Shrek (album)

Shrek
Studio album by Marc Ribot
Released	1994
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	58:53
Label	Avant
Producer	Marc Anthony Thompson, Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot chronology
Subsonic 1: Sounds of a Distant Episode (1994) Shrek (1994) Don't Blame Me (1995)

Shrek is a 1994 album by Marc Ribot. It was recorded at Low Blood Studios in New York City and released on the Japanese Avant label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Cooper awarded the album 3 stars stating "The group's debut shifts restlessly among animated jazz, rock, punk, and warped blues themes, filling the inevitable cracks with instrumental textures, minimal vignettes, and formless noise, similar in some respects to John Zorn's Naked City (though with considerably more focus...hell, with focus period!). The group is joined on three tracks by sampler collage artist David Shea. ".^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All compositions are by Marc Ribot, except where otherwise indicated.

1. "Prelude" (Frantz Casseus) – 1:17
2. "Spigot" – 2:57
3. "Forth World" – 7:53
4. "Romance" – 6:29
5. "Hoist the Bloody Icon High" – 4:40
6. "Half Ass Whole" (Marc Anthony Thompson, Ribot) – 3:44
7. "Big Money" – 4:45
8. "Shrek" – 6:17
9. "Human Sacrifice" – 10:43
10. "Bells" (Albert Ayler) – 10:08

Personnel

• Marc Ribot – guitars, banjo, Eb horn, drums, pump organ
• Chris Wood (2–5, 7–10) – guitar
• David Shea (2, 6, 9) – sampler
• Sebastian Steinberg (2–5, 7–10) – bass
• Jim Pugliese (2–5, 7–10) – drums
• Christine Bard (3–5, 7–10) – drums
• Marc Anthony Thompson (6) – autoerotic harp

References