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Off White 
Studio album by James White and the Blacks Released 1979 Recorded September-December 1978 Genre No Wave, jazz, punk, post-disco Length 42:06 Label ZE Producer James Chance Professional reviews James White and the Blacks chronology Buy
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(1979)Off White
(1979)James White & the Blacks
(1980)Off White is a 1979 No Wave album by James White, also known as James Chance.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by James White unless otherwise noted.
Side one
- "Contort Yourself" – 6:15 (produced by August Darnell)
- "Stained Sheets" (Chance, Lydia Lunch) – 5:51
- "(Tropical) Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) – 3:55
- "Almost Black, pt. 1" (Chance, Kristian Hoffman) – 3:17
Side two
- "White Savages" (Chance, Hoffman) – 4:52
- "Off Black" - 6:29
- "Almost Black, pt. 2" (Chance, Hoffman) – 3:59
- "White Devil" – 4:36
- "Bleached Black" – 2:52
Personnel
- James White – alto saxophone, organ, vocals
- Jody Harris – guitar
- Pat Place – slide guitar
- George Scott III– bass
- Don Christensen – drums
Additional Personnel
- Robert Quine – guitar on 6, 7
- Vivienne Dick– viola on 8
- Paul Colin – tenor saxophone on 4, 7
- Kristian Hoffman – piano 2, 3, vocals on 3
- Adele Bertei – piano on 1, vocals on 4
- Ray Mantilla – congas on 3
- Lydia Lunch – guitar on 8, vocals (as Stella Rico) on 2
- Anya Phillips – vocals on 3, 4
Categories:- James Chance albums
- 1979 albums
- Infinite Zero albums
- 1970s album stubs
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