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NO NEW YORK is one of the definitive compilation albums not only of the post-punk era, but of rock-&-roll history. It is perhaps the only album to completely define a musical subgenre by itself. While James Chance & the Contortions, Mars, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, and DNA made later recordings (in fact, Lydia Lunch and Arto Lindsay, leaders of the latter two bands, would have long and prolific careers), the 16 songs on the Brian Eno-produced NO NEW YORK encapsulate the No Wave movement. Its defining lack of musical sophistication--or even basic instrumental competence--could not be sustained for long. The Contortions, led by Chance's stuttering, squawking saxophone and hectoring vocals, were like a bizarre parody of 1970s funk, right down to their demented cover of James Brown's "I Can't Stand Myself." Teenage Jesus & the Jerks were arguably the closest to a conventional punk band, with the 35-second blurt "Red Alert" sounding like an early precursor of what would become hardcore. The artsy minimalism of Mars and DNA strips the music down to basic building blocks of rhythm and noise, to very different ends. Together, they sound both of their moment and timeless.
One of the brightest and most famous projects of the entire punk/new wave scene, "No New York" was released in 1978 on Island's sub-label Antilles. Featuring some of the most incredible rule breaking bands of the underground N.Y.C. art and music scene, t
Personnel: Constance "China" Burg, Sumner Crane, Lydia Lunch, Arto Lindsay (vocals, guitar); James Chance (vocals, saxophone); Robin Crutchfield (vocals, organ); Mark Cunningham (vocals); Jody Harris (guitar); Pat Place (slide guitar); Adele Bertei (organ); Ikue Ile, Nancy Arlen, Bradley Field (drums).
Recording information: Big Apple Studio, New York, NY (1978).
No New York Music | List Price | $24.97 (You save $6.12) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Oldies Collections | | Label | Lilith | | Orig Year | 1978 | | All Time Sales Rank |  104640  | | CD Universe Part number | 6977022 | | Catalog number | 102 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 22, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Brian Eno; Brian Eno | | Engineer | Vishek Woszcyk; Kurt Munkacsi | | Recording Time | 43 minutes |
No New York Songs | 1. | Dish It Out - James Chance & The Contortions |
| 2. | Flip Your Face - James Chance & The Contortions |
| 3. | Jaded - James Chance & The Contortions |
| 4. | I Can't Stand Myself - James Chance & The Contortions |
| 5. | Burning Rubber - Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus & the Jerks/Teenage Jesus And the Jerks |
| 6. | Closet, The - Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus & the Jerks/Teenage Jesus And the Jerks |
| 7. | Red Alert - Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus & the Jerks/Teenage Jesus And the Jerks |
| 8. | I Woke up Dreaming - Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus & the Jerks/Teenage Jesus And the Jerks |
| 9. | Helen Fordsdale - Mars |
| 10. | Hairwaves - Mars |
| 11. | Tunnel - Mars |
| 12. | Puerto Rican Ghost - Mars |
| 13. | Egomaniac's Kiss - DNA |
| 14. | Lionel - DNA |
| 15. | Not Moving - DNA |
| 16. | Size - DNA |
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