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Kangaroo?
Studio album by
The Red Crayola with Art & Language
Released1981
RecordedStudio 80, London, England
Genre
Length39:37
LabelRough Trade (original release)[2]
Drag City (reissue)
Producer
The Red Crayola with Art & Language chronology
Corrected Slogans
(1976) 		Kangaroo?
(1981) 		Black Snakes
(1983)
The Red Crayola chronology
Soldier-Talk
(1979) 		Kangaroo?
(1981) 		Black Snakes
(1983)
Singles from Kangaroo?
  1. "An Old Man's Dream / The Milkmaid"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[5]

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]

Critical reception

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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

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All tracks are written by Art & Language and Mayo Thompson

Side one
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  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.
  5. ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 322–323.
  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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