Zooma

Zooma
Studio album by
John Paul Jones
Released6 September 1999
Recorded
  • The Malthouse, London
  • Skip Saylor Studio, Los Angeles
  • Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas
  • AIR Studios, London
GenresInstrumental rock, progressive rock, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
Length47:42
LabelDiscipline Global Mobile
ProducerJohn Paul Jones
John Paul Jones chronology
The Sporting Life
(1994)		 Zooma
(1999)		 The Thunderthief
(2001)

Zooma is the 1999 debut solo album by English musician John Paul Jones, best known as the bassist and keyboardist of Led Zeppelin. The album consists of rhythmically focused instrumentals, highlighting Jones’ aggressive bass guitar and lap steel guitar playing.

Track listing

All tracks written, composed, and arranged by John Paul Jones.

No.TitleLength
1."Zooma"5:52
2."Grind"5:20
3."The Smile of Your Shadow"5:50
4."Goose"4:58
5."Bass 'n' Drums"2:32
6."B. Fingers"5:26
7."Snake Eyes"7:32
8."Nosumi Blues"5:48
9."Tidal"4:20
10."Fanfare for the Millennium" (bonus track for Japanese releases)1:02

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Rolling StoneStarStarStar

The album received positive reviews from AllMusic and Rolling Stone.

Personnel

Adapted from the Zooma liner notes, the recording personnel was as follows:

The technical personnel was as follows:

References

  1. ↑ Zooma at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Archived November 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine