Major Malfunction is the debut album of American drummer Keith LeBlanc, produced by Fats Comet (one of several aliases of Tackhead), and released in 1986 by World Records.[2] The vinyl release plays continuously from beginning to end on sides A and B, while the World and Cleopatra CD releases index each side as a track. This production was ground breaking in 1986 and copied by many.[3]

Major Malfunction
Studio album by
Released1986 (1986)
RecordedFebruary 1986
StudioSouthern Studios, London, England
GenreFunk, industrial, electro
Length32:57
LabelWorld
ProducerKeith LeBlanc
Keith LeBlanc chronology
Major Malfunction
(1986)
Stranger Than Fiction
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Despite the almost universal reference to this album as Major Malfunction, the original cover showed Major Malfuction as the title. This was corrected on the Select Cuts reissue.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Keith LeBlanc

No.TitleLength
1."Get This/Major Malfunction/Heaven on Earth/Object - Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough)"17:16
2."I'll Come Up with Something/M.O.V.E./Technology Works Dub/You Drummers Listen Good"15:41
Cleopatra Records bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
3."Mad Years"9:28

The Cleopatra version was erroneously mastered, with Side 2 as track 1 and vice versa.

Select Cuts track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Get This"2:43
2."Major Malfunction"4:47
3."Heaven on Earth"4:31
4."Object-Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough)"5:13
5."I'll Come Up With Something"3:27
6."M.O.V.E."0:48
7."Technology Works Dub"5:42
8."You Drummers Listen Good"4:41
9."Ending"1:00
10."Einstein" (dub version)2:43
11."Mechanical Movements" (dub version)2:43
12."Old Beat" (Master mix)4:47
13."Tick of Time" (instrumental version)4:31

Personnel

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Charts

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Charts (1986) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[4] 11

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1986 World CD, LP WR 005
United States 2003 Cleopatra CD CLP 1274-2
Germany 2003 Select Cuts CD SELECT CUTS 2023

References

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  1. ^ Dougan, John. "Major Malfunction". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  2. ^ Parker, David (2001). "Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Major Malfunction'". skysaw.org. Archived from the original on 2003-05-06. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  3. ^ "Keith LeBlanc: Biography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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