Hear No Evil (album)

Hear No Evil
Hear No Evil
Studio album by Bill Laswell
Released	March 21, 1988
Studio	B.C. Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Genre	Ambient
Length	43:14
Label	Venture/Virgin
Producer	Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology

Last updated May 19, 2025

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[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]

Track listing

All music is composed by Bill Laswell.

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

Aïyb Dieng – percussion
Zakir Hussain – percussion
Bill Laswell – bass guitar, producer
Daniel Ponce – percussion
L. Shankar – violin
Nicky Skopelitis – guitar

Technical

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1988	Venture, Virgin	CD, CS, LP	7-90888-1
United Kingdom	1988	Venture	CD, CS, LP	VE 12
United States	1999	Meta	CD	MT005

References

↑ Bush, Nathan. "Hear No Evil". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Bill Laswell: Hear No Evil". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
↑ Hunter, James (1995). "Material". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 242–243. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
↑ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Bill Laswell". Trouser Press . Retrieved October 19, 2014.
↑ 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)

External links

Hear No Evil at Discogs (list of releases)
Hear No Evil at Bandcamp

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[allmusic-1] Bush, Nathan. "Hear No Evil". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[Christgau_Review-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.

[trouserpress-4] Robbins, Ira (2007). "Bill Laswell". Trouser Press . Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[linearnotes-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)

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