Naked City

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Album: Naked City
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Batman	More Info...
2)	The Sicilian Clan	More Info...
3)	You Will Be Shot	More Info...
4)	Latin Quarter	More Info...
5)	A Shot In The Dark	More Info...
6)	Reanimator	More Info...
7)	Snagglepuss	More Info...
8)	I Want To Live	More Info...
9)	Lonely Woman	More Info...
10)	Igneous Ejaculation	More Info...
11)	Blood Duster	More Info...
12)	Hammerhead	More Info...
13)	Demon Sanctuary	More Info...
14)	Obeah Man	More Info...
15)	Ujaku	More Info...
16)	Fuck The Facts	More Info...
17)	Speedball	More Info...
18)	Chinatown	More Info...
19)	Punk China Doll	More Info...
20)	N.Y. Flat Top Box	More Info...
21)	Siagon Pickup	More Info...
22)	The James Bond Theme	More Info...
23)	Den of Sins	More Info...
24)	Contempt	More Info...
25)	Graveyard Shift	More Info...
26)	Inside Straight	More Info...

Album: Naked City
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Batman	More Info...
2)	The Sicilian Clan	More Info...
3)	You Will Be Shot	More Info...
4)	Latin Quarter	More Info...
5)	A Shot In The Dark	More Info...
6)	Reanimator	More Info...
7)	Snagglepuss	More Info...
8)	I Want To Live	More Info...
9)	Lonely Woman	More Info...
10)	Igneous Ejaculation	More Info...
11)	Blood Duster	More Info...
12)	Hammerhead	More Info...
13)	Demon Sanctuary	More Info...
14)	Obeah Man	More Info...
15)	Ujaku	More Info...
16)	Fuck The Facts	More Info...
17)	Speedball	More Info...
18)	Chinatown	More Info...
19)	Punk China Doll	More Info...
20)	N.Y. Flat Top Box	More Info...
21)	Siagon Pickup	More Info...
22)	The James Bond Theme	More Info...
23)	Den of Sins	More Info...
24)	Contempt	More Info...
25)	Graveyard Shift	More Info...
26)	Inside Straight	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: John Zorn (alto saxophone); Yamatsuka Eye (vocals); Wayne Horvitz (keyboards); Bill Frisell (guitar); Fred Frith (bass); Joey Baron (drums).
This record is an exercise in beautiful, torturous, perfect anarchy. Naked City, the early '80s project of super-experimentalist John Zorn, was a band that consisted of New York downtown avant giants Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Fred Frith and Joey Baron. With Zorn's elastic sax blazing the trail, and occasional guest vocals by Yamatsuka Eye (whose style bears no slight resemblance to the Tasmanian Devil of Warner Brothers cartoon fame), Naked City literally seem as if they can do anything. Rock, jazz, heavy metal, film music, swing, country, surf noir and sheer sonic assault are deconstructed, jumbled, spliced and spit back backwards with style, finesse, aggression and virtuosity.
The group's originals range from jump-cut collage to splatter-core noise, but what their aesthetic lacks in coherency it makes up for in imagination and execution. Particularly noteworthy are the band's many covers, which include treatments of Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, John Barry and a mind-blowing cover of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" (Coleman is an enormous influence on Zorn). Zorn and Naked City take the meaning of punk to a new level: mixing its attitude with intelligence and pan-genre sampling to create music of the highest and most challenging order.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (6/28/90) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good "Catch your breath when you can."

Option - "...a dream band of jazz and new music luminaries."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.48) - Ranked #45 in Mojo's "The 50 Most Out There Albums Of All Time" - "NAKED CITY's debut saw him squeeze jazz, country, film music and eight under-50-second blasts of Jap-noise into his musical meat grinder."

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