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James Chance and the Contortions (1977 - 1980)

Group - United States

Releases (13)

Official

Album

  1. Buy Sep 1979 (as Contortions)
  2. Soul Exorcism Redux 2007
  3. Incorrigible! 30 Nov 2012
  4. The Flesh Is Weak 11 Nov 2016

Album - Live

  1. Live Aux Bains Douches 1980
  2. Live in New York 1981
  3. Soul Exorcism 1991
  4. Lost Chance 05 Sep 1995
  5. Molotov Cocktail Lounge 1996

Album - Compilation

  1. Irresistible Impulse 18 Feb 2003
  2. Sax Education 06 Apr 2004

Single

  1. Incorrigible 02 May 2010
  2. Melt Yourself Down 2016

Relationships (7)

Members

  1. James Chance original, lead vocals, saxophone
  2. Pat Place original, keyboard
  3. Richard Dworkin
  4. Adele Bertei keyboard
  5. George Scott III
  6. Jody Harris
  7. Don Christensen

Recordings by (129)

  1. Dish It Out 3:17 (Nov 1978)
  2. Flip Your Face 3:13 (Nov 1978)
  3. Jaded 3:49 (Nov 1978)
  4. I Can’t Stand Myself 4:52 (Nov 1978)
  5. Design to Kill 2:49 (Sep 1979)
  6. My Infatuation 2:19 (Sep 1979)
  7. I Don’t Want to Be Happy 3:25 (Sep 1979)
  8. Anesthetic 3:54 (Sep 1979)
  9. Contort Yourself 4:26 (Sep 1979)
  10. Throw Me Away 2:44 (Sep 1979)
  11. Roving Eye 3:12 (Sep 1979)
  12. Twice Removed 3:07 (Sep 1979)
  13. Bedroom Athlete 4:14 (Sep 1979)
  14. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough 6:13 (1980)
  15. I Danced With a Zombie 7:31 (1980)
  16. My Infatuation 3:38 (1980)
  17. I Got You (I Feel Good) 2:32 (1980)
  18. Almost Black 4:21 (1980)
  19. King Heroin 7:55 (1980)
  20. Put Me Back in My Cage 4:47 (1980)
  21. Contort Yourself 4:29 (1980)
  22. I Got You, I Feel Good 3:23 (1981)
  23. That Old Black Magic 4:11 (1981)
  24. Sophisticated Cancer 10:11 (1981)
  25. White Cannibal 10:33 (1981)
  26. Money to Burn 10:10 (1981)
  27. Intro (feat. Anya Phillips) 0:22 (1991)
  28. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough 6:35 (1991)
  29. Exorcise the Funk 6:46 (1991)
  30. Disposable You 6:14 (1991)
  31. The Twitch 5:28 (1991)
  32. The Devil Made Me Do It 8:53 (1991)
  33. Melt Yourself Down 5:33 (1991)
  34. Throw Me Away (live) 3:05 (1994)
  35. Twice Removed (live) 3:12 (1994)
  36. Jailhouse Rock (live) 3:23 (1994)
  37. Super Bad 4:55 (05 Sep 1995)
  38. Sax Maniac 8:04 (05 Sep 1995)
  39. Hell on Earth 6:12 (05 Sep 1995)
  40. Design to Kill 3:28 (26 Jul 1996)
  41. Intro / Designed to Kill 4:02 (1996)
  42. White Heat 5:43 (1996)
  43. (I'm Not A) Bedroom Athlete 4:18 (1996)
  44. The Splurge 4:04 (1996)
  45. Jaded 5:19 (1996)
  46. Whiskey & Gin 5:59 (1996)
  47. Hyp No Tease 7:09 (1996)
  48. Love, Life & Money 6:28 (1996)
  49. Treat Her Right 2:21 (1996)
  50. Why Try to Change Me Now? 4:56 (1996)
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Credited as (8)

  1. The Contortions
  2. Contortions
  3. James Chance and the Contortions
  4. James Chance & the Contortions
  5. James Chance & the Original Contortions
  6. James Chance and les Contortions
  7. James Chance & les Contortions
  8. James Chance and the Contortions / James White and the Blacks

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Experimentaclub 09

Links (6)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james-chance-and-the-contortions

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/339338

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/88727
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/55644

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/154393037

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45359