If Looks Could Kill (album)

If Looks Could Kill
Studio album by Jim French with Diamanda Galás and Henry Kaiser
Released 1979 (1979)
Recorded September 9, 1979 (1979-09-09)
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 first and only studio album by avant-garde jazz musician Jim French, released in 1979 by Headhunter Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Picornponia"Jim French1:00
2."Lament"Traditional arr.1:00
3."Saltarello"Traditional arr.0:50
4."The Human Fancier's"Jim French2:50
5."Nobody Knows You"Jimmy Cox2:05
6."The Maple Leaf Rag"Scott Joplin1:25
7."Infrapolatia"Jim French5:15
8."Wolftraum"Jim French6:00
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Looks Could Kill"Jim French, Diamanda Galás8:35
2."Envelope Please"Jim French, Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser4:15
3."Horses in Trouble"Jim French, Henry Kaiser3:00
4."Flag Day"Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser3:00
5."Having a Party"Jim French, Henry Kaiser1:00
6."Pillow Talk"Jim French, Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser3:15

Personnel

Adapted from the If Looks Could Kill liner notes.[2]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1979 Metalanguage LP ML 108

References

  1. ↑ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Jim French: If Looks Could Kill > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ If Looks Could Kill (sleeve). Jim French. Berkeley, California: Metalanguage Records. 1979.
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