No New York

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No New York
Compilation album by Various artists
Released 1978
Recorded Big Apple Studio, NYC
Spring 1978
Genre No Wave
Label Antilles
Producer Brian Eno
Professional reviews

No New York is a compilation album released in 1978 by Antilles Records under the curation of producer Brian Eno. Although it only contained songs by four different artists, it is considered by many to be the definitive single album documenting New York City's late-1970s No Wave movement. The album became well-known in underground rock circles; an unrelated album was released in 1981 entitled Yes L.A., featuring the band X. In 2003, Criminal IQ Records, along with Brian Costello's Protomersh Records released a CD that paid tribute to the two albums' ethos of scene documentarianism by releasing a compilation titled Maybe Chicago?

Contents

[edit] Background

In New York, New York, a four day New York underground rock festival was hosted at Artists Space.[4] The final two days of the show consisted of Friday with D.N.A. and James Chance and the Contortions, credited as "Contortions", followed by Mars and Teenage Jesus & the Jerks on Saturday.[4] In the audience for the shows was English musician/producer Brian Eno who originally came to New York to master the Talking Heads second album More Songs About Buildings and Food.[4] Brian Eno was impressed by the bands, and was convinced that the movement should be documented and proposed the idea of a No Wave compilation with himself as a producer.[5]

[edit] Production

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The recording sessions for No New York were done without much of Eno's stylized producing he's done for previous artists albums.[5] James Chance stated that the Contortions tracks were "done totally live in the studio, no separation between the instruments, no overdubs, just like a document."[5]

[edit] Release and reception

No New York was released in 1978 on Antilles Records and failed to chart in the Billboard Charts.[1] The album was printed originally with the lyrics printed on the inside of the record sleeve which forced the owner to have to tear apart the sleeve to read them.[2][3] Critic Richard C. Walls writing for Creem initial review described it "ferociously avant-garde and aggressively ugly music since Albert Ayler puked all over my brain back in - what? - 64." and stated "If you're intrepid enough to want to hear this stuff (a friend, 3/4 into the first side, complained that the music was painful - she wasn't referring to any abstract reaction, she was grimacing), be advised that Antilles is a division of Island Records, which ain't exactly Transamerica Corp. You'll probably have to make a little effort to procure it, because there's no way it's going to come to you."[2]

The album was re-issued in 2005 by Lilith Records on vinyl and digipak form on compact disc.[6] Reviews of the album were positive. Todd Kristel of the online music database Allmusic gave the album four and half stars out of five and stated that "this seminal album remains the definitive document of New York's no wave movement." but also mirrored Creem's statement with "Some listeners may be fascinated by the music on No New York while others may find it unbearable".[1] In December of 2007, Blender place the album at number 65 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever".[7]

[edit] Track listing

Side one
# Title Writer(s) Artist Length
1. "Dish It Out"   James Chance Contortions 3:17
2. "Flip Your Face"   Chance Contortions 3:13
3. "Jaded"   Chance Contortions 3:49
4. "I Can't Stand Myself"   James Brown, arr. Contortions Contortions 4:52
5. "Burning Rubber"   Lydia Lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 1:45
6. "The Closet"   Lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 3:53
7. "Red Alert"   Lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 0:34
8. "I Woke Up Dreaming"   Lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 3:10
Side two
# Title Writer(s) Artist Length
9. "Helen Fordsdale"   Nancy Arlen, China Burg, Mark Cunningham, Sumner Crane Mars 2:30
10. "Hairwaves"   Arlen, Burg, Cunningham, Crane Mars 3:43
11. "Tunnel"   Arlen, Burg, Cunningham, Crane Mars 2:41
12. "Puerto Rican Ghost"   Arlen, Burg, Cunningham, Crane Mars 1:08
13. "Egomaniac's Kiss"   Robin Crutchfield, Arto Lindsay D.N.A. 2:11
14. "Lionel"   Crutchfield, Lindsay D.N.A. 2:07
15. "Not Moving"   Crutchfield, Lindsay D.N.A. 2:40
16. "Size"   Crutchfield, Lindsay D.N.A. 2:13

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Contortions

[edit] Teenage Jesus & the Jerks

[edit] Mars

  • Sumner Crane — guitar, vocals
  • China Burg — guitar, vocals
  • Mark Cunningham — bass, vocals
  • Nancy Arlen — drums

[edit] D.N.A.

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Brian Eno — producer, cover design, cover photo
  • Kurt Munkasci — engineer
  • Vishek Woszcyk — engineer
  • Roddy Hui — assistant engineer
  • Steven Keister — cover design

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1978 Antilles Records LP AN-7067
2005 Lillith Records Digipak CD LR102

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Kristel, Todd. "allmusic ((( No New York > Overview )))". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5at67ul080j0. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
  2. ^ a b c Walls, Richard C. (April, 1979). "No New York - Various Artists". Creem. http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/interviews/creem79b.html. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
  3. ^ a b Stosuy, Brandon (November 16, 2005). "No New York : Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16804-various-artists-no-new-york. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
  4. ^ a b c Reynolds, 2006. p.146
  5. ^ a b c Reynolds, 2006. p.147
  6. ^ "Lilith-Records". Lilith Records. http://www.lilith-records.com/index.php?page=catalog&action=show&id=11. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
  7. ^ "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever — #70 to #61". Blender. http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2977. Retrieved 2008-09-21. 

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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