Cho Dependent
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cho Dependent
| type = Studio
| artist = Margaret Cho
| cover = ChoDependentCover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2010|08|24}}
| recorded = 2009–2010
| venue =
| studio = Clownery Productions
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=50|s=54}}
| label = Clownery Records
| producer = Ben Lee, Grant-Lee Phillips, Howard Redekopp, Tegan and Sara, Brendan Benson, Andrew Bird, Jon Brion, Garrison Starr, Meghan Toohey, Ani DiFranco, Kurt Hall
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = American Myth
| next_year = 2016
}}
Cho Dependent is the first studio album (sixth album, including her stand-up comedy releases) from American actress and comedian Margaret Cho. Released on August 24, 2010, as her debut album for Clownery Records, it earned a nomination for a 2011 Grammy award for Best Comedy Album.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/NOMINEES |title=Nominees And Winners |publisher=GRAMMY.com |accessdate=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503164723/http://www.grammy.com/nominees |archivedate=2012-05-03 }}{{cite web|last=Cho |first=Margaret |url=https://www.amazon.com/Cho-Dependent-Margaret/dp/B003VQO50G |title=Cho Dependent: Margaret Cho: Music |website=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2012-02-09}} Cho supported the album by releasing music videos for six songs: "Intervention", "I'm Sorry", "Eat Shit and Die", "Lice", "Asian Adjacent", and "Hey Big Dog"
Track listing
{{Track listing
|extra_column=Guest Musician
|title1=Intervention
|writer1=Margaret Cho, Tegan and Sara
|extra1=Tegan and Sara
|length1=4:42
|title2=Calling In Stoned
|writer2=Cho, Ben Lee
|extra2=Tommy Chong
|length2=2:53
|title3=Your Dick
|writer3=Cho, A.C. Newman
|extra3=Ben Lee
|length3=4:08
|title4=Baby I'm with the Band
|writer4=Brendan Benson, Cho
|extra4=Brendan Benson
|length4=3:35
|title5=Hey Big Dog
|writer5=Cho, Patty Griffin
|extra5=Fiona Apple
|length5=4:14
|title6=I'm Sorry
|writer6=Andrew Bird, Cho
|extra6=Andrew Bird
|length6=3:18
|title7=Lice
|writer7=Cho, Lee
|length7=2:38
|title8=Enemies
|writer8=Jon Brion, Cho
|extra8=Jon Brion
|length8=2:59
|title9=Asian Adjacent
|writer9=Cho, Grant-Lee Phillips
|length9=4:03
|title10=Gimme Your Seed
|writer10=Cho, Garrison Starr, Meghan Toohey
|extra10=Garrison Starr
|length10=3:44
|title11=Eat Shit and Die
|writer11=Cho, Phillips
|extra11=Grant-Lee Phillips
|length11=3:27
|title12=Captain Cameltoe
|writer12=Cho, Ani DiFranco
|extra12=Ani DiFranco
|length12=2:58
|title13=My Puss
|writer13=Cho, Kurt Hall, Armen Melik, Yeshe Perl, Simon Rex, Diana Yanez
|length13=3:26
|title14=Lesbian Escalation
|note14=hidden track not on CD/full track bonus track on streaming purchases
|writer14=
|length14=5:10
|title15=Mazel Tov
|note15=bonus track
|writer15=
|length15=4:36
|title16=No Offense
|note16= bonus track
|writer16 =
| length16 = 3:53
}}
Singles and videos
- "I'm Sorry" (2010)
- "Eat Shit and Die" (2010)
- "Lice" (2010)
- "Intervention" (2010)
- "Captain Cameltoe" (2011)
- "Hey Big Dog" (2011)
- "Asian Adjacent" (2011)
- "Baby I'm with the Band" (2011)
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1852003/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart for the week of September 11, 2010.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=margaret cho|chart=all}} |title=Comedy Albums |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-09}}
References
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{{Margaret Cho}}
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