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| | The Complete Studio Recordings | | | Music Artist : | | Naked City | | Music Style : | | Experimental Rock | | Record Label : | | Tzadik | | Release Date : | | 2005-03-22 | | Store Price : | | $99.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $99.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Batman
2. Sicilian Clan
3. You Will Be Shot
4. Latin Quarter
5. Shot in the Dark
6. Reanimator
7. Snagglepuss
8. I Want to Live
9. Lonely Woman
10. Igneous Ejaculation
11. Blood Duster
12. Hammerhead
13. Demon Sanctuary
14. Obeah Man
15. Ujaku
16. Fuck the Facts
17. Speedball
18. Chinatown
19. Punk China Doll
20. N.Y. Flat Top Box
21. Saigon Pickup
22. James Bond Theme
23. Den of Sins
24. Contempt
25. Graveyard Shift
26. Inside Straight
Disc 21. Grand Guignol
2. Blood Is Thin
3. Thrash Jazz Assassin
4. Dead Spot
5. Bonehead
6. Piledriver
7. Shangkuan Ling-Feng
8. Numbskull
9. Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh
10. Jazz Snob Eat Shit
11. Prestidigitator
12. No Reason to Believe
13. Hellraiser
14. Torture Garden
15. Slan
16. Ways of Pain
17. Noose
18. Sack of Shit
19. Blunt Instrument
20. Osaka Bondage
21. Shallow Grave
22. Kaoru
23. Dead Dread
24. Billy Liar
25. Victims of Torture
26. Speedfreaks
27. New Jersey Scum Swamp
28. S&M Sniper
29. Pig Fucker
30. Cairo Chop Shop
31. Facelifter
32. Whiplash
33. Blade
34. Gob of Spit
35. Cath?drale Engloutie
36. Douloureux, D?chirant
37. Tr?s Lent, Contemplatif
38. Allegro Drammatico
39. Prophetiae Sybillarum
40. Cage
41. Louange ? l'?ternit? de J?sus
42. Grand Guignol [Version Vocale][#]
Disc 31. Main Titles
2. Sex Games
3. Brood
4. Sweat, Sperm + Blood
5. Vliet
6. Heretic 1
7. Submission
8. Heretic 2
9. Catacombs
10. Heretic 3
11. My Master, My Slave
12. Saint Jude
13. Conqueror Worm
14. Dominatrix 2B
15. Back Through the Looking Glass
16. Here Come the 7,000 Frogs
17. Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence
18. Castle Keep
19. Mantra of Resurrected Shit
20. Trypsicore
21. Fire and Ice (Club Scene)
22. Crosstalk
23. Copraphagist Rituals
24. Labyrinth
Disc 41. Asylum
2. Sunset Surfer
3. Party Girl
4. Outsider
5. Triggerfingers
6. Terkmani Teepee
7. Sex Fiend
8. Razorwire
9. Bitter and the Sweet
10. Krazy Kat
11. Vault
12. Metal Tov
13. Poisonhead
14. Bone Orchard
15. I Die Screaming
16. Pistol Whipping
17. Skatekey
18. Shock Corridor
19. American Psycho
Disc 51. Val de Travers
2. Correspondance
3. Fe? Verte
4. Fleurs du Mal
5. Artemisia Absinthium
6. Notre Dame de l'Oubli
7. Verlaine, Pt. 1: Un MIDI Moins Dix
8. Verlaine Pt. 2: La Bleue
9. ...Rend Fou
10. Leng Tch'e
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 John Zorn is a Really Bad Mastering Engineer, Stick to Playing Reeds
Submitted on: 2009-03-29 |
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John Zorn remastered this stuff and was really happy with the results. I guess he likes zero dynamics, digital clipping, audible distortion, and other loudness war defects. He obviously wanted a LOUD record, like Metallica and as Andreas (the other reviewer who noticed sound quality), he didn't care if it sounded like crap. Just because Zorn created the music doesn't mean he knows jack about good mastering. Being a good mastering engineer takes years of practise and dedication, it's not something you can do as a hobby and expect good results. I guess he wanted to make the average volume as close to peak volume and he got to play with his new Prostool plugins and other digital gear to compress the carp out of the music. Well, he has pretty much destroyed it for me. This set is virtually un-listenable.
And for future reference John, if you want to master your music so it is powerful, you need dynamics. If everything is one volume, there are no powerful bits. There can be no loud without quiet, and everything here is one volume. You want to move people, jolt them, and leave an lasting impression? Well none of that is going to happen when kill the dynamics. The ONLY benefit is that the music will be a little louder at first if they have it on shuffle and they don't use volume normalizing.
