Grand Guignol (album)
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| Studio album by Naked City | |||||
| Released | 1992 | ||||
| Recorded | 1989 and 1992 | ||||
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| Length | 62:00 | ||||
| Label | Avant Avan 002 | ||||
| Producer | John Zorn | ||||
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Grand Guignol is the second full-length studio album released by John Zorn's band Naked City in 1992 on the Japanese Avant label. The album followed Torture Garden, which was a compilation of "hardcore miniatures" from Naked City and Grand Guignol. The album is notable for the inclusion of cover versions of pieces written by classical composers, the guest vocal of Bob Dorough, and also, like Torture Garden, a selection of "hardcore miniatures" (tracks 9-41) which are intense, fast-tempo, brief compositions, which feature the wailing of Zorn's alto sax, and the screams of Yamatsuka Eye.
The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records in 2005.
The Allmusic review by Ted Mills awarded the album 4 stars stating "Naked City's follow up to their self-titled album is a departure from the New York noir that they had perfected... A rewarding album".
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