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Zooma
Released1999
Genre Rock
KindInstrumental Guitar
Tracks9
Running47:40

Zooma

John Paul Jones
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Reviewer James Rotondi, "It should come as no surprise that several of the tracks on ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones's gutsy first solo album, Zooma, breathe post-punk fire: the pile-driving title track, wrapped in a gurgling sound collage, pummels a classic John Paul bass riff with a "sick guitar solo" by the Surfers' Paul Leary. Jones reclaims Zeppelin as his own even as he transcends it. "Snake Eyes," an eerie blues epic arranged with orchestral strings around Jones's superb organ playing, suggests "When the Levee Breaks" filtered through Igor Stravinsky or Bernard Herrmann; and you can't miss the echoes of "Trampled Under Foot" in the bass figures of "B. Fingers." The instrumental Zooma reinforces Jones's integral role in Zeppelin, his influential and still vital bass playing, and his...well, balls."

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The record
1 Zooma Instrumental Guitar 5:53
2 Grind Instrumental Guitar 5:21
3 The Smile Of Your Shadow Instrumental Guitar 5:50
4 Goose Instrumental Guitar 4:59
5 Bass ā€˜N’ Drums Instrumental Guitar 2:32
6 B. Fingers Instrumental Guitar 5:26
7 Snake Eyes Instrumental Guitar 7:32
8 Nosumi Blues Instrumental Guitar 5:48
9 Tidal Instrumental Guitar 4:19
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