Torture Garden (album)

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Torture Garden
Torture Garden (album).jpg
Compilation album by
Naked City
ReleasedNovember 1, 1990[1]
Recorded1989-1990 in Brooklyn, New York City and Tokyo
GenreJazzcore, grindcore
Length25:46
LabelShimmy Disc
ProducerJohn Zorn
Naked City chronology
Naked City
(1990) 		Torture Garden
(1990) 		Grand Guignol
(1992)
John Zorn chronology
Attention Span
(1990) 		Torture Garden
(1990) 		Filmworks 1986-1990
(1991)
Black Box cover

Torture Garden is an album by John Zorn's band Naked City featuring Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album is a compilation of the "hardcore miniatures" that were also released on Naked City and Grand Guignol. The album was originally released on vinyl and cassette by Shimmy Disc and on CD by Toy's Factory. Following controversy over Naked City's album covers, it was re-released in 1996 on Tzadik Records with Leng Tch'e simply as Black Box. The tracks were also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings in 2005.

The name for the collection comes from Le jardin des supplices, an 1899 decadent novel by Octave Mirbeau.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Bradley Torreano awarded the album 4 stars stating "Songs blur together but never get boring, no lyrics are actually sung, and few songs last longer than a minute. It also never takes itself seriously, a nice relief from Zorn's heavy-handed ambient collaborations. This would make a great introduction to the noise/jazz efforts that this group of musicians pioneered in the early 1990s."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by John Zorn and Yamatsuka Eye

  1. "Blood Is Thin" – 1:00
  2. "Demon Sanctuary" – 0:38
  3. "Thrash Jazz Assassin" – 0:45
  4. "Dead Spot" – 0:31
  5. "Bonehead" – 0:51
  6. "Speedball" – 0:17
  7. "Blood Duster" – 0:13
  8. "Pile Driver" – 0:33
  9. "Shangkuan Ling-Feng" – 1:14
  10. "Numbskull" – 0:29
  11. "Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh" – 0:24
  12. "Jazz Snob Eat Shit" – 0:24
  13. "The Prestigitator" – 0:43
  14. "No Reason to Believe" – 0:26
  15. "Hellraiser" – 0:39
  16. "Torture Garden" – 0:35
  17. "Slan" – 0:23
  18. "Hammerhead" – 0:08
  19. "The Ways of Pain" – 0:31
  20. "The Noose" – 0:10
  21. "Sack of Shit" – 0:43
  22. "Blunt Instrument" – 0:54
  23. "Osaka Bondage" – 1:14
  24. "Igneous Ejaculation" – 0:20
  25. "Shallow Grave" – 0:40
  26. "Ujaku" – 0:27
  27. "Kaoru" – 0:50
  28. "Dead Dread" – 0:45
  29. "Billy Liar" – 0:10
  30. "Victims of Torture" – 0:23
  31. "Speedfreaks" – 0:29
  32. "New Jersey Scum Swamp" – 0:41
  33. "S & M Sniper" – 0:14
  34. "Pigfucker" – 0:23
  35. "Cairo Chop Shop" – 0:23
  36. "Fuck the Facts" – 0:11
  37. "Obeah Man" – 0:17
  38. "Facelifter" – 0:34
  39. "N.Y. Flat Top Box" – 0:43
  40. "Whiplash" – 0:19
  41. "The Blade" – 0:36
  42. "Gob of Spit" – 0:18

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Torture Garden - Naked City, John Zorn". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Torreano, B. Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011
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