1995 (Screaming Headless Torsos album)

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1995
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 13, 1995
Recorded1995
Studio Power Station, New York City, New York
Genre Jazz-funk, jazz fusion, jazz
Label Discovery
WEA
Fuzelicious Morsels (re-release)
Producer Screaming Headless Torsos, Bill Toles, Bob Brockmann
Screaming Headless Torsos chronology
1995
(1995)
Live!!
(1996)
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1995 is the debut album by experimental jazz/jazz fusion group Screaming Headless Torsos. It was recorded in 1995 and released on June 13 the same year. On March 26, 2002, the album was re-released with two new tracks, Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" and the Beatles "Something".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Fiuczynski, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Vinnie" 4:24
2."Free Man"Fima Ephron4:27
3."Cult of the Internal Sun" 4:09
4."Little Wing" (Only included on the re-released version of the album) Jimi Hendrix 4:45
5."Word to Herb"Dean Bowman, Jojo Mayer 4:23
6."Blue in Green" Miles Davis, Bill Evans 5:14
7."Chernobyl Firebirds" 0:29
8."Graffiti Cemetery" 7:13
9."Smile in a Wave" (Theme from the documentary film Jack Johnson )Miles Davis3:52
10."Wedding in Sarajevo"Bowman, Mayer6:24
11."Hope" 4:22
12."Kermes Macabre" 8:02
13."Another Sucka"Ephron4:31
14."Something" (Only included on the re-released version of the album) George Harrison 5:09

Release and reception

The reviews for the album were generally positive. Glenn Astarita from Allmusic recommended the album, writing that it was "an early glimpse of one of the most powerful jazz-rock units to emerge in quite some time." [1] Tony Green from the JazzTimes magazine wrote that "the band's vocal-fronted, hard-charging amalgam of funk, rock and jazz should be more than a belly full for folks who haven't heard them before". [3]

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Astarita, Glenn. "Review: 1995". Allmusic . Retrieved 26 March 2002.
  2. "Screaming Headless Torsos - 1995 mp3s, Screaming Headless Torsos - 1995 music downloads, Screaming Headless Torsos - 1995 songs from". eMusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  3. Green, Tony. "Review: 1995 and Live!!". JazzTimes . Retrieved 25 August 2016.