Dangerous (Bill Hicks album)

Dangerous
Live album by Bill Hicks
Released	1990
Venue	Caroline's Seaport and Village Gate, New York City
Genre	Comedy
Length	54:21
Label	Invasion
Producer	Peter Casperson
Bill Hicks chronology
Dangerous (1990) Relentless (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Dangerous is the first live album by American stand-up comedian and satirist Bill Hicks, released in 1990 by Invasion Records. Much of the material was previously performed in Hicks' Sane Man special in 1989.[2]

Hicks explained the title to the Los Angeles Times by referencing a quote he attributed to Thomas Jefferson, although the veracity of the quote is not confirmed.

[Jefferson's] quote was "No idea is dangerous to society wherein that idea can be openly discussed." That's why the album is called "Dangerous," because I'm discussing drugs and things drugs do.[3]

In 1997, Rykodisc issued remastered versions of both Dangerous and its follow-up, Relentless (1992), on CD, as well as the posthumous albums Arizona Bay and Rant in E-Minor.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Modern Bummer"	6:34
2.	"Flying Saucer Tour"	3:21
3.	"Smoking"	5:30
4.	"We Live in a World..."	10:51
5.	"The War on Drugs"	9:14
6.	"Burning Issues"	4:00
7.	"I Love My Job"	1:33
8.	"My Parents"	5:26
9.	"Please Do Not Disturb"	7:02
10.	"The Vision"	0:58
Total length:		54:21

Personnel

• Bill Hicks – performer

Technical

• Peter Casperson – producer, executive producer
• Matt Hathaway – engineer
• Nancy Albino – engineer
• Sam Smith – editing assistant
• Joel Soyffer – mixing, editing
• Andre Roquette – technical assistant
• Steve Rosenthal – technical assistant
• Hell's Kitchen Grafix – design
• Graham Haber – cover photo
• Bill Scheft – introduction
• Jack Mondrus – direction

References

1. Dangerous at AllMusic
2. Sinnott, John (December 17, 2005). "Bill Hicks - Sane Man". DVD Talk. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
3. McLellan, Dennis (November 17, 1990). "'Dangerous' Appearance by Bill Hicks : Comedy: The former member of the Texas Outlaw Comics is slated to perform at the Irvine Improv on Monday". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
4. Ankeny, Jason. "Bill Hicks Biography, Songs & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2022.