Retaliation (Dane Cook album) explained

Retaliation is the second album by American comedian Dane Cook. It was released on July 26, 2005, by Comedy Central Records.

The CDs contain a concert done by Cook at The Comedy Connection in Boston, Massachusetts. The DVD contains Dane's appearances on Shorties Watchin' Shorties and Crank Yankers, Comedy Central's Denis Leary Roast, and Comedy Central's Bar Mitzvah Bash. The Crank Yankers call Foreign Guy English Lessons is previously unreleased.

The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, which was the most successful comedy album debut since Steve Martin's A Wild and Crazy Guy in 1978. It went gold six days after its initial release and platinum on November 30, 2005. Retaliation achieved double platinum status on February 15, 2007.^[1]

As of 2014, sales in the United States have exceeded 1,376,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1 – Want

1. "Intro / Riot" – 2:00
2. "Struck by a Vehicle" – 3:33
3. "Superbleeder" – 0:39
4. "Legacy" – 1:15
5. "Someone S#!t on the Coats" – 1:33
6. "Abducted" – 2:54
7. "Punkass / Are You Out of Your F!#kin' Mind?!" – 1:13
8. "Driveway Intruder" – 1:15
9. "Car Alarm" – 3:42
10. "Heist / Monkey" – 4:38
11. "BAMF" – 2:20
12. "Dream House" – 3:59
13. "At the Wall" – 10:44
14. "The Chicken Sangwich the Heckler and the Kabbash" – 12:31

Disc 2 – Need

1. "Intro / The Dane Train" – 0:53
2. "Itchy Asshole" – 0:44
3. "Superpowers" – 2:00
4. "The Friend Nobody Likes" – 2:23
5. "Obby" – 3:05
6. "Creepy Guy @ Work" – 3:23
7. "L-O-V-E" – 2:01
8. "Turn On's Slash Turn Off's" – 1:47
9. "Exaggerating GF / Bachelor" – 2:05
10. "The Nothing Fight" – 6:06
11. "Making Up" – 5:59
12. "My Son Optimus Prime" – 1:53
13. "One Night Stand / DJ Diddles" – 10:53
14. "Where's the Handle?" – 3:49
15. "Let's Do This, I'm a Cashew" – 4:11

DVD – Have

1. Cook appearances on Shorties Watchin' Shorties
2. Cook appearances on Crank Yankers
3. Unedited Comedy Central's Bar Mitzvah Bash
4. Unedited Comedy Central's Denis Leary Roast
5. Tourgasm Teaser

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
US Billboard 200[3]	103
US Top Comedy Albums (Billboard)[4]	1
Chart (2007)	Position
US Top Comedy Albums (Billboard)[5]	3

Legacy

The term Karen from Cook's sketch "The Friend Nobody Likes" has become an internet meme that references stereotypes that are common to "basic white women"; the most notable is the stereotype that a Karen will demand to "speak with the manager" of a hypothetical service provider.^{[6] [7]}

Controversy

A 2007 article in Radar magazine about joke theft noted widespread internet discussion of the similarity between the bits "Struck by a Vehicle", "Itchy Asshole", and "My Son Optimus Prime" from Cook's 2005 album Retaliation and the bits "Guy on a Bike", "Itchy Asshole", and "Kid's Names" from comic Louis C.K.'s 2001 album Live in Houston.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gold & Platinum . www.riaa.com . March 6, 2016.
2. Web site: Comedy wins none of the 2014 Billboard Music Awards but all of the focus of this week's magazine issue | The Comic's Comic. 19 May 2014 .
3. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. November 12, 2021.
4. Comedy Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. November 12, 2021.
5. Comedy Albums – Year-End 2007. Billboard. November 12, 2021.
6. Web site: Karen: The anti-vaxxer soccer mom with speak-to-the-manager hair, explained. Romano. Aja. February 5, 2020. Vox. April 21, 2020.
7. Web site: Why Memes Making Fun of White People Demanding to 'Speak to the Manager!' Are So Popular Right Now. Dozier. Rob. August 21, 2018. Slate. April 21, 2020.
8. Getlen, Larry. "Take the Funny and Run", Radar magazine, February 14, 2007.Web site: From the Magazine : Radar Online : Take the Funny and Run . March 20, 2011 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20090122182040/http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/02/take_the_funny_and_run_2.php . January 22, 2009 .