Black Snakes

Black Snakes
Studio album by
Red Krayola with Art & Language
Released1983
RecordedSunrise, Switzerland
GenreExperimental rock
Length47:22
LabelsRecRec (original release)
Drag City (reissue)
Red Krayola with Art & Language chronology
Kangaroo?
(1981)		 Black Snakes
(1983)		 Sighs Trapped by Liars
(2007)
The Red Krayola chronology
Kangaroo?
(1981)		 Black Snakes
(1983)		 Three Songs on a Trip to the United States
(1983)

Black Snakes is a collaboration between the experimental rock band Red Krayola and the conceptual art group Art & Language. It was released in 1983 by RecRec Music. The album was reissued by Drag City in 1997.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Robert ChristgauB
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10

Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, referred to the album as an "avant-garde theater [soundtrack] without the theater to explain what was happening."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden, and Mayo Thompson.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Black Snakes"4:41
2."Ratman, The Weightwatcher"2:52
3."The Sloths"6:42
4."The Jam"4:29
5."Hedges"3:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Portrait of V. I. Lenin in the Style of Jackson Pollock, Part I"3:05
2."Future Pilots"4:17
3."A Portrait of You"4:49
4."Words of Love"4:49
5."Café Twenty-One"3:53
6."Gynaecology in Ancient Greece"3:55

Personnel

Musicians
Production

References

  1. ↑ "The Red Crayola with Art & Language Black Snakes". Drag City.
  2. ↑ "Thompson's twins". Dallas Observer. June 17, 1999.
  3. ↑ Miller, Eric T. (June 2, 2006). "The Red Krayola: Outside The Lines".
  4. ↑ Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Red Krayola: Black Snakes". Drag City. 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Red Crayola with Art & Language: Black Snakes". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 806.
  8. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 322.
  9. ↑ Thompson, Dave (August 9, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.