Kangaroo?

Kangaroo? is the second collaboration between the experimental rock band Red Krayola 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]

Kangaroo?
Studio album by The Red Krayola with Art & Language
Released	1981
Recorded	Studio 80, London, England
Genre	Art rock[1] post-punk[1] avant-jazz[1]
Length	39:37
Label	Rough Trade (original release)[2] Drag City (reissue)
Producer	Adam Kidron Epic Soundtracks Lora Logic Mayo Thompson
The Red Krayola with Art & Language chronology
Corrected Slogans (1976) Kangaroo? (1981) Black Snakes (1983)
The Red Krayola chronology
Soldier-Talk (1979) Kangaroo? (1981) Black Snakes (1983)

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

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

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

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

1. Rovi. "Kangaroo?". Allmusic. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
2. Reynolds, Simon (July 21, 2006). "Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984". Penguin – 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 – via Google Books.
5. 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 – 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.

External links

• Kangaroo? at Discogs (list of releases)