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by Naked City

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 December 1993
  • Label: Avant
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:18
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Yamatsuka Eye, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Joey Baron

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed specifically with radio broadcast parameters in mind, John Zorn's Naked City delivers a highly eclectic and frenzied avant-garde jazz masterwork. The album wildly shifts from frantic grindcore and complex jazz-rock to surf music interludes, creating an undeniably manic and deeply chaotic technical showcase.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, complex, technical, genre-blending, extreme

Tracklist

  1. Asylum (1:54)
  2. Sunset Surfer (3:22)
  3. Party Girl (2:33)
  4. The Outsider (2:27)
  5. Triggerfingers (3:31)
  6. Terkmani Teepee (3:56)
  7. Sex Fiend (3:31)
  8. Razorwire (5:28)
  9. The Bitter And The Sweet (4:48)
  10. Krazy Kat (1:51)
  11. The Vault (4:44)
  12. Metaltov (2:07)
  13. Poisonhead (1:09)
  14. Bone Orchard (3:53)
  15. I Die Screaming (2:29)
  16. Pistol Whipping (0:57)
  17. Skatekey (1:24)
  18. Shock Corridor (1:05)
  19. American Psycho (6:09)

Credits

  • Naked City - primary artist
  • John Zorn - arranged by, composed by, producer, alto saxophone, vocals
  • Fred Frith - bass
  • Tomoyo T.L. - design [cover design]
  • Joey Baron - drums
  • Scott Hull - edited by [digital]
  • Hoover Le - engineer [assistant]
  • Disk Union - executive-producer
  • Kazunori Sugiyama - executive-producer [associate producer]
  • Bill Frisell - guitar
  • Wayne Horvitz - keyboards
  • Bob Ludwig - mastered by
  • Roger Moutenot - mixed by
  • Man Ray - photography by [cover]
  • Alec Head - recorded by
  • Lisa Wells - typography [typesetting]
  • Yamatsuka Eye - vocals

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