Three Songs on a Trip to the United States & The Red Crayola, Bismarckstrasse, 50

by The Red Crayola

Three Songs on a Trip to the United States & The Red Crayola, Bismarckstrasse, 50 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: The Red Krayola, Carmen Knoebel

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating as a transatlantic artistic collective, Mayo Thompson's ensemble recorded this material during a highly collaborative period in West Germany. The resulting tracks juxtapose avant-garde noise with dry, spoken-word political commentary, maintaining the group's stubbornly deconstructive approach to rock music.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, minimal, lo-fi, diverse, deconstructed, avant-garde, guitars, leftfield

Tracklist

  1. Monster One
  2. California Girl
  3. Caribbean Postcard
  4. Disciplin
  5. X
  6. Wives In Orbit
  7. Ergastulum
  8. Portrait Of You

Credits

  • Red Krayola - primary artist
  • Allen Ravenstine - featuring [personnel]
  • Jesse Chamberlain - featuring [personnel]
  • Mayo Thompson - featuring [personnel]

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