Major Malfunction

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Major Malfunction is the debut album of drummer Keith LeBlanc, released in 1986 by World Records.^[2] Despite being issued under LeBlanc's name, it is considered by the members of Tackhead to be their first album.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed 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

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 (Break Down'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.	"M.O.V.E." (part 2)	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 Al Jourgensen – keyboards 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

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. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
3. "Keith LeBlanc: Biography". tackhead.com. 2004. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

External links

• Major Malfunction at Discogs (list of releases)