{{more citations needed|date=September 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Amor and Language | type = ep | artist = Red Krayola | cover = Red Krayola - Amor and Language.jpg | alt = | released = June 3, 1995 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Experimental rock | length = 28:43 | label = Drag City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dragcity.com/products/amor-and-language|title=The Red Krayola - Amor And Language | Drag City|website=www.dragcity.com}}</ref> | producer = | prev_title = Coconut Hotel | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Hazel | next_year = 1996 }} '''''Amor and Language''''' is an EP by the experimental rock band Red Krayola, released in 1995 by Drag City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-08-04-9508040023-story.html|title=RED KRAYOLA CUTS THE CHEESECAKE ON NEW CD|first=David|last=Rothschild|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref><ref name="trouserpress">{{cite web |first1=Glenn |last1=Kenny |first2=Steven |last2=Grant |first3=Ira |last3=Robbins |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=red_crayola |title=Red Crayola |publisher= |work=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=May 26, 2016}}</ref>
Model Rachel Williams posed for the album's cover.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mapmagazine.co.uk/mayo-thompson-well-red|title=Mayo Thompson: Well Red|date=June 1, 2006|website=MAP Magazine}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r246878|pure_url=yes}}|title=Amor and Language |publisher= |website=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=August 12, 2012}}</ref> }} ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' called the EP an "opportunity to observe a venturesome mind and his talented entourage."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=My0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Amor+and+Language+red+krayola+1995&pg=PT2|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=September 14, 1995|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> AllMusic wrote that "this is about as gentle as '90s experimental rock gets, and not without its pleasing riffs here and there."<ref name=allmusic/>
== Track listing == {{track listing | title1 = Hard on Through the Summer | length1 = 2:29 | title2 = The Ballad of Younis and Sofia | length2 = 4:33 | title3 = Luster | length3 = 2:21 | title4 = Ai | length4 = 2:43 | title5 = T (I, II) | length5 = 5:48 | title6 = A-A-Allegories | length6 = 2:03 | title7 = The Wind | length7 = 3:14 | title8 = Stil de grain brun | length8 = 2:09 | title9 = The Letter | length9 = 3:23 }}
== Personnel == *Consuelo & Meme *Tricia Donnelly *John Elder *David Grubbs *George Hurley *Margo Leavin *Steve Linn *Sharon Lockhart *John McEntire *Albert Oehlen *Jim O'Rourke *Stephen Prina *Franz Schnaas *Alex Slade *Mayo Thompson *Tom Watson *Christopher Williams *Rachel Williams *Steven Wong
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== External links == * {{Discogs master |master=78354 |name=Amor And Language |type=album}}
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Category:1995 debut EPs Category:Drag City (record label) EPs Category:Red Krayola albums