Radio is the fourth studio album by the band Naked City, and their first to be composed entirely by bandleader John Zorn. The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records in 2005. Radio marked a return to the eclectic, "jump cut" style of the band's 1989 debut album. The liner notes cite a wide range of musical influences including Charles Mingus, Little Feat, Ruins, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Colin Wilson, Albert King, Chuck Brown, Orchestra Baobab, the Accüsed, the Meters, Tony Williams' Lifetime, Anton Webern, Sammy Cahn, Frank Sinatra, Morton Read Full BioRadio is the fourth studio album by the band Naked City, and their first to be composed entirely by bandleader John Zorn. The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records in 2005.
Radio marked a return to the eclectic, "jump cut" style of the band's 1989 debut album. The liner notes cite a wide range of musical influences including Charles Mingus, Little Feat, Ruins, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Colin Wilson, Albert King, Chuck Brown, Orchestra Baobab, the Accüsed, the Meters, Tony Williams' Lifetime, Anton Webern, Sammy Cahn, Frank Sinatra, Morton Feldman, Igor Stravinsky, the Melvins, Beatmasters, Septic Death, Abe Schwartz, Ivo Papasov, Naftule Brandwein, Repulsion, Led Zeppelin, Bernard Herrmann, Santana, Extreme Noise Terror, Conway Twitty, Siege, Ornette Coleman, Corrosion of Conformity, Massacre, Quincy Jones, Sam Fuller, Funkadelic, Carcass, Liberace, Jan Hammer, Eddie Blackwell, Charlie Haden, Mick Harris, Carole King, Red Garland, Boredoms, Jerry Reed, SPK and Roger Williams in addition to Zorn's previously identified touchstones.
In his 4 star review for the Allmusic website, Maurice Rickard states "Several genres and bands are skillfully evoked... and helpfully listed in the liner notes in order of occurrence. Jazz, surf, R&B, death metal, funk, acid rock, and serialism are grafted together in this collection, often into the same song, and the band shifts genres, tempos, and arrangements on a dime. Supposedly, Radio was conceived as a set for a college radio program, making it a kind of "Young Person's Guide to Naked City," beginning with accessible tunes, gradually building up listener tolerance to dissonance, and finally sandbagging the listener with evil blasts of dissonant metallic noise and convincing perpetrator-and-victim screaming."
Personnel:
John Zorn – alto sax
Bill Frisell – guitar
Wayne Horvitz – keyboards
Fred Frith – bass
Joey Baron – drums
Yamatsuka Eye – vocals
Inspiration/Refer (note: this list corresponds to the track listing)
Charles Mingus on Candid / Eric Dolphy / Paul Bley
Bob Demmon + The Astronauts
Little Feat
Ruins / Booker T. and the M.G.'s / Colin Wilson
Ennio Morricone / Albert King / Chuck Brown
Orchestra Baobab / Terauchi Takeshi / E.M. Elanka
the Accüsed / the Meters / Yakuza Zankoku Hiroku
Tony Williams' Lifetime / OLD
Anthony Braxton / Anton Webern's "Six Bagatelles" / Sammy Cahn's "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" / Frank Sinatra / Morton Feldman
Carl Stalling / Igor Stravinsky
the Melvins / Beatmasters / Septic Death / Hellfire / Leather Folk (the Book)
Abe Schwartz / Ivo Papasov / Naftule Brandwein
Repulsion
Led Zeppelin / Akemi and Jagatara / Bernard Herrmann
Santana / Extreme Noise Terror / Conway Twitty
Agnostic Front / Siege
Ornette Coleman / Corrosion of Conformity / Massacre / Quincy Jones
Sam Fuller / Funkadelic / Carcass
Liberace / Jan Hammer / Napalm Death / Eddie Blackwell / Charlie Haden / Mick Harris / Carole King / Red Garland / Boredoms / Jerry Reed / SPK / Roger Williams
Credits:
Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI
Executive Producer: Disk Union
Associate Producer: Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded April 1992 by Alec Head
Mixed September 1992 by Roger Moutenot
Assistant Engineer: Hoover Le
