TS-037 / James Chance Irresistible Impulse

4xCD

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The most ambitious undertaking in the Tiger Style catalog, the Irresisistible Impulse box set took over 2 years to complete. We asked a very basic question: How is it that someone so influential has remained in relative obscurity for so long, especially given the resurgence of neo-post punk at the time, as championed by bands such as The Rapture and Liars? The box set collected almost all of Chance’s output from the 70s and 80s, including previously unreleased sessions and tracks. The set contained liner notes from Glenn O’Brien, former music editor for Interview Magazine and the director of Downtown 81.

Disc 1

1.
Designed to Kill
2:46

2.
My Infatuation
2:18

3.
I Don’t Want To Be Happy
3:21

4.
Anesthetic
3:52

5.
Contort Yourself
4:23

6.
Throw Me Away
2:43

7.
Roving Eye
3:08

8.
Twice Removed
3:04

9.
Bedroom Athlete
4:15

10.
Throw Me Away (live)
3:02

11.
Twice Removed (live)
3:10

12.
Jailhouse Rock (live)
3:23

13.
That’s When Your Heartaches Begin
3:25

14.
Schleyer’s Tires
2:48

15.
McGraw Army Base / Munchen
2:24

16.
Theme from Grutzi Elvis
1:37

Disc 2

1.
Contort Yourself (1st version)
6:15

2.
Contort Yourself (August Darnell remix)
3:08

3.
Stained Sheets
5:50

4.
(Tropical) Heat Wave
3:52

5.
Almost Black (Part 1)
3:17

6.
White Savages
4:52

7.
Off Black
6:27

8.
Almost Black (Part 2)
3:58

9.
White Devil
4:36

10.
Bleached Black
2:51

11.
Christmas With Satan
10:00

12.
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough (Live)
6:35

13.
Exorcise The Funk (Live)
6:41

14.
Disposable You (Live)
6:06

Disc 3

1.
Irresistable Impulse
6:09

2.
That Old Black Magic
6:49

3.
Disco Jaded
6:21

4.
Money To Burn
6:22

5.
Sax Maniac
7:35

6.
Sax Machine
4:19

7.
The Twitch
6:30

8.
Super Bad
8:28

9.
Melt Yourself Down
6:11

10.
Hell On Earth
8:18

Disc 4

1.
The Devil Made Me Do It
8:14

2.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
7:14

3.
Rantin’ and Ravin’
8:55

4.
The Natives are Restless
7:43

5.
Caravan / It Don’t Mean A Thing / Melt Yourself Down
8:48

6.
I Danced With A Zombie
9:58

7.
White Meat
4:59

8.
Town Without Pity
4:23

9.
Hyp No Tease
5:29

Artwork

Released
Recorded
Length
Producer

February 18, 2003
1978-1988
257:22
Various

4,200
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