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1981 studio album by the Red Crayola with Art & Language
Kangaroo?
Studio album by the Red Crayola with Art & Language
Released1981
RecordedStudio 80, London, England
Genre
Length39:37
LabelRough Trade (original release)
Drag City (reissue)
Producer
The Red Crayola with Art & Language chronology
Corrected Slogans
(1976) 		Kangaroo?
(1981) 		Black Snakes
(1983)
The Red Crayola chronology
Soldier-Talk
(1979) 		Kangaroo?
(1981) 		Black Snakes
(1983)
Singles from Kangaroo?
  1. "An Old Man's Dream / The Milkmaid"
    Released: 1981

Kangaroo? is the second collaboration between the experimental rock band the Red Crayola and the conceptual art group Art & Language, released in 1981 by Rough Trade Records. The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 1995.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Robert ChristgauA−
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10

The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that the album contained "quirky, ramshackle songs." The Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "interesting, but ... sort of brittle and too intellectual for its own good."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Art & Language and Mayo Thompson

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Kangaroo?"1:35
2."Portrait of V. I. Lenin in the Style of Jackson Pollock, Part I"2:55
3."Portrait of V. I. Lenin in the Style of Jackson Pollock, Part II"4:47
4."Marches No's 23, 24, 25"2:28
5."Born to Win (Transactional Analysis With Gestalt Experiments)"1:21
6."Keep All Your Friends"2:11
7."The Milkmaid"1:57
8."The Principles of Party Organisation"2:38
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Prisoner's Model"1:56
2."The Mistake of Trotsky"3:14
3."1917"1:15
4."The Tractor Driver"2:36
5."Plekhanov"3:13
6."An Old Man's Dream"2:27
7."If She Loves You"4:29

Personnel

Musicians
Production

References

  1. ^ Rovi. "Kangaroo?". AllMusic. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  2. Reynolds, Simon (July 21, 2006). Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Penguin. ISBN 9780143036722 – via Google Books.
  3. Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  4. Thompson, Dave (July 21, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  5. "The Red Krayola: Kangaroo?". Drag City. 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  6. Christgau, Robert. "Red Crayola with Art & Language: Kangaroo?". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  7. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 322–323.
  9. The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 808.

External links

Red Krayola
Studio albums
with Art & Language
EP's
Live albums
Remix albums
Compilations
Soundtracks
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