Contortions* – Buy
Genre: | Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul |
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Style: | New Wave, No Wave, Free Funk, Avantgarde |
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Tracklist
Design To Kill | 2:44 | ||
My Infatuation | 2:17 | ||
I Don't Want To Be Happy | 3:20 | ||
Anesthetic | 3:50 | ||
Contort Yourself | 4:25 | ||
Throw Me Away | 2:40 | ||
Roving Eye | 3:06 | ||
Twice Removed | 3:02 | ||
Bedroom Athlete | 4:13 |
Credits (7)
- David HofstraBass
- Anya PhillipsCover
- Don ChristensenDrums
- Jody HarrisGuitar
- Pat PlaceGuitar
- James White (2)Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Mixed By
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Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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Buy LP, Album | ZE Records – ILPS 7002, Island Records – ILPS 7002 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album | ZE Records – ZEA33-002 | Canada | 1979 | Canada — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album | Ariola – 202 454 | Germany | 1979 | Germany — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album | ZE Records – ILPS 17002, Island Records – ILPS 17002 | Italy | 1979 | Italy — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album | ZE Records – ZEA 33-002 | Canada | 1979 | Canada — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Stereo | ZE Records – 202 454-320, Island Records – 202 454-320 | Germany | 1979 | Germany — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album | ZE Records – ZEA 33-002 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Promo | Columbia – ZEA 33 - 002 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album | ZE Records – ILS-81356, Island Records – ILS-81356 | Japan | 1979 | Japan — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Promo | ZE Records – ILS-81356, Island Records – ILS-81356 | Japan | 1979 | Japan — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Buy Cassette, Album, Stereo | ZE Records – ZEA33-004 | Canada | 1979 | Canada — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album | ZE Records – ZEA33-002 | Canada | 1979 | Canada — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Buy 8-Track Cartridge, Album | ZE Records – ZEA8 33-002 | Canada | 1979 | Canada — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Pitman Pressing | ZE Records – ZEA 33-002 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 | |||||
Buy LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing | ZE Records – ZEA 33-002 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Reissue | Island Records – 20S-79, Polystar – 20S-79 | Japan | 1982 | Japan — 1982 | New Submission | ||||
Buy CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Infinite Zero – 74321 32757 2, American Recordings – 74321 32757 2 | Europe | 1994 | Europe — 1994 | New Submission | ||||
Buy CD, Album | Infinite Zero – 9 14503-2, American Recordings – 9 14503-2 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy CD, Album, Reissue | Infinite Zero – 9 14503-2 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Reissue, 180g | 4 Men With Beards – 4M503 | US | 2002 | US — 2002 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak | ZE Records – ZEREC.CD08 | France | 2004 | France — 2004 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Reissue, Picture Disc | ZE Records – ZEREC.LPP08 | UK & Europe | 2004 | UK & Europe — 2004 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Cardsleeve | ZE Records – ZEREC.CD08 | France | 2004 | France — 2004 | Recently Edited | ||||
Buy CD, Album, Reissue, Mini LP | ZE Records – PCD-24229, P-Vine Records – PCD-24229 | Japan | 2009 | Japan — 2009 | New Submission | ||||
Buy CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mini LP Replica | ZE Records – ZEREC.CD08 | Japan | 2010 | Japan — 2010 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Reissue, 180g | Klimt Records – MJJ345LP | France | 2012 | France — 2012 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Clear Smoke [Lounge Smoke], 180g | Futurismo – FUTNO5 | UK | 2015 | UK — 2015 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Reissue, Black w/ Multicolored Splatter [Jazz Static], 180g | Futurismo – FUTNO5 | UK | 2015 | UK — 2015 | New Submission | ||||
Buy CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Digipak | ZE Records – CD08 | France | 2016 | France — 2016 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Klimt Records – MJJ345 | France | 2019 | France — 2019 | New Submission | ||||
Buy LP, Album, Reissue | Superior Viaduct – SV176 | US | 2022 | US — 2022 | |||||
Buy The Contortions Cassette, Promo | Infinite Zero – none, American Recordings – none | US | US | New Submission |
Recommendations
Reviews
referencing Buy (LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing) ZEA 33-002
Sounds good. Everything sounds very upfront and clear with the exception of the drums on some songs, but I don’t think that has anything to do with the pressing and more with just the way that it was recorded.referencing Buy (LP, Album) ZEA 33-002
To be correct on label track a1 is written in types like this: DESIGNED TO KILL"referencing Buy (LP, Album, Reissue) SV176
Any comments on the sound and pressing quality? Also would like to hear if it sounds any different from the CD or the OG vinylreferencing Buy (LP, Album) ILS-81356
Sounds amazing. Japanese pressings are always great, but especially for noisy art rockreferencing Buy (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Clear Smoke [Lounge Smoke], 180g) FUTNO5
The packaging for this reissue is atrocious. Way too much going on.referencing Buy (LP, Album) 202 454
Seems to be missing the, I guess, original US release on ZE (ILPS 7002).- Edited 17 years agoIt combines the sounds of melodic and treble piano, the amazing rhythm of funky bass, the strident power of sax in free jazz with the rough voice of punk. One of the most exciting albums of James Chance & The Contortions that shows what was the pulse in the post-punk era, when jazz, funk and punk mix togheter to create an avant garde style.
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