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Black Box (Naked City album)

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Released
  
1997

Length
  
58:42

Release date
  
1997

Label
  
Tzadik Records

Recorded
  
1989-1990, 1992

Artist
  
Naked City

Producer
  
John Zorn

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Torture Garden (1989)
  
Naked City Live, Vol. 1 The Knitting Factory 1989 (2002)

Genres
  
Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Punk jazz, Experimental rock

Similar
  
Naked City albums, Avant-garde jazz albums, Other albums

Black Box is a compilation album by John Zorn's band Naked City featuring Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album is a collection of the "hardcore miniatures" from Naked City and Grand Guignol that were originally released on Torture Garden in 1990 and the extended piece Leng Tch'e which was only released in Japan in 1992. This compilation was released on Tzadik Records in 1996.

Contents

Track listing

Disc One:

  1. "Blood is Thin" - 1:00
  2. "Demon Sanctuary" - 0:38
  3. "Thrash Jazz Assassin" - 0:45
  4. "Dead Spot" - 0:31
  5. "Bonehead" - 0:51
  6. "Speedball" - 0:37
  7. "Blood Duster" - 0:13
  8. "Pile Driver" - 0:33
  9. "Shangkuan Ling-Feng" - 1:14
  10. "Numbskull" - 0:29
  11. "Perfume Of A Critic's Burning Flesh" - 0:24
  12. "Jazz Snob Eat Shit" - 0:24
  13. "The Prestidigitator" - 0:43
  14. "No Reason To Believe" - 0:26
  15. "Hellraiser" - 0:39
  16. "Torture Garden" - 0:35
  17. "Slan" - 0:23
  18. "Hammerhead" - 0:08
  19. "The Ways Of Pain" - 0:31
  20. "The Noose" - 0:10
  21. "Sack Of Shit" - 0:43
  22. "Blunt Instrument" - 0:53
  23. "Osaka Bondage" - 1:14
  24. "Igneous Ejaculation" - 0:20
  25. "Shallow Grave" - 0:40
  26. "Ujaku" - 0:27
  27. "Kaoru" - 0:50
  28. "Dead Dread" - 0:45
  29. "Billy Liar" - 0:10
  30. "Victims Of Torture" - 0:22
  31. "Speedfreaks" - 0:29
  32. "New Jersey Scum Swamp" - 0:41
  33. "S & M Sniper" - 0:14
  34. "Pigfucker" - 0:23
  35. "Cairo Chop Shop" - 0:22
  36. "Fuck The Facts" - 0:11
  37. "Obeah Man" - 0:17
  38. "Facelifter" - 0:34
  39. "N.Y. Flat Top Box" - 0:43
  40. "Whiplash" - 0:19
  41. "The Blade" - 0:36
  42. "Gob Of Spit" - 0:18

Disc Two:

  1. "Leng Tch'e" - 31:39
All compositions by Naked City
  • Recorded in Brooklyn, New York City, and Tokyo 1989-1990 except for 'Leng Tch'e' Recorded on January 11, 1992

    • Personnel

  • Joey Baron – Drums
  • Yamatsuka Eye – Vocals
  • Bill Frisell – Guitar
  • Fred Frith – Bass
  • Wayne Horvitz – Keyboards
  • John Zorn – Alto saxophone, Vocals, Producer, Executive Producer
  • Martin Bisi – Engineer
  • Anthony Lee – Design
  • Bob Ludwig – Mastering
  • Macioce – Rephotography
  • Roger Moutenot – Engineer, Mixing
  • David Newgarden – Associate Producer
  • Seigen Ono – Engineer
  • Maruo Suehiro – Illustrations
  • Kazunori Sugiyama – Associate Producer
  • Kimsu Theiler – Cover Design
  • Arai Yasunori – Cover Design

    • Songs

    1Blood Is Thin1:04
    2Demon Sanctuary0:42
    3Thrash Jazz Assassin0:49

    References

    Black Box (Naked City album) Wikipedia
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