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
If Looks Could Kill
(1979)
The Litanies of Satan
(1982)
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Allmusic[1]

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 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
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
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

Personnel

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

Musicians

Production and additional personnel

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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