''The Red and the Black'' is the debut album by American musician

Jerry Harrison Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...

, who rose to prominence as a member of

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and

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. It was released in 1981 by

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. The track "Slink" was performed live by Talking Heads in 1982.

Track listing

All songs written by Jerry Harrison, except where noted. Additional lyrics by Nona Hendryx.

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, clavinet, organ, piano, melodica, percussion Additional musicians *

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– drums (tracks 1, 4–9) *John Cooksey – drums (track 2) *Steve Scales – percussion, drums (track 3) * George Murray – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4, 8–9) *Tinker Barfield – bass guitar (tracks 2, 4–5, 8) *

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– organ (track 2), clavinet (tracks 4–5), synthesizer (track 4) *

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...

– guitar (track 2), guitar solos (tracks 1–3, 6–7, 9) *

Nona Hendryx Nona Bernis Hendryx (born October 9, 1944) is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, and author. Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady ...

– background vocals *Dolette McDonald – background vocals *Koko Mae Evans – background vocals Technical *Jerry Harrison – producer, mixing, vocal arrangements and production, sleeve design, cover photo *Nona Hendryx – vocal arrangements and production * Dave Jerden – producer, engineer, mixing *Butch Jones – engineer *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *M & Co. – sleeve design *Chris Callis – cover photo

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Red and the Black, The 1981 debut albums Sire Records albums Jerry Harrison albums Albums produced by Jerry Harrison albums produced by Dave Jerden