Margaret Cho - Cho Dependent

Self-described "music geek" and cutting-edge comedian Margaret Cho knew where to go when she decided to make an album of songs that were, she says, "hilarious but also seriously good": she called up some of her "musical heroes" and "tricked them into writing songs with me." Clearly it pays to be connected. Cho Dependent, her unexpectedly fine and very funny debut musical album due August 24, has all of the things Cho's fans have come to expect: hysterical, in-your-face takes on sex, race, politics, relationships (and their various combinations) all served up with her searing, no-pulled-punches attitude and devastating wit -- and set to music.

Co-conspirators such as Patty Griffin, Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, Ben Lee, Tegan and Sara, Brendan Benson, Ani DeFranco, Grant Lee Phillips and Andrew Bird allow Cho's edgy humor to work in songs that can actually stand -- or fall down laughing -- on their own. We get "Lice", a Dylan-ish folk lament on the scalp malady complete with a wheezy harmonica solo. Then there's the completely obscene, laugh-out-loud rap ditty "My Puss" and the twisted electro-popped tribute to artificial insemination "Gimme Your Seed." Or the jaunty country/folk twang of the Andrew Bird co-write "I'm Sorry" which offers love lorn apologies for having "burned down your house", "shot you in the face" and "hit you with that brick"...but, she croons, "at least your death was fairly quick". In other words, classic Margaret Cho. Rated R (for Recommended). Full track list after the jump.

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Margaret Cho (with Fiona Apple and Ben Lee) - "Hey Big Dog" (from the album Cho Dependent)

1. "Intervention" (co-written with & featuring Tegan & Sara)

2. "Calling in Stoned" (co-written with Ben Lee / featuring Ben Lee & Tommy Chong)

3. "Your Dick" (co-written with AC Newman / featuring Ben Lee)

4. "Baby I’m With The Band" (co-written with & featuring Brendan Benson)

5. "Hey Big Dog" (co-written with Patty Griffin / featuring Ben Lee & Fiona Apple)

6. "I’m Sorry" (co-written with & featuring Andrew Bird)

7. "Lice" (co-written with & featuring Ben Lee)

8. "Enemies" (co-written with & featuring Jon Brion)

9. "Asian Adjacent" (co-written with & featuring Grant Lee Phillips)

10. "Gimme Your Seed" (co-written with & featuring Garrison Starr)

11. "Eat Shit and Die" (co-written with & featuring Grant Lee Phillips)

12. Captain Cameltoe (co-written with & featuring Ani DiFranco)

13. My Puss (co-written with Diana Yanez & Kurt Hall / parody of Mickey Avalon & Dirt Nasty song)

Hidden Track (on CD/Digital only): "Lesbian Escalation" (co-written with & featuring Rachael Yamagata)