Black Snakes is a collaboration between the experimental rock band Red Krayola and the conceptual art group Art & Language.

[5][6] It was released in 1983 by RecRec Music.

[7] The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 1997.

[8] Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, referred to the album as an "avant-garde theater [soundtrack] without the theater to explain what was happening.

"[9] All tracks are written by Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden, and Mayo Thompson