''Party Intellectuals'' is the debut album by jazz fusion trio Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog. It was produced by

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and released June 24, 2008 on

Pi Recordings Pi Recordings is a jazz record label founded by Seth Rosner in 2001. He was soon joined as partner by Yulun Wang. Pi specializes in avant-garde jazz. Its first two albums were by Henry Threadgill. Pi's roster includes Amir ElSaffar, Anthony Braxt ...

Reception

Response was generally positive, with

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assigning the album an aggregate score of 80 out of 100 based on 10 critical reviews indicating "Generally favorable reviews". The

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review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4½ stars out of 5, stating, "Although Ribot has always displayed a great sense of humor, it's on full display here in a way it hasn't really been before. ''Party Intellectuals'' is easily Ribot's most fun album to date and one of his best".Westergaard, S.

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accessed August 4, 2011.

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' Zeth Lundy rated the album 7 out of 10, saying,

Track listing

''All compositions are by Marc Ribot, except where noted.'' # " Break On Through" (

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, Ray Manzarek,

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) – 3:44 # "Party Intellectuals" (Shahzad Ismaily, Ribot,

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) – 5:50 # "Todo el Mundo es Kitsch" – 5:11 # "When We Were Young and We Were Freaks" (Emilio Cubierto, Ismaily, Ribot, Smith) – 8:18 # "Digital Handshake" (Ismaily, Ribot, Smith, Alessandro Stefana) – 10:15 # "Bateau" – 4:15 # "For Malena" – 3:20 # "Pinch" (Ismaily, Ribot, Smith) – 4:43 # "Girlfriend" (Ismaily, Ribot, Smith) – 3:35 # "Midost" – 10:04 # "Shsh Shsh" (Ismaily, Ribot, Jenni Quilter) – 5:49 # "Never Better" – 3:29

Personnel

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot (; born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably Tom Wai ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

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, vocals, Moog synthesizer *

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, vocals,

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*Janice Cruz – vocals *Jenni Quilter – vocals *Martín Verajano – percussion

References

Marc Ribot albums 2008 albums Pi Recordings albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub