Black Snakes

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Black Snakes
Studio album by The Red Krayola with Art & Language
Released 1983
Recorded Sunrise Studio, Switzerland
Genre Experimental rock
Length 47:22
Label RecRec (original release)
Drag City (reissue)
The 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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Robert Christgau B[1]
Piero Scaruffi [2]

Black Snakes is the third collaboration between experimental rock band Red Krayola and conceptual art group Art & Language, released in 1983 through RecRec Music. The album was adopted by Drag City a re-issued on CD in 1997.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden, and Mayo Thompson. 
Side one
No. Title Length
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. Title Length
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

External links

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Red Crayola with Art & Language: Black Snakes". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved August 11, 201. 
  2. ↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "Red Crayola". scaruffi.com (Italian). 1999. Retrieved on August 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Red Krayola: Black Snakes". Drag City. 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
Red Krayola
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  • The Parable of Arable Land/God Bless the Red Krayola & All Who Sail with It
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