1995 | ||||
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Released | June 13, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1995 | |||
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 | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
eMusic | [2] |
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".
All tracks are written by David Fiuczynski, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Vinnie" | 4:24 | |
2. | "Free Man" | Fima Ephron | 4:27 |
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 Davis | 3:52 |
10. | "Wedding in Sarajevo" | Bowman, Mayer | 6:24 |
11. | "Hope" | 4:22 | |
12. | "Kermes Macabre" | 8:02 | |
13. | "Another Sucka" | Ephron | 4:31 |
14. | "Something" (Only included on the re-released version of the album) | George Harrison | 5:09 |
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]
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