{"product_id":"i-need-a-freak","title":"I Need A Freak.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA welcome reissue for Sexual Harrassment’s 1983 opus \u003ci\u003eI Need A Freak\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.”\u003ci\u003e I Need a Freak\u003c\/i\u003e was a surprise hit, selling over 100,000 copies.\u003ci\u003e I Need A Freak\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eI Need a Freak\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 I\u003ci\u003ef I Gave You a Party\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eK.I.S.S.I.N.G.\u003c\/i\u003e, which contrast nursery rhyme structures with decidedly R-rated lyrics. \u003ci\u003eExercise Your Ass Off \u003c\/i\u003elampoons the home exercise craze, but with a more-than-suggestive sexual bent. Also included are two bonus cuts \u003ci\u003eWe Want Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThese Are The Things That I Like\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dark Entries","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50447303115083,"sku":"1110194","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d3804e63-c2ed-4d0d-87f1-fc98d05dc77a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727075704","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/i-need-a-freak","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}