Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation
Studio album by
Unrest
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1990 (1990-02-15)
RecordedFun City, NYC
Length44:22
LabelCaroline
ProducerWharton Tiers
Unrest chronology
Malcolm X Park
(1988)		 Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation
(1990)		 Fuck Pussy Galore (& All Her Friends)
(1992)

Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation is the fifth studio album by Washington, D.C. Indie band Unrest, released on February 15, 1990 by Caroline Records.[1][2] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Pitchfork Media6.5/10[5]
Winnipeg Sun[6]

Reviewing a reissue of the album, the Winnipeg Sun wrote that frontman Mark Robinson "shows he was a precursor to both Pavement and [Jon] Spencer, spitting out songs that toggle between the skewed eccentricity of the former and the garage-rawk skronk of the latter... If you're looking for the missing link between Slanted and Enchanted and Orange—and we'll presume those titles ring a bell—Unrest should be on your want list."[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mark Robinson, except "The Foxey Playground" and "Kill Whitey" co-written with David Park and Terry Tolkin; all music is composed by Unrest

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Invoking the Godhead"4:07
2."Shag"3:30
3."Click Click (Fuck Like a Man)"1:37
4."Teenage Suicide"2:54
5."Coming Hot and Proud"3:12
6."The Foxey Playground"3:03
7."Chick Chelsea Delux"4:08
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."She Makes Me Shake Like a Soul Machine"5:00
2."Butch Willis Is a Psychopath"3:37
3."Konfusion"1:52
4."Kill Whitey"7:08
5."Lord Shiva"1:32
6."Black Power Dynamo"2:42
CD issue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Eyeball From the Socket of Davis"11:39

Personnel

Adapted from the Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation liner notes.[7]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1990 Caroline CS, LP CAROL 1399
1999 No.6 CD kar 046

References

  1. ↑ "Unrest - Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation". teenbeatrecords.com. 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sprague, David (2007). "Unrest". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Kot, Greg (11 Oct 1990). "Future classics". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 8.
  4. ↑ McFarlane, Dean. "Unrest: Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ Mirov, Nick (November 2, 1999). "Unrest: Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Sterdan, Darryl (December 17, 1999). "Discs". Entertainment. Winnipeg Sun.
  7. ↑ Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation (sleeve). Unrest. New York City, New York: Caroline Records. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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