Zooma
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Zooma | ||||
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File:John Paul Jones - Zooma.jpg | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 6 September 1999 | |||
Recorded | The Malthouse, London Skip Saylor Studio, Los Angeles Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas Air Studios, London | |||
Genre | Instrumental rock, progressive rock, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 47:42 | |||
Label | Discipline Global Mobile | |||
Producer | John Paul Jones | |||
John Paul Jones chronology | ||||
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Zooma is a 1999 primarily instrumental rock studio album by John Paul Jones, best known as the bassist and keyboardist of Led Zeppelin. It is Jones' first solo studio album.
Track listing
All tracks written, composed, and arranged by John Paul Jones.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Zooma" | 5:52 |
2. | "Grind" | 5:20 |
3. | "The Smile of Your Shadow" | 5:50 |
4. | "Goose" | 4:58 |
5. | "Bass 'N' Drums" | 2:32 |
6. | "B. Fingers" | 5:26 |
7. | "Snake Eyes" | 7:32 |
8. | "Nosumi Blues" | 5:48 |
9. | "Tidal" | 4:20 |
10. | "Fanfare for the Millennium" (bonus track for Japanese releases) | 1:02 |
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
The album had good and very good reviews by Allmusic and Rolling Stone.
Personnel
Adapted from the Zooma liner notes, the recording personnel was as follows:
- John Paul Jones – 10 string bass (1, 4, 6, 9); 12 string bass (2, 3); 4 string bass (5, 7, 8); electric mandola (1); Kyma (1, 2, 4, 7, 9); spoken word (2); mandola (3); bass lap steel (3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10); guitars (6); organ solo (7); string arrangement and conducting (7)
- Pete Thomas – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- Paul Leary – guitar solo (1)
- Trey Gunn – touch guitar solo (2, 6)
- Mo Jones – spoken word (2)
- Denny Fongheiser – djembe (3); drums (5)
- London Symphony Orchestra – strings (7)
The technical personnel was as follows:
- Stuart Sullivan – recording engineer
- Richard Evans – recording engineer
- Brian Foraker – recording engineer
- Geoff Foster – recording engineer
- Akio Morishima – design
- Amy & Tanveer – photography
See also
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