The Red and the Black

by Jerry Harrison

The Red and the Black cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: Sire
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:36
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut solo venture from the Talking Heads keyboardist and guitarist enlists the formidable talents of the P-Funk rhythm section, along with Adrian Belew. It explores dense, polyrhythmic funk and modern synthesizer textures, heavily reflecting the complex, groove-oriented soundscapes his primary band was championing at the time[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, rhythmic, funky, guitars, synthesizers, percussive

Tracklist

  1. Things Fall Apart (5:02)
  2. Slink (4:22)
  3. The New Adventure (5:06)
  4. Magic Hymie (4:51)
  5. Fast Karma / No Questions (3:59)
  6. Worlds in Collision (5:09)
  7. The Red Nights - Instrumental (4:01)
  8. No More Reruns (4:27)
  9. No Warning, No Alarm (3:35)

Credits

  • Dolette McDonald - backing vocals, background vocals vocal
  • Koko Mae Evans - backing vocals, background vocals vocal
  • George Murray - bass
  • Tinker Barfield - bass
  • Bernie Worrell - clavinet, organ, synthesizer, written-by
  • John Cooksey - drums
  • Steve Scales - drums, percussion
  • Yogi Horton - drums

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