Mutha Is Half a Word Blind Woman" and "Smell the Sardines", bits she performed on TV later in her career. She also parodies the hit "Winchester Cathedral" in which she explains that a man working at a funeral parlor discovered a cork in a man's butt, taking the cork out only to hear the butt singing the song. The title of the book "Mutha Is Half a Word: Intersections of Folklore, Vernacular, Myth, and Queerness in Black Female Culture (Black Performance and Cultural Criticism)" is a reference to this album as it stands as a stereotype of modern black female humor. Mutha Is Half a
A City by the Light Divided was "not a superb album but it's a helluva lot better than "War All the Time"." It reached #20 on the Billboard 200. A month after its release, the album had sold over 81,000 copies. By July, it had sold 90,000 copies. By April 2007, it had sold 132,000 copies. All music by Thursday, all lyrics by Geoff Rickly. Personnel per booklet. Thursday Additional musicians Production Citations Sources A City by the Light Divided A City by the Light Divided is the fourth studio album by Thursday, released by Island Records on May 2, 2006. Following a number of issues