Naked City (album)

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 Australian group Blood Duster.

Pitchfork Media ranked this album 47 on their Top 100 Albums of the 1980s list

Track listing

 * 1) "Batman" – 1:58
 * 2) "The Sicilian Clan" (Ennio Morricone) – 3:27
 * 3) "You Will Be Shot" – 1:29
 * 4) "Latin Quarter" – 4:05
 * 5) "A Shot in the Dark" (Henry Mancini) – 3:09
 * 6) "Reanimator" – 1:34
 * 7) "Snagglepuss" – 2:44
 * 8) "I Want to Live" (Johnny Mandel) – 2:08
 * 9) "Lonely Woman" (Ornette Coleman) – 2:38
 * 10) "Igneous Ejaculation" – 0:20
 * 11) "Blood Duster" – 0:13
 * 12) "Hammerhead" – 0:08
 * 13) "Demon Sanctuary" – 0:38
 * 14) "Obeah Man" – 0:17
 * 15) "Ujaku" – 0:27
 * 16) "Fuck the Facts" – 0:11
 * 17) "Speedball" – 0:37
 * 18) "Chinatown" (Jerry Goldsmith) – 4:23
 * 19) "Punk China Doll" – 3:01
 * 20) "N.Y. Flat Top Box" – 0:43
 * 21) "Saigon Pickup" – 4:46
 * 22) "The James Bond Theme" (John Barry) – 3:02
 * 23) "Den of Sins" – 1:08
 * 24) "Contempt" (Georges Delerue) – 2:49
 * 25) "Graveyard Shift" – 3:25
 * 26) "Inside Straight" – 4:10
 * All compositions by John Zorn, unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

 * John Zorn – alto saxophone
 * Bill Frisell – guitar
 * Fred Frith – bass
 * Joey Baron – drums
 * Wayne Horvitz – keyboards
 * Yamatsuka Eye – vocals

Credits

 * All arrangements by John Zorn/Naked City
 * Recorded and mixed by Roger Moutenot
 * Mastering by Bob Ludwig
 * Front cover photograph: Weegee, "Corpse with Revolver C.A. 1940". Photo courtesy of the Weegee Collection. Curator: Wilma Wilcox.
 * Illustrations: Maruo Suehiro
 * Design: Tanaka Tomoyo
 * Photo-type setting: Takahashi Yukihiro
 * Produced by John Zorn
 * Executive Producer: Bob Hurwitz
 * 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.