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

|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Malefactor%2C+Ade+red+krayola+1989&pg=RA6-PA1940|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}

|rev3 = Pitchfork Media

|rev3score = 1.5/10{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Sandlin |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/red-krayola/malefactor-ade.shtml |title=Red Crayola: Malefactor, Ade |website=Pitchfork Media |accessdate=August 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011123130024/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/red-krayola/malefactor-ade.shtml |archivedate=November 23, 2001 }}

|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

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

;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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