If Looks Could Kill (album)

If Looks Could Kill
Studio album by Jim French with Diamanda Galás and Henry Kaiser
Released	1979
Recorded	September 9, 1979
Studio	Media Art Recording (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	43:30
Label	Metalanguage
Producer	Henry Kaiser
Diamanda Galás chronology
If Looks Could Kill (1979) The Litanies of Satan (1982)

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If Looks Could Kill is the first and only studio album by avant-garde jazz musician Jim French, released in 1979 by Headhunter Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Picornponia"	Jim French	1:00
2.	"Lament"	Traditional arr.	1:00
3.	"Saltarello"	Traditional arr.	0:50
4.	"The Human Fancier's"	Jim French	2:50
5.	"Nobody Knows You"	Jimmy Cox	2:05
6.	"The Maple Leaf Rag"	Scott Joplin	1:25
7.	"Infrapolatia"	Jim French	5:15
8.	"Wolftraum"	Jim French	6:00

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Looks Could Kill"	Jim French, Diamanda Galás	8:35
2.	"Envelope Please"	Jim French, Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser	4:15
3.	"Horses in Trouble"	Jim French, Henry Kaiser	3:00
4.	"Flag Day"	Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser	3:00
5.	"Having a Party"	Jim French, Henry Kaiser	1:00
6.	"Pillow Talk"	Jim French, Diamanda Galás, Henry Kaiser	3:15

Personnel

Adapted from the If Looks Could Kill liner notes.^[2]

Musicians Jim French – soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, pan flute, pibcorn, electronics Diamanda Galás – vocals (B1–B6) Henry Kaiser – electric guitar (B1–B6), production, engineering

Production and additional personnel Phil Brown – mastering Rolf Erickson – engineering Dan Kyle – engineering Kent Strother – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1979	Metalanguage	LP	ML 108

References

1. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Jim French: If Looks Could Kill > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
2. If Looks Could Kill (sleeve). Jim French. Berkeley, California: Metalanguage Records. 1979.

External links

• If Looks Could Kill at Discogs (list of releases)