Soldier-Talk

by The Red Crayola

Soldier-Talk cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Radar
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:17
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reviving his legendary experimental moniker, Mayo Thompson collaborated with members of Pere Ubu to forge a disjointed, highly intellectual response to the punk explosion. The album utilizes aggressively angular guitars and fragmented rhythms to construct a chaotic, challenging sonic landscape reflecting deep political anxieties. It serves as a fascinating bridge linking 1960s avant-garde psychedelia with the cynical deconstructionism of late-70s post-punk.

Genres

Descriptors: atonal, noisy, rhythmic, dissonant, guitars, percussive, experimental, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. March No. 12 (1:58)
  2. On The Brink (2:52)
  3. Letter-Bomb (2:00)
  4. Conspirators' Oath (2:41)
  5. March No. 14 (1:19)
  6. Soldier-Talk (7:00)
  7. Discipline (3:23)
  8. X (3:10)
  9. An Opposition Spokesman (5:02)
  10. Uh, Knowledge Dance (2:54)
  11. Wonderland (2:58)

Credits

  • Red Krayola - primary artist
  • Allen Ravenstine - musician
  • Christine Thompson - musician
  • David Thomas - musician
  • Dick Cuthell - musician
  • Jesse Chamberlain - musician, songwriter [songs by]
  • Lora Logic - musician
  • Scott Krauss - musician

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