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 adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 1995.[5]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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
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
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References
- ^ a b c d Rovi. "Kangaroo?". AllMusic. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (July 21, 2006). Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Penguin. ISBN 9780143036722 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (July 21, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Red Krayola: Kangaroo?". Drag City. 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Red Crayola with Art & Language: Kangaroo?". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 322–323.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 808.
