Nature of the Beast

Tracklist

• 1
  Emerger
  5:26
• 2
  The Dry Season
  7:58
• 3
  Grand Bizarre
  11:06
• 4
  Don't Go There
  5:31
• 5
  Excruciation
  6:19
• 6
  El Niño
  9:15
• 7
  Lickin' Center
  10:25
• 8
  Thick Sun / Dangerous Crustaceans
  11:55

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Release credits

• Chris Speed
  guitar [8]
• Dave Douglas
  trumpet
• Jim Black
  membranophone
• Joe Marciano
  editor, mix, recording
• Matthias Winckelmann
  executive
• Michael Formanek
  bass, producer
• Sandra Eisner
  photography
• Ssirus W. Pakzad
  photography
• Steve Swell
  trombone
• Tim Berne
  alto saxophone [4, 8], producer
• Tony Malaby
  tenor saxophone [5-6, 8]

Issues

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  N
  Nature of the Beast

  CD
  1997
• N
  Nature of the Beast

  CD
  1998