The Red and the Black

'The Red And the Black' (1981) was Jerry Harrison's first solo-album.

The album sounded a great deal like Remain In Light by Talking Heads. It was thick funk music, with Harrison's very white, ironic vocals espousing pep-talk values. Unfortunately, the Heads album preceded it into the marketplace, and the public associated the sound with David Byrne.

Harrison was criticized for immitating Talking Heads' sound, a sound that his partisans -including Nona Hendrix, Bernie Worrell and Busta Jones- maintain he was enormously influential in creating.

Tracks:

1. Things Fall Apart
2. Slink
3. The New Adventure
4. Magic Hymne
5. Fast karma/No Questions
6. Worlds In Collizions
7. The Red Nights
8. No More Reruns
9. No Warning, No Alarm