Dirty Baby
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Studio album by Nels Cline | ||||
Released | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) | |||
Recorded | January 24–26, 2008 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 93:15 | |||
Label | Cryptogramophone CG142 | |||
Producer | David Breskin | |||
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Dirty Baby (stylized as DIRTY BABY) is an album by American guitarist Nels Cline performing compositions inspired by Edward Ruscha, which was released in October 2010 on the Cryptogramophone label.[1]
Dirty Baby is also the name of a multi-media book of Cline's music, paintings by Ruscha, and the poetry of David Breskin, also released in 2010. It features sixty-six paintings by Ruscha, Cline's original music, and poems by Breskin that employ the ancient Arabic poetic form of the ghazal.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100[2] |
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PopMatters | 8/10[7] |
Dirty Baby received mainly positive reviews on release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 74, based on 6 reviews which is categorised as generally favorable.[2] The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars out of 5, stating "Dirty Baby is a singular accomplishment, presented in a fashion that demands more of the listener's attention but buy pays off handsomely. It adds immeasurably to the depth of Cline's contributions as a musician -- and offers another way of seeing and hearing this body of Ruscha's work".[3] Writing for All About Jazz, Mark Corroto stated "Cline and his collaborators perform an encyclopedic array of styles and forms, the pieces clocking in from a half minute to three-and-a-half to explore noise, rock, free jazz and chamber classical, much like the work of John Zorn".[4] The Guardian's John Fordham rated the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Nels Cline has been an uncategorisable innovator for two decades, and certainly remains one".[5] Rolling Stone's Will Hermes rated the album 3½ stars out of 5, noting "Overall, it's less about abstract guitar heroics than his usual projects. But hearing Cline get freaky with such a wide palette and such a sharp ensemble (including twin brother Alex on drums) is a new shade of thrill".[6] PopMatters' John Garratt stated "the eclecticism of Dirty Baby makes for such a strong listening experience. You will be more fascinated than bewildered (though I can’t rule the latter word out for some listeners)".[7]
Track listing
All compositions by Nels Cline
Disc One:
- "Part I" - 4:11
- "Part II" - 3:38
- "Part III" - 7:13
- "1-4 Part IV" - 3:31
- "Part V" - 10:52
- "Part VI" - 12:38
Disc Two:
- "In God We Trust" - 1:40
- "Hi There, My Old Friend" - 1:31
- "If I Was You I'd Do Just Like I Tell You To Do" - 1:16
- "Do As I Say or..." - 1:14
- "No Mercy" - 1:49
- "Do As Told or Suffer" - 1:16
- "Agree To Our Terms or Prepare Yourself For a Blast Furnace" - 0:55
- "Your a Dead Man" - 3:14
- "Hey You Want To Sleep With the Fishes?" - 1:22
- "A Columbian Necklace For You" - 0:43
- "Note We Have Already Got Rid of Several Like You - One Was Found In River Just Recently" - 1:22
- "Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin On You" - 3:34
- "You Won't Know When You Won't Know Where You Won't Know Who and You Won't Know Why" - 1:27
- "It's Payback Time" - 2:13
- "I'm Going To Leave More Notes and I'm Going To Kick More Ass" - 0:47
- "You Cross Me I Wanna See Blood" - 2:02
- "I Heard You Moved To Pahrump, Nevada You Cannot Escape" - 1:14
- "Little Snitches Like You Endup in Dumpsters All Across Town" - 0:59
- "I'll Be Getting Out Soon and I Haven't Forgotten Your Testimony Put Me In Here" - 2:37
- "You Talk You Get Killed" - 2:05
- "Do Not Let the Information Be Known To Any Person or You Die" - 1:25
- "Don't Threaten Me With Your Threats" - 2:31
- "I Just Might Act Ugly If You Talk" - 0:53
- "When I'm Released I'm Smoking a Straight Line To You: Got Me?" - 1:18
- "Want To Get To Know My Boiling Point?" - 0:38
- "You Dirty Rotten Bitch" - 0:43
- "You Will Eat Hot Lead" - 1:16
- "I Can't Take It No More" - 0:28
- "I Might Just Act Ugly If You Get Up on That Stand and Say Something Unpleasant to My Ears" - 0:41
- "I Thought I Told You That We Won't Stop" - 2:01
- "I Will Wipe You Off the Face of This Earth" - 1:01
- "Give Up the Gold or Give Up Your Life" - 2:21
- "You and I Are In Disagreement" - 1:35
Personnel
- Nels Cline – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, cigarbox guitar, lap steel guitar, effects, loops, megamouth, quintronics drum buddy
- Bill Barrett - chromatic harmonica
- Wayne Peet - organ
- Jon Brion - electric piano, EMS synthi, voice
- Jeremy Drake - guitars, string instrument
- Glenn Taylor - pedal steel guitar
- Scott Amendola - drum set, percussion, loops/electronics
- Devin Hoff - contrabass, bass guitar
- Danny Frankel - percussion, ½ drum set
- Vinny Golia - flute, clarinet, saxophones
- Dan Clucas - trumpet, flute
- Jeff Gauthier - violin
- Jessica Catron - cello
- Brad Dutz - xylophone, vibraphone, frame drum, bongos
- Alex Cline - percussion
In other media
The Dirty Baby multi-media book was published by Delmonico Books/Prestel Publishing in 2010. It features sixty-six paintings by Ruscha, Cline's original music, and poems by Breskin that employ the ancient Arabic poetic form of the ghazal. The book consists of two parts or "sides": side A describes the rise of human civilization, and side B provides an account, in a variety of voices, of the second Iraq War.[8][9] The book includes four CDs, two featuring Cline's music and two of spoken-voice poetry.
References
- ^ Crypotogramophone album entry, accessed August 18, 2014
- ^ a b "Dirty Baby – Nels Cline". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Dirty Baby - Nels Cline". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ a b Corroto, Mark (2010-11-21). "Nels Cline: Dirty Baby". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ a b Fordham, John (2010-12-17). "Nels Cline: Dirty Baby review". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ a b Hermes, Will (2010-11-16). "Nels Cline: Dirty Baby review". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ a b Garratt, John (2010-11-03). "Nels Cline: Dirty Baby". popmatters.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ Mlinko, Ange. "Ghazal, Guitars, and Dumb Blocks". Parnassus Poetry In Review. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Raymond, Anthea. "Strips On Sound: Artist Ed Ruscha Inspires Nels Cline". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
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