''For Your Consideration'' is a 2008

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album recorded by American

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. The album was recorded at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in

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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

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. ''For Your Consideration'' received a Grammy nomination for

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, but lost to

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''.

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

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, 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

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reached number 22 with ''What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?'' . The album also debuted at #1 on

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, 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

Release history

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

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2008 live albums Kathy Griffin albums Stand-up comedy albums Live comedy albums Spoken word albums by American artists 2000s comedy albums