Torture Garden (studio album) by Naked City

Torture Garden by Naked City
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 19,331st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (262nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (3,193rd)
Award Best albums of all time (19,331st)

Naked City bestography

Torture Garden is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Naked City on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Naked City is Grand Guignol which is ranked number 9027 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 133.

Naked City album bestography « Higher ranked (13,308th) This album (19,331st) Lower ranked (38,147th) »
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Torture Garden track list

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 36 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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From 11/06/2017 06:28
This compiles the "hardcore miniatures" -- the short hardcore rock-jazz pieces -- from the first and second Naked City albums, Naked City and Grand Guignol. It's under 26 minutes long.
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From 01/25/2016 23:12
This record is an acquired taste. Most Zorn stuff is. He is a very self indulgent musician. Sometimes I think he pushes it so far just for the shock, look at me value. The cover art was banned in Japan and some countries in Europe I think. You can still find the original cover issue used but it's pricey.
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Where is the original cover art??
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From 12/17/2014 00:15
It's good for what it is, but it's just not for me.
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From 02/05/2012 17:03
short, energy "songs". Use your Illusion xxxxx times. HC Brains Rules.Direct Think.CoooooooL.
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