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Digital Editing by Scott Hull
Cover photos: Man Ray
Design: Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
Typesetting: Lisa Wells
Special thanks to: Wadia F. Moses, Roger Moutenot, Ikue Mori, Kaoru, KimSu
Radio marked a return to the eclectic, "jump cut" style of the band's 1989 debut album. The liner notes cite a wide range of musical influences including Charles Mingus, Little Feat, Ruins, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Colin Wilson, Albert King, Chuck Brown, Orchestra Baobab, the Accüsed, the Meters, Tony Williams' Lifetime, Anton Webern, Sammy Cahn, Frank Sinatra, Morton Feldman, Igor Stravinsky, the Melvins, Beatmasters, Septic Death, Abe Schwartz, Ivo Papasov, Naftule Brandwein, Repulsion, Led Zeppelin, Bernard Herrmann, Santana, Extreme Noise Terror, Conway Twitty, Siege, Ornette Coleman, Corrosion of Conformity, Massacre, Quincy Jones, Sam Fuller, Funkadelic, Carcass, Liberace, Jan Hammer, Eddie Blackwell, Charlie Haden, Mick Harris, Carole King, Red Garland, Boredoms, Jerry Reed, SPK and Roger Williams in addition to Zorn's previously identified touchstones.
In his 4 star review for the Allmusic website, Maurice Rickard states "Several genres and bands are skillfully evoked... and helpfully listed in the liner notes in order of occurrence. Jazz, surf, R&B, death metal, funk, acid rock, and serialism are grafted together in this collection, often into the same song, and the band shifts genres, tempos, and arrangements on a dime. Supposedly, Radio was conceived as a set for a college radio program, making it a kind of "Young Person's Guide to Naked City," beginning with accessible tunes, gradually building up listener tolerance to dissonance, and finally sandbagging the listener with evil blasts of dissonant metallic noise and convincing perpetrator-and-victim screaming."
Personnel:
John Zorn – alto sax
Bill Frisell – guitar
Wayne Horvitz – keyboards
Fred Frith – bass
Joey Baron – drums
Yamatsuka Eye – vocals
Inspiration/Refer (note: this list corresponds to the track listing)
Charles Mingus on Candid / Eric Dolphy / Paul Bley
Bob Demmon + The Astronauts
Little Feat
Ruins / Booker T. and the M.G.'s / Colin Wilson
Ennio Morricone / Albert King / Chuck Brown
Orchestra Baobab / Terauchi Takeshi / E.M. Elanka
the Accüsed / the Meters / Yakuza Zankoku Hiroku
Tony Williams' Lifetime / OLD
Anthony Braxton / Anton Webern's "Six Bagatelles" / Sammy Cahn's "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" / Frank Sinatra / Morton Feldman
Carl Stalling / Igor Stravinsky
the Melvins / Beatmasters / Septic Death / Hellfire / Leather Folk (the Book)
Abe Schwartz / Ivo Papasov / Naftule Brandwein
Repulsion
Led Zeppelin / Akemi and Jagatara / Bernard Herrmann
Santana / Extreme Noise Terror / Conway Twitty
Agnostic Front / Siege
Ornette Coleman / Corrosion of Conformity / Massacre / Quincy Jones
Sam Fuller / Funkadelic / Carcass
Liberace / Jan Hammer / Napalm Death / Eddie Blackwell / Charlie Haden / Mick Harris / Carole King / Red Garland / Boredoms / Jerry Reed / SPK / Roger Williams
Credits:
Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI
Executive Producer: Disk Union
Associate Producer: Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded April 1992 by Alec Head
Mixed September 1992 by Roger Moutenot
Assistant Engineer: Hoover Le
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Digital Editing by Scott Hull
Cover photos: Man Ray
Design: Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
Typesetting: Lisa Wells
Special thanks to: Wadia F. Moses, Roger Moutenot, Ikue Mori, Kaoru, KimSu
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Asylum
Naked City Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Asylum' by these artists:
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Antigama You used to be better Anything could amuse you There…
Art Life is deceiving while death is revealing The mystic forces…
