Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings


Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings is a five disc box set that contains all of the studio albums released by Naked City during their five-year history.
The five discs are accompanied by a book, Eight Million Stories: Naked City Ephemera, which contains a wealth of photos and art as well as testimonials from all five band members and numerous acquaintances, friends, fans and contributors such as Mike Patton, Yamatsuka Eye, Sean Lennon, Mick Harris and Eyvind Kang.

Reception

The Allmusic listing awarded the compilation 4 stars. Writing for Pitchfork Media, Chris Dalen stated "Naked City will always be Zorn's "coolest" project, the best vehicle for his early ideas, and one of the most intriguing ensembles its members ever joined. And now, Zorn can inter it in a single box and once again set it aside." All About Jazz correspondent, Mark Corroto, labelled it "Probably as dangerous a music as has ever been produced."

Track listing

''All tracks by John Zorn, except where noted.''

Disc One (''Naked City">Naked City (album)">Naked City'')

  1. "Batman" – 2:04
  2. "The Sicilian Clan" – 3:32
  3. "You Will Be Shot" – 1:31
  4. "Latin Quarter" – 4:11
  5. "A Shot in the Dark" – 3:13
  6. "Reanimator" – 1:43
  7. "Snagglepuss" – 2:20
  8. "I Want to Live" – 2:12
  9. "Lonely Woman" – 2:45
  10. "Igneous Ejaculation" – 0:24
  11. "Blood Duster" – 0:16
  12. "Hammerhead" – 0:11
  13. "Demon Sanctuary" – 0:41
  14. "Obeah Man" – 0:20
  15. "Ujaku" – 0:30
  16. "Fuck the Facts" – 0:14
  17. "Speedball" – 0:43
  18. "Chinatown" – 4:28
  19. "Punk China Doll" – 3:04
  20. "N.Y. Flat Top Box" – 0:45
  21. "Saigon Pickup" – 4:50
  22. "The James Bond Theme" – 3:06
  23. "Den of Sins" – 1:15
  24. "Contempt" – 2:54
  25. "Graveyard Shift" – 3:32
  26. "Inside Straight" – 4:16

Disc Two (''Grand Guignol">Grand Guignol (album)">Grand Guignol'')

  1. "Grand Guignol" – 17:49
  2. "Blood Is Thin" – 1:03
  3. "Thrash Jazz Assassin" – 0:48
  4. "Dead Spot" – 0:35
  5. "Bonehead" – 0:56
  6. "Piledriver" – 0:37
  7. "Shangkuan Ling-Feng" – 1:18
  8. "Numbskull" – 0:32
  9. "Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh" – 0:28
  10. "Jazz Snob Eat Shit" – 0:27
  11. "The Prestidigitator" – 0:47
  12. "No Reason to Believe" – 0:27
  13. "Hellraiser" – 0:42
  14. "Torture Garden" – 0:39
  15. "Slan" – 0:26
  16. "The Ways of Pain" – 0:35
  17. "The Noose" – 0:12
  18. "Sack of Shit" – 0:48
  19. "Blunt Instrument" – 0:56
  20. "Osaka Bondage" – 1:16
  21. "Shallow Grave" – 0:43
  22. "Kaoru" – 0:54
  23. "Dead Dread" – 0:49
  24. "Billy Liar" – 0:15
  25. "Victims of Torture" – 0:26
  26. "Speedfreaks" – 0:51
  27. "New Jersey Scum Swamp" – 0:44
  28. "S&M Sniper" – 0:16
  29. "Pig Fucker" – 0:27
  30. "Cairo Chop Shop" – 0:24
  31. "Facelifter" – 0:57
  32. "Whiplash" – 0:23
  33. "The Blade" – 0:43
  34. "Gob of Spit" – 0:28
  35. "La Cathedrale Engloutie" – 6:24
  36. "Three Preludes Op. 74: Douloureux, Déchirant" – 1:17
  37. "Three Preludes Op. 74: Très Lent, Contemplatif" – 1:43
  38. "Three Preludes Op. 74: Allegro Drammatico" – 0:49
  39. "Prophetiae Sybillarum" – 1:46
  40. "The Cage" – 2:01
  41. *Vocals by Bob Dorough
  42. "Louange à L'Éternité de Jésus" – 7:08
  43. "Grand Guignol " – 17:40
  44. *Vocals by Mike Patton

Disc Three (''Heretic">Heretic (Naked City album)">Heretic'')

  1. "Main Titles" – 1:28
  2. "Sex Games" – 2:23
  3. "The Brood" – 2:49
  4. "Sweat, Sperm + Blood" – 2:04
  5. "Vliet" – 0:50
  6. "Heretic 1" – 2:33
  7. "Submission" – 4:23
  8. "Heretic 2" – 1:46
  9. "Catacombs" – 2:46
  10. "Heretic 3" – 2:43
  11. "My Master, My Slave" – 2:23
  12. "Saint Jude" – 2:13
  13. "The Conqueror Worm" – 2:32
  14. "Dominatrix 2B" – 2:15
  15. "Back Through the Looking Glass" – 2:40
  16. "Here Come the 7,000 Frogs" – 1:59
  17. "Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence" – 2:19
  18. "Castle Keep" – 1:49
  19. "Mantra of Resurrected Shit" – 1:43
  20. "Trypsicore" – 1:47
  21. "Fire and Ice " – 2:37
  22. "Crosstalk" – 1:41
  23. "Copraphagist Rituals" – 0:53
  24. "Labyrinth" – 5:49

Disc Four (''Radio">Radio (Naked City album)">Radio'')

  1. "Asylum" – 1:55
  2. "Sunset Surfer" – 3:24
  3. "Party Girl" – 2:33
  4. "The Outsider" – 2:28
  5. "Triggerfingers" – 3:31
  6. "Terkmani Teepee" – 3:59
  7. "Sex Fiend" – 3:32
  8. "Razorwire" – 5:31
  9. "The Bitter and the Sweet" – 4:52
  10. "Krazy Kat" – 1:54
  11. "The Vault" – 4:44
  12. "Metal Tov" – 2:07
  13. "Poisonhead" – 1:09
  14. "Bone Orchard" – 3:54
  15. "I Die Screaming" – 2:29
  16. "Pistol Whipping" – 0:57
  17. "Skatekey" – 1:24
  18. "Shock Corridor" – 1:08
  19. "American Psycho" – 6:09

Disc Five (''Absinthe">Absinthe (Naked City album)">Absinthe'' & ''Leng Tch'e">Leng Tch'e (album)">Leng Tch'e'')

  1. "Val de Travers" – 6:19
  2. "Une Correspondance" – 5:09
  3. "La Feé Verte" – 5:12
  4. "Fleurs du Mal" – 4:08
  5. "Artemisia Absinthium" – 4:34
  6. "Notre Dame de l'Oubli" – 4:51
  7. "Verlaine Part One: Un Midi Moins Dix" – 4:28
  8. "Verlaine Part Two: La Bleue" – 6:03
  9. "...Rend Fou" – 6:16
  10. "Leng Tch'e" – 31:38

Personnel

Performance

Production