Radio

Radio
Studio album by Naked City
Released	1993
Recorded	April 1992
Genre	Experimental Jazzcore Avant-garde
Length	57:50
Label	Avant
Producer	John Zorn
Naked City chronology
Leng Tch'e (1992) Radio (1993) Absinthe (1993)
John Zorn chronology
Kristallnacht (1993) Radio (1993) 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 Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records in 2005.

Radio marked a return to the eclectic, "jump cut" style of the band's 1990 debut album.

Reception

In his 4 star review for the Allmusic website, Maurice Rickard states "Several genres and bands are skillfully evoked... and helpfully listed in the liner notes in order of occurrence. Jazz, surf, R&B, death metal, funk, acid rock, and serialism are grafted together in this collection, often into the same song, and the band shifts genres, tempos, and arrangements on a dime. Supposedly, Radio was conceived as a set for a college radio program, making it a kind of "Young Person's Guide to Naked City," beginning with accessible tunes, gradually building up listener tolerance to dissonance, and finally sandbagging the listener with evil blasts of dissonant metallic noise and convincing perpetrator-and-victim screaming".^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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. "Skatekey" – 1:25
18. "Shock Corridor" – 1:05
19. "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 (note: this list corresponds to the above track listing)

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

Credits

• 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

References