Radio (Naked City album)

"This article is about a recorded album, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation)."Infobox Album
Name = Radio
Type = Album
Artist = Naked City


Released = 1993
Recorded = April 1992
Genre = Experimental rock
Jazzcore
Length = 57:50
Label = Avant
Producer = John Zorn
Reviews = *amg|id=10:gjfoxqlgldje|rating|4|5|Last album = "Leng Tch'e"
(1992)
This album = "Radio"
(1993)
Next album = "Absinthe"
(1993)

"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 on Tzadik Records in 2005.

Track listing

#"Asylum" – 1:56
#"Sunset Surfer" – 3:23
#"Party Girl" – 2:33
#"The Outsider" – 2:28
#"Triggerfingers" – 3:31
#"Terkmani Teepee" – 3:57
#"Sex Fiend" – 3:31
#"Razorwire" – 5:28
#"The Bitter and the Sweet" – 4:48
#"Krazy Kat" – 1:51
#"The Vault" – 4:44
#"Metaltov" – 2:07
#"Poisonhead" – 1:10
#"Bone Orchard" – 3:59
#"I Die Screaming" – 2:20
#"Pistol Whipping" – 0:57
#"Stakekey" – 1:25
#"Shock Corridor" – 1:05
#"American Psycho" – 6:09

:"All music composed and arranged by John Zorn."

Personnel

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

Liner Notes

"Inspiration/Refer"
#"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

*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

Notes

*Recorded in April 1992
*Produced by John Zorn