1995 (Screaming Headless Torsos album)

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".

1995
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 13, 1995
Recorded1995
StudioPower Station, New York City, New York
GenreJazz-funk, jazz fusion, jazz
LabelDiscovery
WEA
Fuzelicious Morsels (re-release)
ProducerScreaming Headless Torsos, Bill Toles, Bob Brockmann
Screaming Headless Torsos chronology
1995
(1995)
Live!!
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
eMusic[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by David Fiuczynski, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Vinnie" 4:24
2."Free Man"Fima Ephron4:27
3."Cult of the Internal Sun" 4:09
4."Little Wing" (Only included on the re-released version of the album)Jimi Hendrix4:45
5."Word to Herb"Dean Bowman, Jojo Mayer4:23
6."Blue in Green"Miles Davis, Bill Evans5:14
7."Chernobyl Firebirds" 0:29
8."Graffiti Cemetery" 7:13
9."Smile in a Wave" (Theme from the documentary film Jack Johnson)Miles Davis3:52
10."Wedding in Sarajevo"Bowman, Mayer6:24
11."Hope" 4:22
12."Kermes Macabre" 8:02
13."Another Sucka"Ephron4:31
14."Something" (Only included on the re-released version of the album)George Harrison5:09

Release and reception

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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]

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Astarita, Glenn. "Review: 1995". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 March 2002.
  2. ^ "Screaming Headless Torsos - 1995 mp3s, Screaming Headless Torsos - 1995 music downloads, Screaming Headless Torsos - 1995 songs from". eMusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  3. ^ Green, Tony. "Review: 1995 and Live!!". JazzTimes. Retrieved 25 August 2016.