Naked City (album)
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Naked City is an album by John Zorn, originally released on Nonesuch Records in 1990. The band which would become known under the same name included Zorn on alto saxophone with Bill Frisell on guitar, Wayne Horvitz on keyboards, Fred Frith on bass and Joey Baron on drums, and was established in 1988 as a "compositional workshop" to test the limitations of a rock band format.
The album was rereleased as part of the box set Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Zorn's Tzadik label in 2005.
Personnel
- John Zorn – alto saxophone
- Bill Frisell – guitar
- Fred Frith – bass
- Joey Baron – drums
- Wayne Horvitz – keyboards
- Yamatsuka Eye – vocals
Track listing
- All compositions by John Zorn, unless otherwise noted.
| title1 = Batman | length1 = 1:58 | title2 = The Sicilian Clan | writer2 = Ennio Morricone | length2 = 3:27 | title3 = You Will Be Shot | length3 = 1:29 | title4 = Latin Quarter | length4 = 4:05 | title5 = A Shot in the Dark | writer5 = Henry Mancini | length5 = 3:09 | title6 = Reanimator | length6 = 1:34 | title7 = Snagglepuss | length7 = 2:20 | title8 = I Want to Live | writer8 = Johnny Mandel | length8 = 2:08 | title9 = Lonely Woman | writer9 = Ornette Coleman | length9 = 2:38 | title10 = Igneous Ejaculation | length10 = 0:20 | title11 = Blood Duster | length11 = 0:13 | title12 = Hammerhead | length12 = 0:08 | title13 = Demon Sanctuary | length13 = 0:38 | title14 = Obeah Man | length14 = 0:17 | title15 = Ujaku | length15 = 0:27 | title16 = Fuck the Facts | length16 = 0:11 | title17 = Speedball | length17 = 0:37 | title18 = Chinatown | writer18 = Jerry Goldsmith | length18 = 4:23 | title19 = Punk China Doll | length19 = 3:01 | title20 = N.Y. Flat Top Box | length20 = 0:43 | title21 = Saigon Pickup | length21 = 4:46 | title22 = The James Bond Theme | writer22 = John Barry | length22 = 3:02 | title23 = Den of Sins | length23 = 1:08 | title24 = Contempt | writer24 = Georges Delerue | length24 = 2:49 | title25 = Graveyard Shift | length25 = 3:25 | title26 = Inside Straight | length26 = 4:10 | total_length = 55:14 }}
