Hear No Evil (album)

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Hear No Evil
Bill Laswell - Hear No Evil.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 1988 (1988-03-21)
StudioB.C. Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Genre Ambient
Length43:14
Label Venture/Virgin
Producer Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
Low Life
(1987)
Hear No Evil
(1988)
Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [3]

Hear No Evil is the second album by American composer Bill Laswell. It was released on March 21, 1988, by Venture and Virgin Records. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Bill Laswell

No.TitleLength
1."Lost Roads"7:26
2."Bullet Hole Memory"7:14
3."Illinois Central"7:01
4."Assassin"6:25
5."Stations of the Cross"7:32
6."Kingdom Come"7:36
Meta Records bonus disc track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Lost Roads" (Orchestral Site)18:07
2."Kingdom Come" (Ambient Site)26:28

Personnel

Adapted from the Hear No Evil liner notes. [5]

Musicians

Technical

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1988Venture, Virgin CD, CS, LP 7-90888-1
United Kingdom1988VentureCD, CS, LPVE 12
United States1999MetaCDMT005

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References

  1. Bush, Nathan. "Hear No Evil". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Bill Laswell: Hear No Evil". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  3. Hunter, James (1995). "Material". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 242–243. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
  4. Robbins, Ira (2007). "Bill Laswell". Trouser Press . Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  5. Hear No Evil (booklet). Bill Laswell. London, United Kingdom: Virgin Records. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)