Coconut Hotel

Coconut Hotel
Coconut Hotel
Studio album by The Red Krayola
Released	March 25, 1995
Recorded	1967
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	33:22
Label	Drag City
Producer	Red Krayola
The Red Krayola chronology

Coconut Hotel is an album by the American experimental rock band Red Krayola that was recorded in 1967. It was intended to be the band's second album after the release of The Parable of Arable Land, but was rejected by International Artists and shelved indefinitely.^[2]^[3] It was finally issued in 1995 by Drag City.^[4]^[5]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[7]

Richie Unterberger, of AllMusic, wrote: "It's totally uncompromising, and rather wearisome, to be honest. It's like nothing else that nominally 'rock' groups were doing in 1967, but it's not nearly as interesting as their official releases from the late '60s, which had at least a few loose ties to conventional song structures."^[6]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Steve Cunningham and Mayo Thompson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Boards"	6:28
2.	"Water Pour"	4:40
3.	"One-Second Pieces" (No. 1-36)	3:24
4.	"Organ Buildup"	1:05
5.	"Vocal"	6:29
6.	"Free Guitar"	6:27
7.	"One-Minute Imposition"	1:09
8.	"Piano"	2:11
9.	"Guitar"	1:29

Personnel[]

Red Krayola

Rick Barthelme – drums, production
Steve Cunningham – bass guitar, production
Mayo Thompson – guitar, vocals, production

Technical

Walt Andrus – recording
Les Blank – photography

References[]

^ "The Red Crayola - Coconut Hotel | Drag City". www.dragcity.com.
^ Miller, Eric T. (June 2, 2006). "The Red Krayola: Outside The Lines".
^ Reynolds, Simon (August 14, 2006). Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Penguin. ISBN 9780143036722 – via Google Books.
^ Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
^ Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9780876112977 – via Google Books.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Unterberger, Richie. "Coconut Hotel – The Red Crayola,The Red Krayola | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

External links[]

Coconut Hotel at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] "The Red Crayola - Coconut Hotel | Drag City". www.dragcity.com.

[2] Miller, Eric T. (June 2, 2006). "The Red Krayola: Outside The Lines".

[3] Reynolds, Simon (August 14, 2006). Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Penguin. ISBN 9780143036722 – via Google Books.

[trouserpress-4] Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

[5] Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9780876112977 – via Google Books.

[AllMusic-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Unterberger, Richie. "Coconut Hotel – The Red Crayola,The Red Krayola | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

[7] Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

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