Radio (Naked City album)

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Radio
Radio cover
Studio album by Naked City
Released 1993
Recorded April 1992
Genre jazz, rock, thrash, surf, noise
Length 57:50
Label Avant
Producer(s) John Zorn

Radio is the fourth studio album by the band Naked City, and their first to be composed entirely by bandleader John Zorn.

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Track Listing

  1. Asylum - 1:56
  2. Sunset Surfer - 3:23
  3. Party Girl - 2:33
  4. The Outsider - 2:28
  5. Triggerfingers - 3:31
  6. Terkmani Teepee - 3:57
  7. Sex Fiend - 3:31
  8. Razorwire - 5:28
  9. The Bitter and the Sweet - 4:48
  10. Krazy Kat - 1:51
  11. The Vault - 4:44
  12. Metaltov - 2:07
  13. Poisonhead - 1:10
  14. Bone Orchard - 3:59
  15. I Die Screaming - 2:20
  16. Pistol Whipping - 0:57
  17. Stakekey - 1:25
  18. Shock Corridor - 1:05
  19. American Psycho - 6:09

[edit] Liner Notes

Inspiration/Refer

  1. Charles Mingus on Candid / Eric Dolphy / Paul Bley
  2. Bob Demmon + the Astronauts
  3. Little Feat
  4. Ruins / Booker T. and the M.G.'s / Colin Wilson
  5. Ennio Morricone / Albert King / Chuck Brown
  6. Orchestra Baobab / Terauchi Takeshi / E.M. Elanka
  7. the Accüsed / the Meters / Yakuza Zankoku Hiroku
  8. Tony Williams' Lifetime / OLD
  9. Anthony Braxton / Anton Webern's "Six Bagatelles" / Sammy Cahn's "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" / Frank Sinatra / Morton Feldman
  10. Carl Stalling / Igor Stravinsky
  11. the Melvins / Beatmasters / Septic Death / Hellfire / Leather Folk (the Book)
  12. Abe Schwartz / Ivo Papasov / Naftule Brandwein
  13. Repulsion
  14. Led Zeppelin / Akemi and Jagatara / Bernard Herrmann
  15. Santana / Extreme Noise Terror / Conway Twitty
  16. Agnostic Front / Siege
  17. Ornette Coleman / Corrosion of Conformity / Massacre / Quincy Jones
  18. Sam Fuller / Funkadelic / Carcass
  19. Liberace / Jan Hammer / Napalm Death / Eddie Blackwell / Charlie Haden / Mick Harris / Carole King / Red Garland / Boredoms / Jerry Reed / SPK / Roger Williams


  • All music composed and arranged by John Zorn
  • Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI
  • Produced by John Zorn
  • 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