Kangaroo?

Kangaroo?
Kangaroo?
Studio album by The Red Crayola with Art & Language
Released	1981
Recorded	Studio 80, London, England
Genre	Art rock; post-punk; avant-jazz;
Length	39:37
Label	Rough Trade (original release); Drag City (reissue)
Producer	Adam Kidron; Epic Soundtracks; Lora Logic; Mayo Thompson;
The Red Crayola with Art & Language chronology
The Red Crayola chronology
Singles from Kangaroo?
	"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.^[6]^[7] The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 1995.^[8]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A−^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10^[5]

Critical reception edit

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."^[5]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Art & Language and Mayo Thompson

Side one
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

Side two
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

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 edit

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 808.

External links edit

Kangaroo? at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-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.

[Christgau_Review-3] Christgau, Robert. "Red Crayola with Art & Language: Kangaroo?". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved August 11, 2012.

[4] Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

[SP-5] Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 322–323.

[trouserpress-6] Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

[7] Thompson, Dave (July 21, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.

[8] "The Red Krayola: Kangaroo?". Drag City. 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.

[9] The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 808.

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