In Other Words (Warner Bros., 2006) by Kathleen Madigan

This is not a great album.  It's not that it isn't funny; it's just that it sounds like material and style is still being developed.  To be fair, the album does show potential for Madigan in the future.  Some of her routines, such as her jokes about Oprah are better put together and retold on her later release Gone Madigan.  In my opinion, that is a better release than this one.

Gone Madigan (n/a, 2011) by Kathleen Madigan

I was a latecomer to Kathleen Madigan, but better late than never.  This is the funniest album that I have heard in the last five years.  She is irreverent, but not too explicit.  Whether explaining a failing economy as the result of a birthday clown getting a 350K bank loan or poking fun at Kellie Pickler, Kathleen is hilarious and very smart.  I only started watching Last Comic Standing when Greg Giraldo (R.I.P.) was a judge, but now I wish I had tuned in earlier in the series to see Kathleen when she was on.  [Writer's Note: An appropriately sized piece of album artwork could not be located, and so Blu-Ray cover art is used.  The two items look the same.]