As Serious as a Heart-Attack is a 1971 spoken word album by Melvin Van Peebles.

This is Van Peebles third studio record.

The album's cover can be briefly glimpsed on the bathroom door in Van Peebles' 1973 film Don't Play Us Cheap.

All tracks composed by Melvin Van Peebles

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