Kangaroo?
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| Kangaroo? | ||||
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| File:Red Krayola - Kangaroo.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Studio 80, London, England | |||
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| Length | 39:37 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade (original release)[2] Drag City (reissue) | |||
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| The Red Crayola with Art & Language chronology | ||||
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| The Red Crayola chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Kangaroo? | ||||
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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.[3][4] The album was reissued on CD by Drag City in 1995.[5]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[8] |
The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that the album contained "quirky, ramshackle songs."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "interesting, but ... sort of brittle and too intellectual for its own good."[8]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All tracks are written by Art & Language and Mayo Thompson.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit | edit source]- Musicians
- Ben Annesley – instruments
- Epic Soundtracks – instruments, production
- Gina Birch – instruments
- Lora Logic – instruments, production
- Allen Ravenstine – instruments
- Mayo Thompson – instruments, production
- Production
- Adam Kidron – production
- Tim Thompson – engineering, mixing
References
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External links
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