I Need A Freak, by Sexual Harrassment

I Need A Freak

by Sexual Harrassment

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Robotboot we all need a freak! Favorite track: I Need A Freak.

SetCountZero I love this album because it's basically electro-house centered around being sexually charged and just straight nasty with it.

Next time you're being intimate, throw this gem on! Favorite track: Exercise Your Ass Off.

EXALT if you do not know what this record is then you are about to discover a real party right here.

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Double Vinyl edition in a gatefold sleeve with lyrics, photos, and liner notes.

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1.	I Need A Freak 05:49	buy track
2.	If I Gave You A Party 05:38	buy track
3.	You Are My Sexual Connection 04:48	buy track
4.	Exercise Your Ass Off 05:37	buy track
5.	K-I-S-S-I-N-G 06:14	buy track
6.	We Didn't Say It 06:15	buy track
7.	We Want Prince 06:08	buy track
8.	These Are The Things That I Like 06:23	buy track

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Dark Entries is pleased to announce a deluxe reissue of Sexual Harrassment’s 1983 opus 'I Need A Freak'. Lynn Tolliver, DJ/Program Director at Cleveland’s WZAK, adopted the pseudonym David Payton in order to keep his musical endeavors separate from his public persona. Sexual Harrassment (misspelled deliberately) was formed as a concept band, with members selected based on appearance and choreographic skill rather than musical ability. Tolliver’s explicit lyrics focused on the central themes of desire and sexual relations. Working at a studio in Akron, he recorded an album of quirky-yet-lurid electro funk, which was released on Heat Records. Tolliver remarks, “I learned as a youngster, sex sells! The things that are rated the worst – violence, horror and sex – are the things people want to see or hear about.” 'I Need a Freak' was a surprise hit, selling over 100,000 copies.
'I Need A Freak' is presented here for the first time on double LP, pressed at 45 rpm for maximum DJ-friendliness. While the album’s naughtier moments seem quaint by contemporary standards, the fusion of lo-fi funk and disaffected vocals still stuns today. On the eternal electro-raunch anthem “I Need a Freak”, minimalism serves to highlight the lasciviousness of the deadpan lyrics, which were inspired by Lourdes Figueroa, Tolliver’s girlfriend at the time. Tolliver’s whimsy shines on tracks like “If I Gave You a Party” and “K.I.S.S.I.N.G.”, which contrast nursery rhyme structures with decidedly R-rated lyrics. “Exercise Your Ass Off” lampoons the home exercise craze, but with a more-than-suggestive sexual bent. Also included are two bonus cuts, “We Want Prince” and “These Are The Things That I Like”, previously released as singles in 1984 and 1986, respectively. “We Want Prince” is both a homage to the Purple one and a gentle satire of obsessive fandom.
'I Need A Freak' has been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. Tolliver’s sly provacateurship is best captured by the quote: “It’s funny – without sex, mankind is dead, yet we hide the very thing we need.”

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released January 15, 2021

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Sexual Harrassment Cleveland, Ohio

Mr Tolliver is a child of the Midwest, living in Detroit Michigan,
Chicago Illinois, Columbus Ohio, but the bulk of his time in Cleveland
Ohio, where he was born.
At an early age, after discovering he could garner more attention
as a professional broadcaster, he put down his guitar and went on to
become one of the better announcers and program directors in his
radio career, winning awards. ... more

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