For Your Consideration (album)

For Your Consideration
Live album by Kathy Griffin
Released	June 17, 2008[1]
Recorded	February 2008 at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy, California
Genre	Comedy
Length	57:38
Label	Music with a Twist, RED
Producer	Kathy Griffin, Christian Stavros
Kathy Griffin chronology
Straight to Hell (2007) For Your Consideration (2008) She'll Cut a Bitch (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

For Your Consideration is a 2008 comedy album recorded by American stand-up comedian Kathy Griffin. The album was recorded at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy, California on February 17, 2008. It is Griffin's first audio-only release of her stand-up material. Included on the disc are her takes on various celebrities and her personal life. Griffin stated that she decided to release this CD to try to win a Grammy award.^[1][3] For Your Consideration received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album, but lost to George Carlin's It's Bad for Ya.

Promotion

In the Spring of 2008, a billboard for the album was placed on Sunset Blvd. Various print advertisements for bus stops, magazines and newspaper circulated from April 2008 to the release date of the album. The theme of the advertisements featured Griffin in an red carpetesque gown desperate for media attention (for which she is famously known).^[1] The album also gained its own episode on Griffin's reality show, titled "For Your (Grammy) Consideration".^[4]

Tracklist

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Hot Ticket"	2:43
2.	"The Survey: Gay? Straight?"	0:43
3.	"The Clicker (For the Maggie Fans)"	2:16
4.	"My First Rebanning (Hi Barbara Walters!)"	2:50
5.	"Happy Sunday (More Maggie!)"	3:47
6.	"Cover Me"	4:08
7.	"Oprah Is a Deity (And I Think She Is Full of Shit)"	2:35
8.	"Oprah's Favorite Things"	6:19
9.	"The Osmonds Were Never Cool"	6:39
10.	"Freaky Doll People (Demi? Oh Yeah!)"	6:13
11.	"Straight Guys Wake Up!"	4:47
12.	"Our New Daddy's Coming"	4:16
13.	"Wizard of Woz"	2:13
14.	"My Run-in With Spielberg"	8:20
Total length:		57:38

Chart performance

The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at #85, making it the highest-ranked album by a female comedian since 1983, when Joan Rivers reached number 22 with What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most? . The album also debuted at #1 on Top Comedy Albums, making her the first female comedian to do so since the chart began in 2004.^[5]

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200[6]	85
U.S. Top Comedy Albums[7]	1
U.S. Top Independent Albums[8]	8

Personnel

Technical and production Kathy Griffin — Executive producer; performer[9] Christian Stavros — Producer[9] Louie Teran — Mastering[9] Jacob Feinberg-Pyne — Engineer[9]

Visuals and imagery David Bett — Art Direction[9] Michelle Holme — Art Direction[9]

Release history

Region	Date	Catalog Number
United States	June 17, 2008	728847
Canada	June 17, 2008	88697288472

For Your Consideration Tour

To further promote the album, Griffin embarked on an American tour titled "For Your Consideration Tour". The tour began in May 2008 in Hawaii and ended in December 2008 in Los Angeles.^[10]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
May 24, 2008	Honolulu	United States	Waikiki Shell
May 30, 2008	Atlantic City		Borgata Event Center
May 31, 2008
June 19, 2008	Newark		Prudential Hall
June 20, 2008	Albany		Palace Theatre
June 21, 2008	Westbury		Capital One Bank Theater at Westbury
July 11, 2008	Saratoga		Mountain Winery Amphitheatre
July 12, 2008	Concord		Sleep Train Pavilion
July 18, 2008	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Theatre
July 26, 2008	Grand Prairie		Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
August 8, 2008	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall
August 9, 2008	Niagara Falls	United States	Seneca Niagara Events Center
August 10, 2008	Canandaigua		Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center
August 22, 2008	Kansas City		Starlight Theatre
August 23, 2008	Indianapolis		Murat Theatre
September 5, 2008	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
September 25, 2008	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall
September 26, 2008
September 28, 2008
October 3, 2008	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre
October 4, 2008	Iowa City		Hancher Auditorium
October 15, 2008	Chicago		Chicago Theatre
October 16, 2008
October 18, 2008	Detroit		Fox Theatre
November 6, 2008	Phoenix		Dodge Theatre
November 7, 2008
December 7, 2008	Palm Desert		McCallum Theatre
December 8, 2008
December 9, 2008	Los Angeles		Kodak Theatre
December 10, 2008
December 11, 2008
December 12, 2008

References

1. "Kathy Griffin Wants a Grammy For Your Consideration, Emmy Award Winning Comedian's New Album" (Press release). Permanent Press Media. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1385026
3. Kusner, David A. (2008-06-24). "Kathy Griffin’s certainly ubiquitous. But her jokes aren’t getting old". Dallas Voice. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
4. "Episode 8: For Your (Grammy) Consideration". Bravo Television. NBC. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
5. Bronson, Fred (2008-06-24). "Funny Girl". Chart Beat. Billboard Magazine Online. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
6. "The Billboard 200: For Your Consideration - Kathy Griffin". Billboard Magazine Online. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
7. "Top Comedy Albums: For Your Consideration - Kathy Griffin". Billboard Magazine Online. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
8. "Top Independent Albums: For Your Consideration - Kathy Griffin". Billboard Magazine Online. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
9. "For Your Consideration, Kathy Griffin (Details & Credits)". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
10. "Kathy Griffin's up For Your Consideration in June". Sentimentalist Magazine. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

External links

• For Your Consideration at AllMusic