Superhero | |
Type: | live |
Artist: | Stephen Lynch |
Cover: | StephenLynch Superhero.gif |
Released: | January 14, 2003 |
Recorded: | March 14–15, 20–21, 2002 at Rascal's Comedy Club, West Orange, New Jersey; Rascal's Comedy Club, Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey; Governor's, Levittown, New York; and Gotham Comedy Club, New York City, New York |
Genre: | Comedy |
Length: | 49:38 |
Label: | HaHa/What Are Records? |
Prev Title: | A Little Bit Special |
Prev Year: | 2000 |
Year: | 2003 |
Next Title: | The Craig Machine |
Next Year: | 2005 |
Superhero is a live album by singer/comedian Stephen Lynch. "Priest", "Mother's Day" and "Lullaby (The Divorce Song)" were originally recorded on his first CD A Little Bit Special. It was recorded live at four different comedy clubs in New York and New Jersey. Along with A Little Bit Special and The Craig Machine, the album has sold over 250,000 copies.
His second official album, Superhero, released in 2002, with What Are Records?, generally received better reviews than the first, partly because of strong audience response. The title track is 8 minutes and 58 seconds long, and largely consists of Lynch receiving the audience's suggestions for names for superheroes.
A bonus live version of the song "Special Olympics" is included at about 5:40 into "Lullaby" (after a period of silence between the two songs), and was likely hidden there to avoid controversy over the title and content of the song.