Kangaroo? Explained

Kangaroo?
Type:	album
Artist:	The Red Crayola with Art & Language
Cover:	Red Krayola - Kangaroo.jpg
Released:	1981
Recorded:	Studio 80, London, England
Genre:	Art rock post-punk avant-jazz
Length:	39:37
Label:	Rough Trade (original release)^[1] Drag City (reissue)
Prev Title:	Corrected Slogans
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Black Snakes
Next Year:	1983

Kangaroo? is the second collaboration between the experimental rock band the Red Crayola and the conceptual art group Art & Language, released in 1981 by Rough Trade Records.^{[2] [3]} The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 1995.^[4]

Critical reception

The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that the album contained "quirky, ramshackle songs."^[5] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "interesting, but ... sort of brittle and too intellectual for its own good."

Personnel

Musicians

• Ben Annesley – instruments
• Epic Soundtracks – instruments, production
• Gina Birch – instruments
• Lora Logic – instruments, production
• Allen Ravenstine – instruments
• Mayo Thompson – instruments, production

Production

• Adam Kidron – production
• Tim Thompson – engineering, mixing

Notes and References

1. Book: Reynolds, Simon. Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. July 21, 2006. Penguin. 9780143036722. Google Books.
2. Web site: Glenn . Kenny . Steven . Grant . Ira . Robbins . Red Crayola . . 2007 . May 26, 2016.
3. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. July 21, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.
4. Web site: The Red Krayola: Kangaroo? . . 2012 . August 11, 2012.
5. Book: The Rough Guide to Rock . 1999 . Rough Guides Ltd. . 808.