Anyway, my estimation of Zorn has gone downhill and I really have to question his judgement. Stick with the un-remastered disks if you want good sound quality. |
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 Really, a must
Submitted on: 2008-05-06 |
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Well, it's a must if you are looking at this page, as your obviously interested in this kind of music. This box set is excellent, and the music shows lot's of promise. This is stuff that doesn't automatically jump at you. The hardcore stuff on here, the jump cut takes a bit to go together, I'm VERY new to sax squeals. I thought I knew noisy music with Sonic Youth. I was wrong. I am determined to let these things grow on me. It will take natural images to conjure up emotion and images, it will take a while to realize the many changes, I still need to let it grow, naturally. So far, I'm listening to Triggerfingers off of Radio, and I'm loving the dancing beats. Anyway...
This is my first box set ever, and I usually don't care for box sets really (though the Velvet Underground complete box set look interesting, but Velvet Undergound and Loaded really haven't impressed me). It's packaged excellently. It's a sturdy white box, that includes the five cd's (you know the Black Box deal) and a white book with pictures, sketchbook notes from Zorn, and quotes from people. It's very nice and sturdy, and really won't take up TOO much space. It fits fine next to my other albums, it's just a bit bigger. It's the size of box sets like the Radiohead one, not annoyingly big like The Velvet Underground or shaped awkward like the Megadeth War Chest.
Distortion, well, I'm sorry, but I did spot some very minor, but I really wasn't paying attention. Besides, it sounds loud and clear. Distortion didn't hamper my experience, as I hardly noticed any, only from time to time on the same song (when I listened to the song again, I didn't even notice it). Other than that, EXCELLENT. I loved it's loudness, and it sounds clear. No doubt, Zorn really did take some time.
Besides, to even think about getting this, you must know what you are getting into. Listen to ALL the samples. This stuff is an acquired taste, and everybody who listens to this stuff knows that. Each of these albums has reviews. Michael Stack's reviews I found the most useful, but reading every one of them will help along with samples. Just remember to listen to them, but also, decide for yourself. Besides, to get these albums new, it costs a lot (just look at Radio). And those versions are older, so you don't get the benefit of remaster. So this is a no-brainer.
PS Before you even order, READ THE COMMENT BOX. YOU WILL SAVE MONEY.
Now, onto the music! Here's to the next year of exploring this music (well, not take that long). I'm glad I got this. It's worth every penny. |
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Naked City's "The Complete Studio Recordings"
Submitted on: 2008-04-25 |
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The Complete Studio Recordings has been radically remastered by John Zorn and Scott Hull, making them available through this exclusive box-set from Tzadik Records. Naked City's music is now louder, clearer, and more intense than ever before. The Complete Studio Recordings comes with a specially printed 130 page booklet entitled "Eight Million Stories - Naked City Ephemera". A collector's edition and essential for those wanting to experience Naked City's music in the way it was intended.
Eight Million Stories - Naked City Ephemera is available inside the Naked City Box-Set. This exclusive ephemera contains all Naked City's original uncensored album artwork, promotional images, live photography, and even the Naked City Scrapbooks illuminating John Zorn's incredible genre-shifting compositions. This one-hundred and thirty page book includes testimonials where musicians and admirers have reflected on how Naked City's music has changed their life forever. |
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This is it
Submitted on: 2006-10-08 |
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The remastered music sounds a little better than the originals, but even if it didn't, this would be a required purchase: The complete studio albums of one of the best bands of all time.
It includes the most experimental, noisy album (Heretic), the ambient album (Absinthe), and the trio of hardcore/soundtrack/genre-bending albums (Naked City, Grand Guignol, Radio).
Packaged beautifully, with a scrapbook of photographs and short testimonials from a dozen musicians. The music sounds incredible the first time, but it takes a few months to absorb it all. |
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great music, flawed sound quality
Submitted on: 2006-07-03 |
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This beautiful set has been described at length elsewhere, but I want to confirm what others have said about the occasional distortion. I've discovered it in many places - basically all the same as have been listed in other reviews. What a shame! I thought the whole idea of this set was to REMASTER the records - usually a process designed to make the music sound better, not worse. Oh well! If you're new to Naked City, it's still probably cheaper than hunting down the original imports on Avant.
It IS an amazing collection and even though I already owned all the originals, I still bought this set for the amazing book that comes with it. Just be sure that you understand that there will be some distortion before you spend $100+ on it. |
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