Archery (album)

1982 studio album by John Zorn
Archery
Studio album by
John Zorn
Released1982
RecordedSeptember 12–13 1981
StudioOAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York
GenreAvant-garde
Length165:11
LabelParachute
ProducerJohn Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Pool
(1980) 		Archery
(1982) 		Locus Solus
(1983)
Tzadik Edition

Archery is an album by John Zorn featuring his early "game piece" composition of the same name. The album was released by Parachute Records in 1982.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek gave the album four stars, stating: "The package, as with all Tzadik releases, is stellar, full of three inserts, production notes, and a replica of the original score. If you allow it to, it will change the way you listen to music—and maybe watch TV, too."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn

No.TitleLength
1."Archery Rehearsal: Pt. 1"32:11
2."Archery Rehearsal: Pt. 2"16:14
3."Archery Rehearsal: Pt. 3"28:33
4."A1-D2"20:35
5."D3-G1"20:08
6."G2-L4"23:52
7."L5-O14"23:30

Personnel

  • John Zorn – alto and soprano saxophone, B♭ clarinet, game calls, E♭ clarinet
  • Robert Dick – flute, bass flute, piccolo, game calls
  • George Lewis – trombone
  • Anthony Coleman – keyboards
  • Wayne Horvitz – keyboards, harmonica, tape, electronics
  • Mark Kramer – keyboards
  • Eugene Chadbourne – guitar, Dobro
  • Bill Horvitz – guitar
  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar
  • Polly Bradfield – violin
  • Tom Cora – cello
  • David Moss – drums, voice, hammered dulcimer, zither

References

  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2011
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 877.
  4. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 450.
  • v
  • t
  • e
John Zorn
Discography
Solo albumsGame Pieces
  • Lacrosse
  • Pool
  • Hockey
  • Archery
  • Cobra
  • John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
  • John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
  • New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
  • Xu Feng
  • Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2
File Card
Pieces
  • Spillane
  • The Bribe
  • Elegy
  • Kristallnacht
  • Godard/Spillane
  • Femina
  • Dictée/Liber Novus
  • Interzone
  • Mount Analogue
Cover albums
Classical
Filmworks
  • 1986-1990
  • Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
  • 1990–1995
  • S&M + More
  • Tears of Ecstasy
  • 1996
  • Cynical Hysterie Hour
  • 1997
  • Trembling Before G-d
  • In the Mirror of Maya Deren
  • Secret Lives
  • Three Documentaries
  • Invitation to a Suicide
  • Hiding and Seeking
  • Protocols of Zion
  • Workingman's Death
  • Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
  • The Treatment
  • The Rain Horse
  • Sholem Aleichem
  • Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
  • The Last Supper
  • El General
  • The Nobel Prizewinner
  • City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite
Bar Kokhba
Masada
String Trio
Music RomanceHemophiliacMasada
Anniversary50th Birthday
CelebrationBook of Angels
  • Astaroth
  • Azazel
  • Malphas
  • Orobas
  • Balan
  • Moloch
  • Asmodeus
  • Volac
  • Xaphan
  • Lucifer
  • Zaebos
  • Stolas
  • Mycale
  • Ipos
  • Baal
  • Haborym
  • Caym
  • Pruflas
  • Abraxas
  • Tap
  • Alastor
  • Adramelech
  • Aguares
Moonchild
The Dreamers
AlhambraSimulacrum
  • Simulacrum
  • The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons
  • Inferno
  • The Painted Bird
  • 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
  • The Garden Of Earthly Delights
  • Baphomet
  • Chaos Magick
  • Nostradamus: The Death of Satan
Tributes and
InspirationsGnostic Trio
Collaborations
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • MusicBrainz release group