Painkiller: The Collected Works Explained

The Collected Works
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	Painkiller
Cover:	Painkiller, The Collected Works.jpeg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	1991–1994
Genre:	Avant-garde jazz, grindcore
Length:	198:07
Label:	Tzadik
Producer:	John Zorn
Prev Title:	Execution Ground
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Guts of A Virgin/Buried Secrets
Next Year:	1998

Painkiller: The Collected Works is a 1997 four disc box set by the American musical group Painkiller. The set contains the group's entire recorded output up to 1997: two EPs (Guts of a Virgin and Buried Secrets), the album Execution Ground and a live album previously released on the Japanese edition of Execution Ground.^[1]

Track listing

• Disc zero

1. "Scud Attack" – 3:07
2. "Deadly Obstacle Collage" – 0:21
3. "Damage To The Mask" – 2:43
4. "Guts of A Virgin" – 1:19
5. "Handjob" – 0:10
6. "Portent" – 4:00
7. "Hostage" – 2:24
8. "Lathe of God" – 0:56
9. "Dr. Phibes" – 3:00
10. "Purgatory of Fiery Vulvas" – 0:26
11. "Warhead" – 1:12
12. "Devil's Eye" – 4:37
13. "Tortured Souls" – 1:52
14. "One-Eyed Pessary" – 1:50
15. "Trailmaker" – 0:03
16. "Blackhole Dub" – 3:29
17. "Buried Secrets" – 6:13
18. "The Ladder" – 0:22
19. "Executioner" – 2:48
20. "Black Chamber" – 2:28
21. "Skinned" – 0:54
22. "The Toll" – 6:25
23. "Marianne" – 7:50

• Disc one:

1. "Parish of Tama (Ossuary Dub)" – 16:05
2. "Morning of Balachaturdasi" – 14:45
3. "Pashupatinath" – 13:47

• Disc two:

1. "Pashupatinath (ambient)" – 20:00
2. "Parish of Tama (ambient)" – 19:19

• Disc three:

1. "Gandhamadana" – 12:58
2. "Vaidurya" – 8:58
3. "Satapitaka" – 11:15
4. "Bodkyithangga" – 13:04
5. John Zorn & Eye encore:
   • "Black Bile" – 1:45
   • "Yellow Bile" – 0:58
   • "Blue Bile" – 2:40
   • "Crimson Bile" – 1:46
   • "Ivory Bile" – 1:26

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto saxophone, vocals
• Bill Laswell – bass
• Mick Harris – drums, vocals
• Justin Broadrick – guitar, drum machine, vocals on "Buried Secrets" and "The Toll"
• G.C. Green – bass on "Buried Secrets" and "The Toll"
• Yamatsuka Eye – vocals on "Bodkyithangga", "Black Bile", "Yellow Bile", "Blue Bile", "Crimson Bile", "Ivory Bile"

Notes and References

1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7317-4 Tzadik catalogue