Foreign Keys
title: "Foreign Keys" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["jandek-albums", "corwood-industries-albums", "1985-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Keys" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Foreign Keys |
| type | studio |
| artist | Jandek |
| cover | Jandek0749.jpg |
| released | 1985 |
| genre | Folk, experimental, outsider |
| length | 43:47 |
| label | Corwood Industries |
| producer | Corwood Industries |
| prev_title | Nine-Thirty |
| prev_year | 1985 |
| next_title | Telegraph Melts |
| next_year | 1986 |
| :: |
| name = Foreign Keys | type = studio | artist = Jandek | cover = Jandek0749.jpg | alt = | released = 1985 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk, experimental, outsider | length = 43:47 | label = Corwood Industries | producer = Corwood Industries | prev_title = Nine-Thirty | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Telegraph Melts | next_year = 1986
Foreign Keys is the second album released in 1985 by musician Jandek, and his eleventh overall. This is the first Jandek album featuring a full band, and is without acoustic numbers. It is also an album split between tracks sung by Jandek and tracks sung by a female counterpart.
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = [ link] | rev2 = Forced Exposure | rev2Score = (very favorable) link | noprose = yes
Track listing
|title1 = Spanish in Me |length1 = 5:42 |title2 = Lost Cause |length2 = 4:27 |title3 = Caper |length3 = 5:44 |title4 = Uncle Steve |length4 = 2:28 |title5 = Don't Be So Mean |length5 = 2:07 |title6 = Coming Quiet |length6 = 1:54 |title7 = Needs No Sun |length7 = 3:12 |title8 = Oh No |length8 = 2:20 |title9 = Some of Your Peace |length9 = 2:41 |title10 = Put it Away |length10 = 4:27 |title11 = Ballad of Robert |length11 = 3:45 |title12 = River to Madrid |length12 = 4:21 |total_length = 43:47
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::