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 (Toys Factory Records)
Release date: 1991
Review: Naked City was a John Zorn
side-project; and as you can see; "Torture garden" contains 42 songs! The sound is totally clean, songs are very short (total running time is only about 30 minutes!), vocals are twisted, non-sensical, demented, high pitched, quite screamy; guitars have a fun poprock sound most of the time, but sometimes gets rawer and louder... Also, drums are very well-played, catchy, and can eventually get very fast or crazed! Finally it's the insane alto sax who give to the whole thing a free jazz feeling... This can be labelled as crazy jazz/grind, or non-sensical jazz/hardcore I don't know... They also include many fun parts as well as some metal parts. The whole album is so insane, fresh. I just love it! Something truly unique and original there... a very emotional and violent jazz feel, gripping the heart. Without being lame or melodic! The clever use of the sax & the keyboards helps alot. But it's definitely insane music, really hard stuff, not easy-listening crap at all! Well, it's up to you to try it or not... If you take a look at the song titles, you'll get that Naked City revolves around a S & M concept, lyrically and visually.
Tracks: 1)Blood is thin 2)Demon sanctuary 3)Thrash jazz assassin 4)Dead spot 5)Bonehead 6)Speedball 7)Blood duster 8)Pile driver 9)Shangkuan ling-feng 10)Numbskull 11)Perfume of a critic's burning flesh 12)Jazz snob: eat shit 13)The prestidigitator 14)No reason to believe 15)Hellraiser 16)Torture garden 17)Slan 18)Hammerhead 19)The ways of pain 20)The noose 21)Sack of shit 22)Blunt instrument 23)Osaka bondage 24)Igneous ejaculation 25)Shallow grave 26)Ujaku 27)Kaoru 28)Dead dread 29)Billy liar 30)Victims of torture 31)Speedfreaks 32)New Jersey scum swamp 33)S&M sniper 34)Pigfucker 35)Cairo chop shop 36)Fuck the facts 37)Obeah man 38)Facelifter 39)N.Y. flat top box 40)Whiplash 41)The blade 42)Gob of spit |
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