Buy

by Contortions

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: Sep 1979
  • Label: ZE
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:57
  • Community rating: 4.56/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Buy is the debut studio album by American no wave band Contortions. It was released in 1979 through ZE Records following the band's inclusion on the 1978 compilation No New York.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, atonal, saxophone, confrontational, noisy, funky, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Design to Kill (02:47)
  2. My Infatuation (02:20)
  3. I Don't Want to Be Happy (03:22)
  4. Anesthetic (03:53)
  5. Contort Yourself (04:23)
  6. Throw Me Away (02:45)
  7. Roving Eye (03:09)
  8. Twice Removed (03:04)
  9. Bedroom Athlete (04:14)

Credits

  • James Chance - vocals, alto saxophone, keyboards, producer, arranged by, composed by, mixed by, writer
  • David Hofstra - bass
  • Don Christensen - drums
  • Jody Harris - guitar
  • Pat Place - slide guitar, guitar
  • George Scott III - bass
  • Adele Bertei - ace tone organ, keyboards
  • Anya Phillips - cover, photography [front cover photo, uncredited]

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