Discography ================================================================================================================= Country Label Format Catalog Year ================================================================================================================= USA Elektra / Nonesuch Records Cassette 9 79238-4 1989 USA Elektra / Nonesuch Records Vinyl, LP 9 79238-1 1989 Europe Elektra / Nonesuch Records Vinyl, LP 7559-79238-1 1989 USA Elektra / Nonesuch Records CD 9 79238-2 1990, February, 8 Germany Elektra / Nonesuch Records CD 7559-79238-2 1990 USA Tzadik Records 5xCD, Box Set TZ 7344-5 2005, March, 8 ================================================================================================================= Track Listing: ================================================================================================================= All compositions written by John Zorn, except were noted. All arrangements by John Zorn / Naked City. 1. Batman 01:58 2. The Sicilian Clan [Cover of Ennio Morricone] 03:27 (E. Morricone) [The Sicilian Clan, OST, 1969] 3. You Will Be Shot 01:29 4. Latin Quarter 04:05 5. A Shot In The Dark [Cover of Henry Mancini] 03:09 (H. Mancini) [A Shot In The Dark, OST, 1964] 6. Reanimator 01:34 7. Snagglepuss 02:44 8. I Want To Live [Cover of Johnny Mandel] 02:08 (Johnny Mandel) [I Want To Live!, OST, 1958] 9. Lonely Woman [Cover of Ornette Coleman] 02:38 (O. Coleman) [The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959] 10. Igneous Ejaculation 00:20 11. Blood Duster 00:13 12. Hammerhead 00:08 13. Demon Sanctuary 00:38 14. Obeah Man 00:17 15. Ujaku 00:27 16. Fuck The Facts 00:11 17. Speedball 00:37 18. Chinatown [Cover of Jerry Goldsmith] 04:23 (Jerry Goldsmith) [Chinatown, OST, 1974] 19. Punk China Doll 03:01 20. N.Y. Flat Top Box 00:43 21. Saigon Pickup 04:46 22. The James Bond Theme [Cover of John Barry] 03:02 (John Barry) [Dr. No, OST, 1962] 23. Den Of Sins 01:08 24. Contempt [Cover of Georges Delerue] 02:49 (Georges Delerue) [Contempt, 1963] 25. Graveyard Shift 03:25 26. Inside Straight 04:10 ================================================================================================================= Yamatsuka Eye – Special Guest Vocals (10-17) John Zorn – Alto Saxophone Bill Frisell – Guitar Fred Frith – Bass Joey Baron – Drums Wayne Horvitz – Keyboards Roger Moutenot - Recording, Mixing Bob Ludwig - Mastering Bob Hurwitz - Executive Producer John Zorn - Producer Naked City - Producer Maruo Suehiro - Artwork [Illustrations] Tanaka Tomoyo - Design Takahashi Yukihiro - Layout [Photo-type Setting] Front cover photograph: "Weegee Corpse with Revolver C.A. 1940". Photo courtesy of the Weegee Collection. Curator: Wilma Wilcox. Special thanks to: Miwa Kaoru, Eye and Yoshimi Chan (Boredoms), Pill (Lip Cream), Ruins, N.Y. Antiknock, Mick and Shane (Napalm Death), Bill (Carcass), Martin (Earache), Extreme Noise Terror, Andy, Ted and Gabe (Blind Idiot God), Tom Paine (Live Skull), Craig and Sharon (God Is My Co-Pilot), Mark Beyer, Maruo Suehiro, Tanaka Tomoyo, Albert Lee, David Bither, Knitting Factory, Manny (Lunch for Your Ears), the Japanese-US-UK Hardcore Triangle, and all the people who bought our T-shirts and came to our fucking gigs. ================================================================================================================= MC Edition: Side A: 1-17, Side B: 18-26 LP Edition: Side A: 1-9, Side B: 10-26 ================================================================================================================= Naked City is an album released on Nonesuch Records in 1990 by John Zorn, featuring the band of the same name. The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records in 2005. Two grindcore bands have used song titles from this album as names: Canadian group Fuck the Facts and Au- stralian group Blood Duster. ================================================================================================================= Naked City's debut album, Naked City was my first Zorn album. A brutal mish mash of genres, the album in- cludes covers from film soundtracks, rocked out jazz and a few. This is a tight-as-hell, leave no prisoners, whacked out album, and one of the best in the Zorn discography. This album would definitely be much more ap- pealing to the general listener than Naked City's other material. The album has a sense of humor that isn't apparent in albums like Grand Guignol and Absinthe, a dual irony and seriousness that is characterisic of a lot of Zorn's work. It serves as a good introduction to both Naked City and Zorn. Highly recommended.