title: Black Snakes
text: # Black Snakes
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Robert Christgau | B |
  | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
  | Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10 |
  
  Black Snakes is a collaboration between the experimental rock band Red Krayola and the conceptual art group Art & Language. It was released in 1983 by RecRec Music. The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 1997.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, referred to the album as an "avant-garde theater [soundtrack] without the theater to explain what was happening."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden, and Mayo Thompson.
  
  