Release date: 1998
Production Date: 1998
Recorded by: Rob Genadek and John Pemble
Engineered by: Rob Genadek
Art Direction/Design: Anthony Brandenburg
Photography: Sheila Ryan
Recorded live at The Maintenance Shop in Ames, IA and the Brewhouse in Minneapolis, MN.

With the tens of thousands of dollars poured into the production of his later works, and his consistent improvement as a songwriter, it's hard to understand why this album continues to outsell every other Stuart Davis release! I guess it's because Stuart is funny and extemporaneous. Of course a clock is extemporaneous, but people don't pay $10 to stare at it for two hours! What does 16 Nudes have that a clock does not? Maybe it's the audience solo in Only Changing Drugs, or the initial appearance of the inimitable Swim, or maybe it's the sympathetic resonance with the laughter/applause coming from the humans at the show. Whatever the case, 16 Nudes seems to capture and include more of Stuart Davis than any other Stuart Davis album.

The 3 Jewels: Only Changing Drugs, Kid Mystic, It's All Just Because

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