Naked City

Album by John Zorn

Naked City is the self-titled debut album by John Zorn’s band Naked City, who fuse avant‑garde jazz, hardcore punk and noise with abrupt stylistic shifts and film‑noir atmospherics, performed by Zorn, Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Joey Baron and guest vocalist Yamatsuka Eye.
First released: 16th February 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Batman
    2:03
  2. 2.
    The Sicilian Clan
    3:33
  3. 3.
    You Will Be Shot
    1:31
  4. 4.
    Latin Quarter
    4:11
  5. 5.
    A Shot in the Dark
    3:13
  6. 6.
    Reanimator
    1:43
  7. 7.
    Snagglepuss
    2:20
  8. 8.
    I Want to Live
    2:12
  9. 9.
    Lonely Woman
    2:45
  10. 10.
    Igneous Ejaculation
    0:23
  11. 11.
    Blood Duster
    0:16
  12. 12.
    Hammerhead
    0:11
  13. 13.
    Demon Sanctuary
    0:41
  14. 14.
    Obeah Man
    0:20
  15. 15.
    Ujaku
    0:30
  16. 16.
    Fuck the Facts
    0:14
  17. 17.
    Speedball
    0:43
  18. 18.
    Chinatown
    4:28
  19. 19.
    Punk China Doll
    3:05
  20. 20.
    N.Y. Flat Top Box
    0:45
  21. 21.
    Saigon Pickup
    4:50
  22. 22.
    The James Bond Theme
    3:06
  23. 23.
    Den of Sins
    1:14
  24. 24.
    Contempt
    2:53
  25. 25.
    Graveyard Shift
    3:32
  26. 26.
    Inside Straight
    4:17

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