Aurium Jimmy Cream was keen, his brain was always winnin' I ca…
Awaiting Fear Innocent creation Hatred now Made to be the highest Yet betr…
Caerimonium No one heard the yelling I tainted his furious dreams The …
Canidas I do all this sleeping for you I do all…
Chantal Kreviazuk I get so blind From all of these colors Dressed up like…
Chloe Foy I was waiting for so long And when time stops I'll…
Crass I am no feeble Christ not me. He hangs in…
Cressida Lunatic Larry beating his head on the wall Soon it will…
D.F.K. So, based on the charts we have And the diagnosis given We’r…
Dead Soul This is the darkest thing awhile I have ever seen If…
Disturbed No remnants were ever found of it Feeling the hot bile With…
Disturbed (★) No remnants were ever found of it Feeling the hot bile Wit…
Disturbed / Disturbed No remnants were ever found of it Feeling the hot bile With…
Disturbed /Disturbed No remnants were ever found of it Feeling the hot bile Wit…
Elusive There's a poison running slowly through the veins. All refl…
Emerald Vale I’ll show you inequality, but you’ll be dead before you…
Emerald Vale [deathcore] I'll show you inequality, but you'll be dead before you…
Eminem/Slaughterhouse The lunatics now run the asylum The doctors are dead, nurses…
Flymore Holding nothing Falling down this time Beating kind of som…
Galt Aureus There is a pulsing heat Like pressure Against my face And re…
Gloomy Grim Dark Forest, Mighty Force Of Nature My Deed is done, Betray…
Grapefruit Sound Lab Where am I? Help me I can't take the screams anymore Stop…
Insights Auténtico suplicio Alejado de todos Ya no encuentro el color…
J.NO Fortified Anodized It's our fear In these eyes Darkest ligh…
John Legend Our love's an asylum Where you and I go Our love's an…
Just like Gentlemen I know what you do with him, I know what you…
K.I.L.L Insomnia Insomnia…
Lineaviola I piedi nudi e silenziosi non fanno alcun rumore mentre…
Lita Ford Walking through these halls Filled with anger Screaming fo…
Lo-Fi Bitches I see a clinic full of cynics Who want to twist…
Loudness [Music: Akira Takasaki, Lyrics: Masaki Yamada] The sun be…
Mirror of Deception [J. Fopp] In my melancholic asylum I embrace the things …
Morne So many years have gone by So much time So many days…
Mull Historical Society I'd lend you my mind but I'm crazy I'd remember times…
Neuraxis Confined into a cell/a faded glimpse of hope The cold metal…
O.S.I.S. Insomnia Insomnia…
Sara Serena Tick tick time time goes so fast Life can flip round…
Scream Silence be my fellow through the frozen pale and in the purple tun…
Shiv-r You mean everything to me Unstitch your eyes and your leathe…
Silverchair Contained in my cotton crib Where I feel no turbulence The o…
Siren Flowering cherry, roses bloom Sunlight streaming into my roo…
SkyDxddy Who are you to dictate what i do Who are you…
Slaughterhouse The lunatics now run the asylum The doctors are dead, nurse…
Slaughterhouse Eminem The lunatics now run the asylum The doctors are dead, nurses…
Slaughterhouse Feat. Eminem The lunatics now run the asylum The doctors are dead, nurse…
Supertramp Jimmy Cream was keen His brain was always winnin' I can't ke…
Supertramp (Crime Of The Century) Jimmy Cream was keen, his brain wal always winnin', I…
Tears When I hear the men outside my window kicking down…
Temple Of Utopia I could not be the same As I started the game…
The Black Dahlia Murder To the ones that we’ve forgotten and labelled as insane In…
The Road To Milestone Open your eyes. Can you see me standing on the edge…
To-Mera Living inside a world of reflections Feeding off shadows cl…
Vanguard Soft was the blade that cut my throat Sweet was the…
W.A.S.P. [Doctor "D" to Jesse] Are you insane? Welcome to the…
Watchtower the fears of an idealistic society strike down the individ…
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You like jazz?
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yeah kinda