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]
Critical reception
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]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
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"
