If Looks Could Kill | ||||
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Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | September 9, 1979 | |||
Studio | Media Art Recording (Hermosa Beach, CA) | |||
Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
Length | 43:30 | |||
Label | Metalanguage | |||
Producer | Henry Kaiser | |||
Diamanda Galás chronology | ||||
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If Looks Could Kill is the only studio album by avant-garde jazz musician Jim French, released in 1979 by Headhunter Records. It is one of composer Diamanda Galás' earliest musical recordings.[1][2][3]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Eugene Chadbourne of AllMusic was highly critical of If Looks Could Kill, describing it as disappointing overall and that "little of this music is developed or delivered with any amount of feeling." He gave the album two out of five stars, concluding that it might only be interesting for completists of his collaborators to seek out.[1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Picornponia" | Jim French | 1:00 |
2. | "Lament" | Traditional arr. | 1:00 |
3. | "Saltarello" | Traditional arr. | 0:50 |
4. | "The Human Fancier's" | Jim French | 2:50 |
5. | "Nobody Knows You" | Jimmy Cox | 2:05 |
6. | "The Maple Leaf Rag" | Scott Joplin | 1:25 |
7. | "Infrapolatia" | Jim French | 5:15 |
8. | "Wolftraum" | Jim French | 6:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Looks Could Kill" | Jim French, Diamanda Galás | 8:35 |
2. | "Envelope Please" | Jim French, Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser | 4:15 |
3. | "Horses in Trouble" | Jim French, Henry Kaiser | 3:00 |
4. | "Flag Day" | Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser | 3:00 |
5. | "Having a Party" | Jim French, Henry Kaiser | 1:00 |
6. | "Pillow Talk" | Jim French, Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser | 3:15 |
Adapted from the If Looks Could Kill liner notes.[4]
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | 1979 | Metalanguage | LP | ML 108 |