| Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 15, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Fun City, NYC | |||
| Length | 44:22 | |||
| Label | Caroline | |||
| Producer | Wharton Tiers | |||
| Unrest chronology | ||||
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Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation is the fifth studio album by Washington, D.C. indie band Unrest, released on February 15, 1990, by Caroline Records. [1] [2] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.5/10 [5] |
| Winnipeg Sun | [6] |
Reviewing a reissue of the album, the Winnipeg Sun wrote that frontman Mark Robinson "shows he was a precursor to both Pavement and [Jon] Spencer, spitting out songs that toggle between the skewed eccentricity of the former and the garage-rawk skronk of the latter... If you're looking for the missing link between Slanted and Enchanted and Orange —and we'll presume those titles ring a bell—Unrest should be on your want list." [6]
All lyrics are written by Mark Robinson, except "The Foxey Playground" and "Kill Whitey" co-written with David Park and Terry Tolkin; all music is composed by Unrest
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Invoking the Godhead" | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Shag" | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Click Click (Fuck Like a Man)" | 1:37 |
| 4. | "Teenage Suicide" | 2:54 |
| 5. | "Coming Hot and Proud" | 3:12 |
| 6. | "The Foxey Playground" | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Chick Chelsea Delux" | 4:08 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She Makes Me Shake Like a Soul Machine" | 5:00 |
| 2. | "Butch Willis Is a Psychopath" | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Konfusion" | 1:52 |
| 4. | "Kill Whitey" | 7:08 |
| 5. | "Lord Shiva" | 1:32 |
| 6. | "Black Power Dynamo" | 2:42 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Eyeball From the Socket of Davis" | 11:39 |
Adapted from the Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation liner notes. [7]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1990 | Caroline | CS, LP | CAROL 1399 |
| 1999 | No.6 | CD | kar 046 |
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