Name: The Red Krayola
Brand: Drag City
SKU: 192046
Price: 14.41 USD
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The Red Krayola

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Album: The Red Krayola
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Jimmy Silk/Supper Be Ready Medley	More Info...	0:02
2)	Pride	More Info...	0:01
3)	Book of Kings	More Info...	0:02
4)	Pessimisty	More Info...	0:03
5)	Words, Worms, Thirst	More Info...	0:01
6)	People Get Ready (The Train's Not Coming)	More Info...	0:03
7)	If 'S' Is	More Info...	0:02
8)	Miss X	More Info...	0:02
9)	Rapspierre	More Info...	0:02
10)	Stand-up	More Info...	0:02
11)	Art-dog	More Info...	0:01
12)	I Knew It	More Info...	0:02
13)	101st	More Info...	0:02
14)	(Why) I'm So Blase	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Big Macumba	More Info...	0:02
16)	Voodoo Child	More Info...	0:01
17)	Suddenly	More Info...	0:02

Album: The Red Krayola
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Jimmy Silk/Supper Be Ready Medley	More Info...	0:02
2)	Pride	More Info...	0:01
3)	Book of Kings	More Info...	0:02
4)	Pessimisty	More Info...	0:03
5)	Words, Worms, Thirst	More Info...	0:01
6)	People Get Ready (The Train's Not Coming)	More Info...	0:03
7)	If 'S' Is	More Info...	0:02
8)	Miss X	More Info...	0:02
9)	Rapspierre	More Info...	0:02
10)	Stand-up	More Info...	0:02
11)	Art-dog	More Info...	0:01
12)	I Knew It	More Info...	0:02
13)	101st	More Info...	0:02
14)	(Why) I'm So Blase	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Big Macumba	More Info...	0:02
16)	Voodoo Child	More Info...	0:01
17)	Suddenly	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

The Red Krayola: Mayo Thompson, David Grubbs, Tom Watson (guitar); Jim O'Rourke, John McEntire (drums); A. Oehlen, Stephen Prina.
Engineers: Steve Albini, Brian Paulson, Bob Weston.
Includes liner notes by Rian Murphy.
Now working with such younger musicians as John McEntire (Tortoise), Jim O'Rourke, and David Grubbs, Mayo Thompson comfortably steers the Red Krayola into the mishmash of '90s post-punkdom here. For Thompson, it's not so much a return to the scene (he had always kept recording, after all) as a continuation of his themes of musical eclecticism. It's heavy on the angular guitar lines and unusual lyrical construction/deconstruction, with occasional electronic flutters. It's not as highly recommended as his two subsequent Drag City releaes (Amor and Language and Hazel), which state the same thematic concerns with a tad more melodicism and warmth. ~ Richie Unterberger