An Old Man's Dream (single)

An Old Man's Dream / The Milkmaid
Single by The Red Crayola with Art & Language
Released	1981
Recorded	1980
Studio
Label	Rough Trade
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An Old Man's Dream is a 1981 single that contains two tracks from Kangaroo?.

Track list

• An Old Man's Dream
• The Milkmaid

Background

Cover art

The cover art was created by Art & Language based on "War" by Jackson Pollock. It's overlapped by a reproduction of the soviet mosaic that inspired "The Milkmaid".

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  "War" by Jackson Pollock, 1947
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  Milkmaid by Aleksandr Deyneka, 1962
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  "Gustave Courbet's 'Burial at Ornans'; Expressing States of Mind that are Vivid and Compelling" by Art & Language, 1981

Reviews

Adventuring into Basketry

1981

Allegedly attracting 'disco action', the first 45 for over a year is a gloriously brutal bass maze. The 'Milkmaid' coupling doubles its justification for singularity, but invest in the wonderful 'Kangaroo?' LP instead.