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THE BOOK OF HEADS

John Zorn

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1.97 | 10 ratings | 2 reviews | 0% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1995

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Étude 1 (2:44)
2. Étude 2 (0:32)
3. Étude 3 (0:39)
4. Étude 4 (2:04)
5. Étude 5 (2:46)
6. Étude 6 (1:02)
7. Étude 7 (2:36)
8. Étude 8 (1:25)
9. Étude 9 (1:10)
10. Étude 10 (0:31)
11. Étude 11 (2:04)
12. Étude 12 (1:51)
13. Étude 13 (2:18)
14. Étude 14 (0:38)
15. Étude 15 (1:58)
16. Étude 16 (1:27)
17. Étude 17 (0:46)
18. Étude 18 (0:27)
19. Étude 19 (0:42)
20. Étude 20 (1:20)
21. Étude 21 (2:20)
22. Étude 22 (1:51)
23. Étude 23 (3:08)
24. Étude 24 (1:52)
25. Étude 25 (0:58)
26. Étude 26 (0:37)
27. Étude 27 (1:29)
28. Étude 28 (3:08)
29. Étude 29 (2:11)
30. Étude 30 (2:50)
31. Étude 31 (1:09)
32. Étude 32 (1:30)
33. Étude 33 (1:22)
34. Étude 35 (1:18)
35. Étude 35 (1:24)

Total Time: 56:00

Line-up / Musicians

- Marc Ribot / solo guitar

Releases information

CD Tzadik (TZ 7009), 1995
Recorded March 19, 1995 at Shelly Palmer Studio, NYC.

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JOHN ZORN The Book Of Heads ratings distribution


1.97
(10 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(0%)
0%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(10%)
10%
Good, but non-essential (0%)
0%
Collectors/fans only (60%)
60%
Poor. Only for completionists (30%)
30%

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Review by snobb
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2 stars Heavily experimental John Zorn album. He doesn't play there at all ( it is not rare in Zorn's albums), but the only musician is guitarist Marc Ribot.

So, it's a guitar sound album. Not guitar music, but guitar sound. John Zorn is a person, who initiated these heavy experiments with guitar sounds, and Marc Ribot is playing musician.

All album consists of 35 very short, often just some seconds long, recorded sound pieces. In rare moments it could be named as musical sounds, but more often it is just some sounds were taken from guitar by all possible ways.

If interesting in few moments as experiments with guitar sound, in it's bigger part the album is almost unlistenable.

For collectors and heavy fans only.

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2 stars Review N' 206 John Zorn - The Book Of Heads It's like some nice films. I watched it once. But I don't want to watch it twice. Another album where John Zorn doesn't play anything. This album is another weird movement. I think Zorn used the "heads" to inspire the sick score of the album. 3 ... (read more)

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