Major Malfunction
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]
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | February 1986 | |||
| Studio | Southern Studios, London, England | |||
| Genre | Funk, industrial, electro | |||
| Length | 32:57 | |||
| Label | World | |||
| Producer | Keith LeBlanc | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
Despite the almost universal reference to this album as "Major Malfunction," the cover clearly shows "Major Malfuction" as being the title. This was corrected on the Select Cuts reissue.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Keith LeBlanc.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Get This/Major Malfunction/Heaven on Earth/Object - Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough)" | 15:41 |
| 2. | "I'll Come Up With Something/M.O.V.E./Technology Works Dub/You Drummers Listen Good" | 17:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 3. | "Mad Years" | 9:28 |
The Cleopatra version was erroneously mastered, with Side 2 as track 1 and vice versa.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Charts (1986) | Peak position |
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| UK Indie Chart[4] | 11 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| 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
- Dougan, John. "Major Malfunction". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- Parker, David (2001). "Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Major Malfunction'". skysaw.org. Archived from the original on 2003-05-06. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- "Keith LeBlanc: Biography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2014.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
External links
- Major Malfunction at Discogs (list of releases)
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