With the tens of thousands of dollars poured into the production of his later works, and his consistent improvement as a songwriter, it's hard to understand why this album continues to outsell every other Stuart Davis release! I guess it's because Stuart is funny and extemporaneous. Of course a clock is extemporaneous, but people don't pay $10 to stare at it for two hours! What does
16 Nudes have that a clock does not? Maybe it's the audience solo in Only Changing Drugs, or the initial appearance of the inimitable "Swim", or maybe it's the sympathetic resonance with the laughter/applause coming from the humans at the show. Whatever the case,
16 Nudes seems to capture and include more of Stuart Davis than any other Stuart Davis album.
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1.Fall Awake
2. Mermaid
3. Jonah
4. Only Changing Drugs
5. Swim
6. I Need
7. Universe Communion
8. Medley
9. Kid Mystic
10. Someone Else's Ears
11. It's All Just Because
12. Practice Dying
13. Disciple
14. Asshole World Renown
15. Narcoleptic Mary
