That Nigger's Crazy

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That Nigger's Crazy

Studio album by Richard Pryor

Released

May 1974

Recorded

early 1974 San Francisco

Genre

Stand-up comedy

Length

31:38

Label

Partee/Stax (1974)
Reprise (1975)

Producer

Richard Pryor

Professional reviews

All Music Guide (3/5) link

Richard Pryor chronology

Craps (After Hours)
(1971)

That Nigger's Crazy
(1974)

...Is It Something I Said?
(1975)

That Nigger's Crazy is the third official album release by Richard Pryor. It was recorded live at Don Cornelius' Soul Train nightclub (named after his TV show) in early 1974. This album won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album for 1974.

Initially released on Stax Records under their "Partee" imprint, the album's success was temporarily derailed by the sudden closing of Stax later in 1974. Undeterred, Pryor regained control of the master rights to the album and signed with Warner Bros. Records almost immediately; the album was reissued on November 10, 1975 on their Reprise subsidiary, three months after Pryor's ...Is It Something I Said? was released.