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Meltdown (Massacre album)

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307:, Rick Anderson said the album comprises "typical group improv" made up largely of "patterns and alternating solos". He described Frith's guitar on "For Good and Scatter" as "gorgeous", and liked how "Figure Out" switches from "complex improvisatory interplay to an eerily beautiful ambient coda." Anderson stated that while Massacre's improvisations are well handled and never become "boring", "a few tightly composed numbers ... would have been nice." Overall, Anderson found 290: 285: 280: 275: 270: 29: 324:
as "Large scale power improv excitement." He called "Figure Out" "a great pleasure", adding that it "carves up chunks of raw noise, sounding simultaneously like crushed metal boxes and yowling birds, later drifting into a gentle bedtime dreamland."
581: 311:"slightly disappointing" by virtue of the high standard the group have set themselves, which would "constitute no wave genius on the part of any other band." 704: 574: 714: 567: 709: 641: 590: 418: 342: 334: 204: 140: 133: 41: 699: 623: 402: 216: 488: 676: 228: 171: 75: 493: 316: 224: 200: 92: 28: 498: 649: 153: 128: 460: 232: 120: 693: 346: 609: 396: 220: 212: 115: 83: 616: 602: 390: 208: 196: 192: 88: 502: 548: 526: 464: 369: 304: 262: 553: 531: 426: 373: 36: 563: 341:"Up For It / Song For Che / Closing Circles and Loose End" ( 559: 660: 633: 139: 127: 114: 98: 82: 71: 63: 48: 35: 21: 575: 8: 267: 231:, London on June 17, 2001, and released by 582: 568: 560: 454: 452: 450: 448: 446: 444: 442: 242: 27: 18: 521: 519: 438: 482: 480: 248: 7: 705:Massacre (experimental band) albums 14: 269: 361:"The Empire Strikes Back" – 2:06 288: 283: 278: 273: 268: 235:as part of their "Key Series". 16:2001 live album by Massacre 715:Live free improvisation albums 355:"For Good and Scatter" – 10:25 1: 487:Bell, Clive (January 2024). 731: 710:Tzadik Records live albums 219:. It was recorded live at 597: 256: 253: 147: 26: 489:"The Primer: Fred Frith" 405:– drums, voice, melodica 333:All tracks composed by 320:, Clive Bell described 207:, featuring guitarist 337:except where stated. 358:"Figure Out" – 25:23 244:Professional ratings 229:Queen Elizabeth Hall 76:Queen Elizabeth Hall 415:Oz Fritz – engineer 245: 556:(list of releases) 243: 93:free improvisation 52:November 2001 687: 686: 297: 296: 225:Meltdown Festival 184: 183: 180: 179: 722: 700:2001 live albums 624:Charles Hayward 584: 577: 570: 561: 535: 523: 514: 513: 511: 509: 484: 475: 474: 472: 471: 459:Anderson, Rick. 456: 293: 292: 291: 287: 286: 282: 281: 277: 276: 272: 271: 246: 149: 148: 110: 109: 105: 59: 57: 31: 19: 730: 729: 725: 724: 723: 721: 720: 719: 690: 689: 688: 683: 656: 650:Funny Valentine 629: 593: 588: 544: 539: 538: 524: 517: 507: 505: 486: 485: 478: 469: 467: 458: 457: 440: 435: 412: 403:Charles Hayward 382: 331: 299:In a review of 289: 284: 279: 274: 241: 217:Charles Hayward 175: 166: 157: 154:Funny Valentine 123:(United States) 107: 103: 102: 55: 53: 44: 17: 12: 11: 5: 728: 726: 718: 717: 712: 707: 702: 692: 691: 685: 684: 682: 681: 673: 664: 662: 658: 657: 655: 654: 646: 637: 635: 631: 630: 628: 627: 620: 613: 606: 598: 595: 594: 589: 587: 586: 579: 572: 564: 558: 557: 543: 542:External links 540: 537: 536: 515: 476: 437: 436: 434: 431: 423: 422: 416: 411: 408: 407: 406: 400: 399:– bass guitars 394: 387: 386: 381: 378: 366: 365: 362: 359: 356: 353: 352:"Hover" – 3:48 350: 330: 327: 295: 294: 265: 259: 258: 255: 251: 250: 240: 237: 233:Tzadik Records 182: 181: 178: 177: 168: 159: 145: 144: 137: 136: 131: 125: 124: 118: 112: 111: 100: 96: 95: 86: 80: 79: 73: 69: 68: 65: 61: 60: 50: 46: 45: 40: 33: 32: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 727: 716: 713: 711: 708: 706: 703: 701: 698: 697: 695: 679: 678: 674: 671: 670: 666: 665: 663: 659: 652: 651: 647: 644: 643: 639: 638: 636: 634:Studio albums 632: 626: 625: 621: 619: 618: 614: 612: 611: 607: 605: 604: 600: 599: 596: 592: 585: 580: 578: 573: 571: 566: 565: 562: 555: 551: 550: 546: 545: 541: 533: 529: 528: 522: 520: 516: 504: 500: 496: 495: 490: 483: 481: 477: 466: 462: 455: 453: 451: 449: 447: 445: 443: 439: 432: 430: 428: 420: 417: 414: 413: 409: 404: 401: 398: 395: 392: 389: 388: 384: 383: 379: 377: 375: 371: 364:"Over" – 5:14 363: 360: 357: 354: 351: 348: 347:Charlie Haden 344: 340: 339: 338: 336: 329:Track listing 328: 326: 323: 319: 318: 312: 310: 306: 302: 266: 264: 261: 260: 252: 249:Review scores 247: 238: 236: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 189: 174: 173: 169: 165: 164: 160: 156: 155: 151: 150: 146: 142: 138: 135: 132: 130: 126: 122: 119: 117: 113: 101: 97: 94: 90: 87: 85: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67:June 17, 2001 66: 62: 51: 47: 43: 38: 34: 30: 25: 20: 677:Lonely Heart 675: 668: 667: 648: 642:Killing Time 640: 622: 615: 610:Bill Laswell 608: 601: 547: 525: 506:. Retrieved 492: 468:. Retrieved 424: 397:Bill Laswell 367: 332: 321: 315: 313: 308: 300: 298: 221:Robert Wyatt 215:and drummer 213:Bill Laswell 201:experimental 187: 186: 185: 172:Lonely Heart 170: 162: 161: 152: 661:Live albums 508:6 September 314:Writing in 203:power trio 694:Categories 617:Fred Maher 603:Fred Frith 497:. 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Index


Live album
Massacre
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Genre
Avant-rock
free improvisation
Label
Tzadik
Producer
Massacre
Massacre
Funny Valentine
Lonely Heart
live album
avant-rock
experimental
Massacre
Fred Frith
Bill Laswell
Charles Hayward
Robert Wyatt
Meltdown Festival
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tzadik Records
AllMusic
AllMusic
The Wire
Massacre
Massacre

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