Major Malfunction is the debut album of American drummer Keith LeBlanc, produced by Fats Comet (one of several aliases of Tackhead), and released in 1986 by World Records. The vinyl release plays continuously from beginning to end on sides A and B, while the World and Cleopatra CD releases index each side as a track. This production was ground breaking in 1986 and copied by many.
Despite the almost universal reference to this album as Major Malfunction, the original cover showed Major Malfuction as the title. This was corrected on the Select Cuts reissue.
Track listing
The Cleopatra version was erroneously mastered, with Side 2 as track 1 and vice versa.
Personnel
Musicians Keith LeBlanc – drums, percussion, keyboards, editing, engineering Skip McDonald – guitar, keyboards, engineering Nick Plytas – keyboards Adrian Sherwood – sampler, programming, engineering, mixing Doug Wimbish – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar Dog – keyboards ("Move")
Technical personnel Fats Comet – producer Kevin Metcalfe – mastering Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah – percussion ("Move")
Charts Charts (1986)Peakposition UK Indie Chart11
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United Kingdom 1986 World CD, LP WR 005 United States 2003 Cleopatra CD CLP 1274-2 Germany 2003 Select Cuts CD SELECT CUTS 2023
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