Soul Exorcism Redux

Artist	James Chance and the Contortions
Label Name	ROIR
Song List	1: Intro (0:21) 2: Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (6:30) 3: I Danced with a Zombie (8:31) 4: Exorcise the Funk (6:37) 5: Disposable You (6:05) 6: The Twitch (5:22) 7: The Devil Made Me Do It (8:42) 8: Melt Yourself Down (5:22) 9: King Heroin (9:43) 10: Put Me Back in My Cage (5:22) 11: Contort Yourself (4:16) 12: Disposable You #2 [*] (4:11) 13: I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing [*] (3:40) 14: Truth or Consequence [*] (4:28)
Format	CD
Release Date	2007 05 22
Genre	Rock
Style.Categories	No Wave, Free Funk

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Recorded in June of 1980, Soul Exorcism proves that jazz, funk, experimental, and new wave make quite an intoxicating mix when perfected. James Chance sums up the proceedings perfectly in the liner notes, where he states that the music perfectly reveals the essence and soul of New York City (even though it was recorded in Rotterdam). Backed up by a stellar backing band, which Chance himself calls one of the most volatile units he's worked with, the Contortions simply shine. Like most other Contortions recordings, cacophony rears its head from time to time, but that's what the band uses to paint different moods and textures: it's not used haphazardly. The whole album is inspired from beginning to end, and features such great tracks as "I Danced with a Zombie," "Exorcise the Funk," and a pair of interesting covers -- Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and James Brown's "King Heroin." [In 2007 the Roir label reissued the album as Soul Exorcism Redux. Three tracks from a 1987 demo session were added to the end of the track list along with new art work.] ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide