Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe

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Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe
Last Exit - Headfirst into the Flames.jpg
Live album by
Last Exit
Released1993 (1993)
Recorded1989 (1989) in Stockholm, Sweden and Munich, Germany
Genre Free jazz
Length63:03
Label MuWorks
Producer Robert Musso
Last Exit chronology
Köln
(1990)		Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe
(1993)

Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe is the fifth live album by the free jazz group Last Exit, released in 1993 by MuWorks Records. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a review for AllMusic, John Dougan wrote: "Headfirst kicks off with the brain fry of 'Lizard Eyes' only to launch into a Sharrock improv called 'Don't Be a Cry Baby, Whatever You Do.' Brotzmann blows wild and free here, and his squeal and blurt provides a great counterpoint to the rumble of the rhythms and the pummeling sonic overload of Sharrock's guitar. Another piece of blurt that will make you head spin."

Writing for Trouser Press, Greg Kot stated: "While cutthroat power is still very much part of the group's repertoire, the emphasis is more on give-and-take... 'Jesus! What Gorgeous Monkeys We Are' simmers rather than boils for all of its eleven minutes, a four-way conversation of the type rarely heard on the earlier albums." [3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock.

No.TitleLength
1."Lizard Eyes"5:43
2."Don't Be a Cry Baby, Whatever You Do"6:37
3."So Small, So Weak, This Body Sweat of Loving"4:37
4."Headfirst into the Flames"3:11
5."A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows"6:18
6."Jesus! What Gorgeous Monkeys We Are"10:52
7."Hanged Men Are Always Naked"10:05
8."No One Knows Anything"5:22
9."I Must Confess I'm a Cannibal"10:18

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
The Wire United Kingdom Albums of the Year [4] 199317

Personnel

Last Exit
Technical personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1993MuWorks CD MUW 1013
United States2008DMG/ARCCD0701

References

  1. ↑ Kot, Greg (2007). "Last Exit". Trouser Press . Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Dougan, John. "Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe". Allmusic. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ Kot, Greg (2007). "Last Exit". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Wire End of Year Lists 1993: Albums". The Wire . Archived from the original on May 12, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
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