Liquid Swords

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Liquid Swords
lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Cassette, CD& Vinyl LP by GZA
lign="left" valign="top"|Released colspan="2" valign="top"|November 20, 1995
lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded colspan="2" valign="top"|
lign="left" valign="top"|Genre colspan="2" valign="top"|Hardcore hip hop
lign="left" valign="top"|Length colspan="2" valign="top"|55 min 19 s
lign="left" valign="top"|Record label colspan="2" valign="top"|Geffen
lign="left" valign="top"|Producer colspan="2" valign="top"|RZA
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"|Entertainment Weekly valign="top"|Grade: B+ valign="top"|December 22, 1995, p.70
lign="left" valign="top"|Option valign="top"|Positive valign="top"|March/April, 1996, pp.104-105
lign="left" valign="top"|NME valign="top"|9 out of 10 valign="top"|November 11, 1995, p.46
lign="left" valign="top"|The Wire valign="top"|Positive valign="top"|link
lign="left" valign="top"|Melody Maker valign="top"|Positive valign="top"|November 25, 1995, p.36
lign="left" valign="top"|Q valign="top"|4 stars out of 5 valign="top"|October 2000
lign="left" valign="top"|Rolling Stone review valign="top"|3 stars out of 5 valign="top"|November 30, 1995, pp.66-67
lign="left" valign="top"|Allmusic.com valign="top"|5 stars out of 5 valign="top"|link
lign="left" valign="top"|Rap Pages valign="top"|8 stars out of 10 valign="top"|January 1996, p.31
lign="left" valign="top"|Robert Christgau valign="top"|2 stars out of 4 valign="top"|link
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|GZA Chronology
align="top"|Words From the Genius
(1990)		 valign="top"|Liquid Swords
(1995)		 valign="top"|Beneath the Surface
(1999)
Liquid Swords was a 1995 (see 1995 in music) solo album by Wu-Tang Clan member Genius (GZA). Though the album was credited to Genius alone, there are numerous guest appearances from the entire Wu-Tang Clan. Liquid Swords is widely acknowledged as one of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, on par with classics like Ironman (Ghostface Killah) and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Raekwon). Liquid Swords is characteristic of the Wu-Tang Clan in its distinctive, spare, menacing beats by producer RZA, and its cinematic themes relating to kung fu movies. The album begins with a monologue from a little boy; his monologue, and many of the other skits scattered throughout the album, are from the cult film Shogun Assassin.

Track listing

  1. "Liquid Swords" - 4:30
  2. "Duel of the Iron Mic" (with Ol' Dirty Bastard) - 4:06
  3. "Living in the World Today" (with Inspectah Deck) - 4:23
  4. "Gold" (with Inspectah Deck) - 3:57
  5. "Cold World" (with Inspectah Deck) - 5:31
  6. "Labels" (with Ghostface Killah) - 2:54
  7. "4th Chamber" (with Ghostface Killah) - 4:37
  8. "Shadowboxin'" (with Method Man) - 3:29
  9. "Hell's Wind Staff/Killah Hills 10304" (with Killah Priest, Dreddy Kruger) - 5:08
  10. "Investigative Reports" (with Raekwon) - 3:49
  11. "Swordsman" performed by (with Killah Priest) - 3:21
  12. "I Gotcha' Back" performed by (with Killah Priest) - 5:01
  13. "Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth" (with Killah Priest) - 4:32

Personnel

  • Method Man - Performer
  • Mark A. Humphrey - Photography
  • GZA - Performer
  • U-God - Performer
  • Killah Priest - Performer
  • Dreddy Kruger - Performer

Chart positions

Billboard (North America) - album 
  1995   The Billboard 200                       No. 9  1995   Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums                  No. 2
Billboard (North America) - singles 
  1994	I Gotcha Back	Hot Rap Singles	                        No. 29  1994	I Gotcha Back	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	No. 39  1995	Cold World	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 97  1995	Liquid Swords	Hot Rap Singles	                        No. 3  1995	Liquid Swords	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	No. 33  1995	Liquid Swords	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales      No. 2  1995	Liquid Swords	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 48  1996	Shadowboxin'	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 67  1996	Cold World	Hot Rap Singles	                        No. 8  1996	Shadowboxin'	Hot Rap Singles	                        No. 10  1996	Cold World	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	No. 57  1996	Shadowboxin'	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	No. 41  1996	Cold World	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	No. 8  1996	Shadowboxin'	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	No. 9

 

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