Fingerpainting | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 8, 1999 | |||
Genre | Experimental rock | |||
Length | 44:46 | |||
Label | Drag City[1] | |||
The Red Krayola chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Alternative Press | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Pitchfork Media | (3.7/10)[5] |
PopMatters | [6] |
The Stranger | [7] |
Fingerpainting is an album by the experimental rock band Red Krayola, released in 1999 by Drag City.[8][9] The album contains songs that were originally worked on by the 1960s line-up of the band.[10]
The Dallas Observer wrote: "It's a challenging piece of work, but a rewarding one: Once you get past their peculiar handling, the songs are among the most accessible the band has released, and after a few plays, even the most difficult sections reveal a wealth of structure and detail."[9] The Stranger wrote that "for the uninitiated, it'll leave you completely befuddled."[7] CMJ New Music Report called the album "a long, strange, headphone trip worth taking."[11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "George III" | 1:50 |
2. | "Bad Medicine" | 3:30 |
3. | "A Hybrid Creature of Greed, Ignorance and Powers of Comprehension Plays a Vaulted Drum Kit. The Playing Corresponds Completely to the Event. There Are Entrances and Exits. And There Is Gravitation, Where It Is Needed - Tears for Example" | 2:22 |
4. | "There There Betty Betty" | 2:29 |
5. | "The Greed of a Clarinet That Is Puffy from Crying Gets Tossed in Butter and Spread by Notes. This Process Depresses the Entire Orchestra So Much That It Only Plays Behind a Golden Partition. The Partition Is Decorated With Semi-Precious Attractive Diamonds" | 4:41 |
6. | "Vile Vile Grass" | 2:31 |
7. | "A Sow With an Abbess's Bonnet Is Sitting on Four Rock-Objects and Singing Along With Them. The Song Sounds Like a Cheater, And Is Imprisoned in a Striped Toy Box Because Its Aims Are Not Recognizable. On Top of the Box Is a Head That Could Be Elvis's, If He Had Survived This" | 5:48 |
8. | "Mother" | 2:16 |
9. | "Out of a Trombone That Is Divided Lengthways by a Partition of Gold Sound Seven Violins of Dynamite That Are Cut Sideways into Thin Slices. They Are Played by the Thrown Out Ex-Members of a Very Bad Band and Blown Up" | 4:17 |
10. | "In My Baby's Ruth, Sandy's Drums With David & Shadwell, Filthy Lucre" | 15:02 |