The Process of Weeding Out | ||||
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Released | September 1985 | |||
Recorded | March 1985 | |||
Genre | Jazz rock, instrumental rock, experimental music | |||
Length | 26:28 | |||
Label | SST (037) | |||
Producer | Greg Ginn, Bill Stevenson, David Tarling | |||
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The Process of Weeding Out is the fifth EP by American band Black Flag. [1] One of the most potent realizations of guitarist Greg Ginn's fascination with the avant-garde, The Process of Weeding Out is described by critic Chris True of AllMusic as "an interesting document of Greg Ginn's development from high-speed guitar 'sculptor' to one of the few punk artists to embrace 12-tone experimental music." [2] Because of the jazz influences by Ginn, all of the tracks are instrumental.
The back cover has a quote from Ginn, reading, in part:
"...even though this record may communicate certain feelings, emotions, and ideas to some, I have faith that cop-types with their strictly linear minds and stick-to-the-rules mentality don't have the ability to decipher the intuitive contents of this record."
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Source | Rating |
All About Jazz | Positive [3] |
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Robert Palmer of The New York Times described the album as "what jazz-rock could have become if the best of the musicians who first crossbred jazz improvising with rock's sonic fire power had followed their most creative impulses." [1]
Byron Coley at Spin said, "Greg Ginn heralds the fourth stage of his ascension to heaven via strings. A hypnotically churning stew pot of murk, riff, and raff." [5]
All songs by Greg Ginn, except where noted.
Side one
Side two