Major Malfunction

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.[2] 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.[3]

Major Malfunction
Studio album by Keith LeBlanc
Released	1986
Recorded	February 1986
Studio	Southern Studios, London, England
Genre	Funk, industrial, electro
Length	32:57
Label	World
Producer	Keith LeBlanc
Keith LeBlanc chronology
Major Malfunction (1986) Stranger Than Fiction (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Despite the almost universal reference to this album as "Major Malfunction," the cover clearly shows "Major Malfuction" as being the title. This was corrected on the Select Cuts reissue.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Keith LeBlanc.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get This/Major Malfunction/Heaven on Earth/Object - Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough)"	15:41
2.	"I'll Come Up With Something/M.O.V.E./Technology Works Dub/You Drummers Listen Good"	17:16

Cleopatra Records bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
3.	"Mad Years"	9:28

The Cleopatra version was erroneously mastered, with Side 2 as track 1 and vice versa.

Select Cuts track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get This"	2:43
2.	"Major Malfunction"	4:47
3.	"Heaven on Earth"	4:31
4.	"Object-Subject (Breakdown's Not Enough)"	5:13
5.	"I'll Come Up With Something"	3:27
6.	"M.O.V.E."	0:48
7.	"Technology Works Dub"	5:42
8.	"You Drummers Listen Good"	4:41
9.	"Ending"	1:00
10.	"Einstein" (dub version)	2:43
11.	"Mechanical Movements" (dub version)	2:43
12.	"Old Beat" (Master mix)	4:47
13.	"Tick of Time" (instrumental version)	4:31

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)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[4]	11

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

References

1. Dougan, John. "Major Malfunction". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
2. Parker, David (2001). "Album: Keith LeBlanc - 'Major Malfunction'". skysaw.org. Archived from the original on 2003-05-06. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
3. "Keith LeBlanc: Biography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

• Major Malfunction at Discogs (list of releases)