Major Malfunction
1986 studio album by Keith LeBlanc
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Major Malfunction is the debut album of American drummer Keith LeBlanc, produced by Fats Comet (one of several aliases of Tackhead), and released in 1986 by World Records.[2] The vinyl release plays continuously from beginning to end on sides A and B, while the World and Cleopatra CD releases index each side as a track. This production was ground breaking in 1986 and copied by many.[3]
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | February 1986 | |||
| Studio | Southern Studios, London, England | |||
| Genre | Funk, industrial, electro | |||
| Length | 32:57 | |||
| Label | World | |||
| Producer | Keith LeBlanc | |||
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Despite the almost universal reference to this album as Major Malfunction, the original cover showed Major Malfuction as the title. This was corrected on the Select Cuts reissue.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Keith LeBlanc.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Get This/Major Malfunction/Heaven on Earth/Object - Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough)" | 17:16 |
| 2. | "I'll Come Up with Something/M.O.V.E./Technology Works Dub/You Drummers Listen Good" | 15:41 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 3. | "Mad Years" | 9:28 |
The Cleopatra version was erroneously mastered, with Side 2 as track 1 and vice versa.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Get This" | 2:43 |
| 2. | "Major Malfunction" | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Heaven on Earth" | 4:31 |
| 4. | "Object-Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough)" | 5:13 |
| 5. | "I'll Come Up With Something" | 3:27 |
| 6. | "M.O.V.E." | 0:48 |
| 7. | "Technology Works Dub" | 5:42 |
| 8. | "You Drummers Listen Good" | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Ending" | 1:00 |
| 10. | "Einstein" (dub version) | 2:43 |
| 11. | "Mechanical Movements" (dub version) | 2:43 |
| 12. | "Old Beat" (Master mix) | 4:47 |
| 13. | "Tick of Time" (instrumental version) | 4:31 |
Personnel
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Charts
| Charts (1986) | Peak position |
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| UK Indie Chart[4] | 11 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 1986 | World | CD, LP | WR 005 |
| United States | 2003 | Cleopatra | CD | CLP 1274-2 |
| Germany | 2003 | Select Cuts | CD | SELECT CUTS 2023 |