Guts of a Virgin
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Harris later recalled the album was recorded during a three-hour session in New York City, and all the songs were entirely improvised and composed in the studio. This recording session also led to Harris's departure from Napalm Death, as working with Zorn and Laswell made him realize he wanted to explore different genres of music.[3]
Artwork
The cover art, which features a bald woman with her insides exposed, was censored, seized and destroyed the first shipment in the UK for violating the Obscene Publications Act.[4]
Critical reception
The Quietus called the album "intense but still something you could call 'rock.'"[5] Trouser Press called it an "exposition of versatile thrash jazz," writing that "each instrument occupies its own sonic terrain, combining in a sprawl of unanticipated death metal."[6]
Track listing
Personnel
- John Zorn – alto saxophone, vocals
- Bill Laswell – bass
- Mick Harris – drums, vocals
Production
- Wes Naprstek – engineering
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Oz Fritz – mixing
- Lisa Wells – photography
- Tanaka Tomoyo, Anthony Lee – design
Publishing
- M.P.O – pressing
- Earache, Theater of Musical Optics, Nation Music – publishing
References
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- ↑ https://thequietus.com/interviews/mick-harris-interview-scorn-napalm-death/
- ↑ Potts, K. Sacred Dub: the music and projects of Bill Laswell website accessed July 16, 2008.
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