt, Frank Mula, Lenny Ripps, Marc Shaiman, Charlene Seeger, Bruce Vilanch
- Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell – associate producer
- Mark Partis – second engineer
- Ralph Kelsey – assistant engineer
- Recorded by Guy Charboneau & Cliff Bonnell, Le Mobile
- Recorded at Budd Friedman's Improvisation, Los Angeles, California, April 30 - May 1, 1985
- Mixed and edited by John Alberts at Regent Sound Studio
Charts
Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[9] | 183 |
References
- ISBN 9780815412328.
- ^ Mud Will Be Flung Tonight at Discogs. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ ISSN 0008-7289. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 28, 2021.
- ^ AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ISBN 9780824084615.
- ISBN 1-56159-237-4.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ a b "Bette Midler Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ISBN 9780674443181.
- ISSN 0279-0483.
- YouTube
External links
- Mud Will Be Flung Tonight at Discogs (list of releases)