Touché (album)

Touché
Live album by Ryan Stout
Released	December 6, 2011
Recorded	June 2011, Acme Comedy Company, Minneapolis, MN
Genre	Comedy
Length	49:26
Label	Comedy Central Records

Touché is the first album by the comedian Ryan Stout and was released digitally on December 6, 2011, by Comedy Central Records^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prologue"	2:20
2.	"Initiation"	1:59
3.	"Deals"	3:17
4.	"Hybrid / Olé"	3:29
5.	"The 'N-Word'"	1:16
6.	"Euphemisms"	3:54
7.	"One Arm"	4:11
8.	"Afflictions"	3:31
9.	"8:15 / Surgeon"	3:33
10.	"Killing & Eating"	2:14
11.	"A New Diet"	3:50
12.	"Logic"	2:29
13.	"Equality"	4:02
14.	"Profanity"	3:15
15.	"Done"	1:26
16.	"Epilogue"	4:40

The title of the album comes from track 9, which deals with the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The album was released the day before Pearl Harbor Day 2011. Stout claims this was intentional.

Though, as discussed on track 14, there is no profanity up to that point in the album, the abrasive subject matter and controversial ideas still earned the record an EXPLICIT rating on iTunes and Amazon.

Reception

Touché was met with positive reviews from Nerdist,^[2] The Serious Comedy Site,^[3] and Under The Gun Review.^[4]

References

1. Comedy Central Press | COMEDY CENTRAL Records, COMEDY CENTRAL RECORDS RELEASES RYAN STOUT'S "TOUCHÉ" DEBUT DIGITAL ALBUM ON DECEMBER 6.
2. NERDIST, TOUCHE INDEED, RYAN STOUT.
3. "Touché is a smart and very funny balancing act between clean and adult oriented comedy. The Serious Comedy Site, Ryan Stout - Touché
4. "Never relying on simple shock value, the 2005 winner of the Boston Comedy Festival’s brand of humor could easily be lost on the less intelligent comedy fan." Under The Gun Review, STAND-UP TUESDAYS: RYAN STOUT