| Chance, James & The Contortions / Soul Exorcism Redux |
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| Album: | Soul Exorcism Redux | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Chance, James & The Contortions | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
| Label: | Roir | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-03-16 | Pull Date: | 2008-05-18 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 20 | Apr 6 | Mar 30 | Mar 23 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 03, 2017: | Neural facilitation I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing | 4. | Apr 16, 2008: | nag champa orangeasm Contort Yourself | |
| 2. | Oct 20, 2010: | More-Brownian-Than-Usual Motion Contort Yourself | 5. | Mar 30, 2008: | Noise for your soul I Danced With A Zombie | |
| 3. | Apr 08, 2009: | public noize racket Don't Stop Til You Get Enough | 6. | Mar 28, 2008: | have you smelt my panties Disposable You |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2008-03-10 | ||
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Tortured funk-jazz from a 1980 concert (plus some later recordings tacked on) by sax-wielding, splay-limbed, perpetually agitated punk/James Brown-manque and his accomplished band, featuring at least one Ornette Coleman side-man. While this is undoubtedly a key live recording, the lack of low end on what was initially issued as a cassette-only release lowers the funk quotient. Still ... !!! 1. Intro: "The Dictator of Disco-Sophisto, The King of Ultrasoul" *** 2. Right into an excellent, contemporary, pre-Thriller Michael Jackson cover! The horns smoke throughout but at about the 5:50 mark, Chance launches into a signature skronk-funk solo ** 3. A slow-ish funk workout with silly lyrics but plenty of great soloing ** 4. Wicked slide guitar and trumpet accenting Chance's aggressive vox *** 5. Chance takes an opportunity to abuse an organ before settling into a sort of pleasant toe-tapper with a walking bassline; excellent * 6. Guitar and trumpet trade off riffs as Chance gives the audience a lesson in his inimitable "Twitch" dance *** 7. Uptempo riff-trading gives way to slower playing on verses, which fortunately are few and short ** 8. The guitar and sax are as sharp-edged as the backing vocalists' exhortations to "melt yourself" are rounded-off (melted) *** 9. James Brown cover that perhaps Chance made his own by performing relentlessly and commitedly; slow burn bill of particulars against the slow destruction of users of King H *** 10. Demand for outside assistance in controlling oneself; great workout! *** 11. The Contortions' anthem performed with great gusto and maximum funk; ends with 30 seconds of applause 12. Avoid; play its live sibling, track 5, instead *** 13. Another J.B. cover; an awesome combo of the funk of J.B. and the sick organ and sax of J.C.; both were notoriously independent, celebrated in this song. * 14. Nah; The fake drums and cheesy synth makes this yuk musically, tho’ JC still belts on vox and sax seven years after the live tracks here were recorded; redeeming quality – the wordy, still-snotty rap in the middle | ||
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