Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Digital" | Sharp (1986) | 2:39 |
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2. | "Spoonful" | Dixon (1960), arr. Steven Mackey (1989) | 4:32 |
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3. | "Spectre" | Oswald (1990) | 5:47 |
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4. | "Cat O' Nine Tails (Tex Avery Directs the Marquis de Sade)" | Zorn (1988) | 12:48 |
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5. | "Quartet Euphometric" | Cowell (1916–19) | 1:54 |
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6. | "Physical Property" | Mackey (1992) | 14:31 |
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7. | "Soliloquy" | Johnson (1991–3) | 13:13 |
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8. | "String Quartet No. 2" | Gubaidulina (1987) | 8:30 |
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9. | "Aba Kee Tayk Hamaree" | Nath | 10:56 |
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AllMusic's "Blue" Gene Tyranny describes this album as a, "fascinating collection," of nine pieces by, "very different composers," and that, "the Kronos Quartet is in top form throughout all these selections."[4] A Wired review says that, "a fine mesh of brains and guts, Short Stories is an eclectic roller-coaster ride through 20th-century music."[5]
- Bob Edwards, Howard Johnston – Engineers