Malefactor, Ade

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Malefactor, Ade
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Studio album by
The Red Krayola
Released1989
Genre Experimental rock
Length30:53
Label Glass [1] (original release)
Drag City (reissue)
The Red Krayola chronology
Three Songs on a Trip to the United States
(1983)		Malefactor, Ade
(1989)		 The Red Krayola
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media 1.5/10 [4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [5]

Malefactor, Ade is the fifth album by the experimental rock band Red Krayola, released in 1989 by Glass Records. [6] The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 2000. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

The Spin Alternative Record Guide praised the "lovely, scrambled warmth" of the album's sound, and called it a "moistly humanistic piece of work." [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Extremism"2:20
2."Baby Jesus Frog"2:19
3."Blue Jeans"1:08
4."Steve McQueen's Garden"2:12
5."Colour Theory, No. 4"2:24
6."Franz Von Assisi"3:19
7."Sex Machine"1:23
8."The Coaster"2:39
9."Break a Leg"2:23
10."T.B. - Tissues"2:37
11."Dope"1:11
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."The Alma Fanfare"2:36
2."Colour Theory, No. 3"4:22

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Dave (July 19, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Malefactor Ade". Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Sandlin, Michael. "Red Crayola: Malefactor, Ade". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on November 23, 2001. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  5. 1 2 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. ↑ "The Red Krayola: Malefactor, Ade". Drag City. 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
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