Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings is a five disc box set that contains all of the studio albums released by Naked City during their five-year history. The five discs are accompanied by a book, Eight Million Stories: Naked City Ephemera, which contains a wealth of photos and art as well as testimonials from all five band members and numerous acquaintances, friends, fans and contributors such as Mike Patton, Yamatsuka Eye, Sean Lennon, Mick Harris and Eyvind Kang.

Reception

The Allmusic listing awarded the compilation 4 stars. Writing for Pitchfork Media, Chris Dalen stated "Naked City will always be Zorn's "coolest" project, the best vehicle for his early ideas, and one of the most intriguing ensembles its members ever joined. And now, Zorn can inter it in a single box and once again set it aside." All About Jazz correspondent, Mark Corroto, labelled it "Probably as dangerous a music as has ever been produced."

Track listing

All tracks by John Zorn, except where noted.

Disc One (Naked City)

Disc Two (Grand Guignol)

Disc Three (Heretic)

Disc Four (Radio)

Disc Five (Absinthe & Leng Tch'e)

Personnel

Performance

Production