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. 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 a red carpetesque gown desperate for media attention (for which she is famously known). The album also gained its own episode on Griffin's reality show, titled "For Your (Grammy) Consideration".
Commercial 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.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from AllMusic.
Production Kathy Griffin — Executive producer; performer Christian Stavros — Producer Louie Teran — Mastering Jacob Feinberg-Pyne — Engineer
Visuals and imagery David Bett — Art Direction Michelle Holme — Art Direction
Chart positions Chart (2008)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard 20085U.S. Top Comedy Albums 1U.S. Top Independent Albums 8
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.
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueNorth AmericaMay 24, 2008HonoluluUnited StatesWaikiki ShellMay 30, 2008Atlantic CityBorgata Event CenterMay 31, 2008June 19, 2008NewarkPrudential HallJune 20, 2008AlbanyPalace TheatreJune 21, 2008WestburyCapital One Bank Theater at WestburyJuly 11, 2008SaratogaMountain Winery AmphitheatreJuly 12, 2008ConcordSleep Train PavilionJuly 18, 2008Las VegasMandalay Bay TheatreJuly 26, 2008Grand PrairieNokia Theatre at Grand PrairieAugust 8, 2008TorontoCanadaMassey HallAugust 9, 2008Niagara FallsUnited StatesSeneca Niagara Events CenterAugust 10, 2008CanandaiguaFinger Lakes Performing Arts CenterAugust 22, 2008Kansas CityStarlight TheatreAugust 23, 2008IndianapolisMurat TheatreSeptember 5, 2008AtlantaFox TheatreSeptember 25, 2008Washington, D.C.DAR Constitution HallSeptember 26, 2008September 28, 2008October 3, 2008MinneapolisOrpheum TheatreOctober 4, 2008Iowa CityHancher AuditoriumOctober 15, 2008ChicagoChicago TheatreOctober 16, 2008October 18, 2008DetroitFox TheatreNovember 6, 2008PhoenixDodge TheatreNovember 7, 2008December 7, 2008Palm DesertMcCallum TheatreDecember 8, 2008December 9, 2008Los AngelesKodak TheatreDecember 10, 2008December 11, 2008December 12, 2008
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