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Nowadays, technology has advanced so greatly that a person can watch a performance from the other side of the world as it happens. Everything is visual; the Ipad, touch screens and telephone's with no wires. Stand up comedy has found its way on the many different forms of mediums from TV to the internet. However, there was a time when the only way to watch your favorite stand up comedian was going to watch them live or buy the most recent comedy album….that's on old record player. Here some of the funniest and best stand up comedy albums.

25) Let's Get Small - Steve Martin

Recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco, California, the album charted at number 10 on the Billboard Pop Album Charts and went Platinum. It also won the 1978 Grammy for Comedy Album of the year. Possibly more significant, the album features the routine "Excuse Me" which has gone on to become a universal catchphrase.

24) Relentless - Bill Hicks

This was Bill Hicks final album as he died in February of 1994 from pancreatic cancer. It was recorded from December 14 - 17 in 1991 in Montreal and released in 1992.

23) Bigger and Blacker - Chris Rock

The album was recorded at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York as part of the HBO special that was also released. It not only contains stand up comedy, but also sketches and features guest appearance by Biz Markie, Wanda Sykes and ODB. This album won the 1999 Grammy for Comedy Album of the year.

22) Mitch All Together - Mitch Hedberg

Recorded May 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Acme Comedy Club and was released later through Comedy Central records.

21) To Russell, My Brother, Whom I slept with - Bill Cosby

Recorded in Cleveland, Ohio and released in 1968, this would be a change for Cosby because instead of recording in an intimate location as he had in the past, this would be the first time in a larger venue.

20) Hail To The Freaks - Jen Kirkman

This was her second album following her debut album, Self Help. She recorded the album at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on December 11, 2010 and it was released May 17, 2011.

19) Skanks for the Memories - Dave Attell

The album was released through Comedy Central records on February 4, 2003 and recorded in Denver at the Comedy Works.

18) The Carnegie Hall Performance - Lewis Black

At the 49th Grammy awards the album won the best Comedy album.

17) Shut Up, You ******* Baby! - David Cross

The Album was released November 5, 2002 and contains material from performances in Portland and his home town Atlanta. It was nominated for The Grammy Comedy Album of the year in 2004.

16) It's Bad for Ya - George Carlin

It's Bad for Ya was the final comedy album by George Carlin and his final HBO special that aired from the Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa, California on March 1, 2008. The performance was released as a CD on July 29, 2008. The special aired less than four months before his death at 71. The album won the Grammy from Comedy of the Year in 2008.

15) Cutting - Amy Schumer

The album was released April 25, 2011 and was her debut album.

14) Richard Pryor: Live On Sunset Strip - Richard Pryor

Released on March 24, 1982 the album features Pryor discussing his drug addiction and he talks about the night when he was freebasing and set himself on fire. The album was his most successful financially and it won him the 1982 Grammy Comedy Album of the year.

13) Dangerous - Bill Hicks

The album was recorded at the famed Caroline's in New York City in 1990 and was his first live stand up comedy album.

12) Strategic Grill Locations - Mitch Hedberg

The album was recorded September 7, 1999 in Houston, Texas at the Laff Stop Comedy club. He was known for his one-liners that were sometimes related to other jokes but often times weren't. Initially, he sold the album himself through his website.

11) Stark Raving Black - Lewis Black

Lewis Black recorded Stark Raving Black on August 2, 2009 at the famed Fillmore in Detroit Michigan. It was recorded and released as both a film and album with the album wining the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

10) A Night at the Met - Robin Williams

The album was recorded in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1986. It was one of his last big comedy performances at the time before he was moving into film. The album won the 1988 Grammy for Comedy Album of the year.

9) Never Scared - Chris Rock

Chris Rock's highly successful Never Scared won him the 2006 Grammy Award for best Comedy Album. The album was recorded March 24th and 26th for an HBO Special. The CD version was released February 15, 2005.

8) Taste This - Ellen DeGeneres

The album was released October 1, 1996 and charted at number 30 on the Billboard Heatseekers list. It remains one of her best known stand up performances.

7) FM & AM - George Carlin

This album is significant because it served as the transition of George Carlin from clean shaven and clean material to the hippie growing his hair long and embracing the counterculture for which he would be known for. The album was recorded at The Cellar Door in Washington, D.C in 1971 and was released in 1972. The A side features his old clean routine which he slightly mocks and the B side features the outspoken material he would become famous for. The album won the 1972 Grammy for Comedy Album of the year.

6) Hilarious - Louis CK

Recorded at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee, Hilarious is Louis CK's third album and a film featuring the performance. The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and the album was released January 11, 2011 and won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album that year. The album contains the very popular "Everything is perfect and nobody is happy."

5) Revenge - Bill Cosby

Revenge is one of Bill Cosby's best known albums mainly because of the introduction of one of his best characters, Fat Albert. This was his fifth album and was recorded in Harrah's, Lake Tahoe. The album won the Grammy for best Comedy album in 1968.

4) Calm Down Gurl - Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin performed this album live on Bravo on August 6, 2013 from the Wells Fargo Centre in Santa Rosa, California and was later released as an album. The album won Comedy of the Year at the 2014 Grammy Awards.

3) That ******'s Crazy - Richard Pryor

One of Richard Pryor's most successful comedy albums, it won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 1974 and charted at number 1 on the Billboard R & B/Soul albums list. The Album was recorded at Don Cornelius's Soul Train Nightclub.

2) A Wild and Crazy Guy - Steve Martin

Not only is this one of Steve Martin's most successful albums, but it's one of the most successful Comedy albums to ever be released. The album was recorded in 1978 and takes place in two separate venues, first the smaller and more intimate The Boarding House in San Francisco, California and midway switches over to the much bigger and open Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver. The album won the 1979 Grammy Award for Comedy Album of the year; it charted number 2 on the Billboard Pop albums list and was certified double platinum.

1) Class Clown - George Carlin

Class Clown is considered by many, to be one of the greatest and most influential comedy albums released. The album was recorded in Santa Monica, California on May 27, 1972 and contains what is one of the most controversial and famous comedy routines, "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television." This bit caused so much controversy that after performing at the Summerfest in Milwaukee, Carlin was arrested upon leaving the stage. The album contains routines and stories about his childhood, as well as his feelings on the Vietnam War. George Carlin died on June 22, 2008 of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, the same city he recorded the now legendary Class Clown.