V as in Victim explained

V as in Victim
Type:	Album
Artist:	Wayne Horvitz and Pigpen
Cover:	V as in Victim.jpg
Released:	1994
Recorded:	May 1993
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:22
Label:	Avant
Producer:	Wayne Horvitz
Chronology:	Wayne Horvitz
Prev Title:	Halfrack
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Miss Ann
Next Year:	1993

V as in Victim is an album by American keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz' band Pigpen recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese Avant label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "Equal parts rock and free jazz, V as in Victim is a weird journey through a number of styles and sounds – there's some grooves, some soundscapes and some brutally dissonant variations on free jazz. More often than not, the excursions are successful."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Horvitz except as indicated

1. "Cause I'm in Love Yeah" – 2:21
2. "Speech" – 3:17
3. "A Portrait of Hank Williams Jr." – 5:18
4. "Light This Candle" – 5:55
5. "Testament" – 2:38
6. "V as in Victim" – 8:24
7. "Stompin' at the Cranium" – 4:41
8. "Again" (Bill Frisell) – 5:09
9. "Jazzmaster" – 2:16
10. "Mr. Rogers" – 2:23

• Recorded at Iron Wood Studio in Seattle, Washington in May 1993

Personnel

• Wayne Horvitz – keyboards
• Briggan Krauss – alto saxophone
• Fred Chalenor – electric bass
• Mike Stone – drums

Notes and References

1. http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/index0.htm Wayne Horvitz discography
2. Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed January 3, 2012