Malefactor, Ade
{{Infobox album
| name = Malefactor, Ade
| type = studio
| artist = The Red Krayola
| cover = Red Krayola - Malefactor, Ade.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Experimental rock
| length = 30:53
| label = Glass{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=Malefactor%2C+Ade+red+krayola+1989&pg=PA585|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=July 19, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}} (original release)
Drag City (reissue)
| producer =
| prev_title = Three Songs on a Trip to the United States
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = The Red Krayola
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Stewart |last=Mason |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r253321|pure_url=yes}}|title=Malefactor Ade |publisher= |website=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=August 12, 2012}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3 = Pitchfork Media
|rev4 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
|rev4score = 8/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=322–323}}
}}
Malefactor, Ade is the fifth album by the experimental rock band Red Krayola, released in 1989 by Glass Records.{{cite web |first1=Glenn |last1=Kenny |first2=Steven |last2=Grant |first3=Ira |last3=Robbins |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=red_crayola |title=Red Crayola |publisher= |work=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=May 26, 2016}} The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 2000.{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.dragcity.com/products/malefactor-ade |title=The Red Krayola: Malefactor, Ade |publisher=Drag City |year=2012 |accessdate=August 12, 2012}}
Critical reception
The Spin Alternative Record Guide praised the "lovely, scrambled warmth" of the album's sound, and called it a "moistly humanistic piece of work."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Extremism
| length1 = 2:20
| title2 = Baby Jesus Frog
| length2 = 2:19
| title3 = Blue Jeans
| length3 = 1:08
| title4 = Steve McQueen's Garden
| length4 = 2:12
| title5 = Colour Theory, No. 4
| length5 = 2:24
| title6 = Franz Von Assisi
| length6 = 3:19
| title7 = Sex Machine
| length7 = 1:23
| title8 = The Coaster
| length8 = 2:39
| title9 = Break a Leg
| length9 = 2:23
| title10 = T.B. - Tissues
| length10 = 2:37
| title11 = Dope
| length11 = 1:11
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = The Alma Fanfare
| length1 = 2:36
| title2 = Colour Theory, No. 3
| length2 = 4:22
}}
Personnel
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;Red Krayola
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;Additional musicians and production
- Werner Büttner
- Rudinger Carl
- Andreas Dorau
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=277154 |name=Malefactor, Ade}}
{{Red Krayola}}
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