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Soldier-Talk


Studio album by The Red Crayola
Released	March 1979
Recorded
Studio
Label	Radar
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Track list

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"March No. 12"	2:01
2.	"On the Brink"	2:55
3.	"Letter-Bomb"	2:03
4.	"Conspirators' Oath"	2:41
5.	"March No. 14"	1:22
6.	"Soldier-Talk"	7:06

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Discipline"	3:25
2.	"X"	3:13
3.	"An Opposition Spokesman"	5:02
4.	"Uh, Knowledge Dance"	2:57
5.	"Wonderland"	3:00

Background

1978 - Radar reissues
October 1978 - Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State
October 1978 - Hurricane Fighter Plane flexidisc
October1978 - Wives in Orbit (single)
March 1979 - Soldier-Talk released
Soldier-Talk tour

Personnel

The Red Crayola

Mayo Thompson - vocals, guitar
Jesse Chamberlain - drums

Additional musicians

Lora Logic - saxophone
Christine Kozlov - additional vocals
Dick Cuthell - trumpet

Pere Ubu

Tony Maimone - bass
Allen Ravenstine - synthesizer
David Thomas - additional vocals
Tom Herman - guitar
Scott Krauss - drums

Retrospectives

Mayo Thompson, 2015^[1]

[...] Jesse Chamberlain, who drummed and sang some on Corrected Slogans, joined me when Radar gave us a deal. I reformed the band because Christine [Kozlov] and I fell out with Art & Language. I had to get something going, so got back in the music business. Radar was rereleasing the International Artists’ stuff, so it was a natural for all concerned. It made sense to restart the group rather than pursue a solo music career.
[...] Punk qua form wasn’t about making interesting music, rather about music as self-realization. Even poor punk was interesting, though, particularly if it sold. That’s what made the Crayola viable. Sales made it interesting in a broader sense. [...]

Reviews

Melody Maker

April 28, 1979^[2]

Jon Savage

Slash

August 1979^[3]

Scaruffi

Piero Scaruffi^[4]

Pitchfork

April 2, 2007^[5]

Douglas Wolk

Dusted

April 10, 2007^[6]

Jon Dale

AllMusic

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Thom Jurek

Coffee-Table Notes

March 16, 2019^[8]

Neil Cooper

References

[1] ttps://bombmagazine.org/articles/mayo-thompson/

[2] ttps://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/red-crayola-isoldier-talki-radar

[3] ttps://archive.org/details/slash_circulation_zero/page/n668/mode/1up

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20020102084435/https://www.scaruffi.com/vol2/redcrayo.html

[5] ttps://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9938-soldier-talk/

[6] ttp://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3503

[7] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/soldier-talk-mw0000577583

[8] ttps://coffeetablenotes.blogspot.com/2019/03/missing-in-action-40-years-of-soldier.html

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 == Retrospectives ==
-Mayo Thompson, 2015<blockquote>[...] [[Jesse Chamberlain]], who drummed and sang some on ''[[Corrected Slogans]]'', joined me when [[Radar]] gave us a deal. I reformed the band because [[Christine Kozlov|Christine]] [Kozlov] and I fell out with [[Art & Language]]. I had to get something going, so got back in the music business. Radar was rereleasing the International Artists’ stuff, so it was a natural for all concerned. It made sense to restart the group rather than pursue a solo music career.
+[[Mayo Thompson]], 2015<ref>https://bombmagazine.org/articles/mayo-thompson/</ref>
+<blockquote>
+[...] [[Jesse Chamberlain]], who drummed and sang some on ''[[Corrected Slogans]]'', joined me when [[Radar]] gave us a deal. I reformed the band because [[Christine Kozlov|Christine]] [Kozlov] and I fell out with [[Art & Language]]. I had to get something going, so got back in the music business. Radar was rereleasing the International Artists’ stuff, so it was a natural for all concerned. It made sense to restart the group rather than pursue a solo music career.
 [...] Punk qua form wasn’t about making interesting music, rather about music as self-realization. Even poor punk was interesting, though, particularly if it sold. That’s what made the Crayola viable. Sales made it interesting in a broader sense. [...]</blockquote>