Interstellar Discussion
title: "Interstellar Discussion" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["jandek-albums", "corwood-industries-albums", "1984-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_Discussion" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Interstellar Discussion |
| type | studio |
| artist | Jandek |
| cover | InterstellarDisc.jpg |
| released | |
| genre | Rock, outsider |
| length | 40:43 |
| label | Corwood Industries |
| producer | Corwood Industries |
| prev_title | The Rocks Crumble |
| prev_year | 1983 |
| next_title | Nine-Thirty |
| next_year | 1985 |
| :: |
| name = Interstellar Discussion | type = studio | artist = Jandek | cover = InterstellarDisc.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock, outsider | length = 40:43 | label = Corwood Industries | producer = Corwood Industries | prev_title = The Rocks Crumble | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Nine-Thirty | next_year = 1985 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = [ link] | rev2 = Op Magazine issue Y | rev2Score = favorable link | rev3 = Vinyl Absolution | rev3Score = favorable link | noprose = yes
Interstellar Discussion is the ninth album by Jandek, and his only release of 1984. It was released as Corwood 0747. It was reissued on CD in 2001.
Track listing
|title1 = Starless |length1 = 2:15 |title2 = Hey |length2 = 2:28 |title3 = Why Did I Change a Word in the Last Song |length3 = 2:50 |title4 = Waltz in Two-Fourths Time |length4 = 2:41 |title5 = Call You the Sun |length5 = 2:53 |title6 = I Ain't Got None |length6 = 2:55 |title7 = The Spirit |length7 = 2:22 |title8 = Rifle in the Closet |length8 = 4:20 |title9 = Sung |length9 = 1:27 |title10 = Ha Ha |length10 = 2:16 |title11 = Customary |length11 = 2:38 |title12 = May 7, 9:15AM |length12 = 2:42 |title13 = Situations |length13 = 2:21 |title14 = Couldn't Be a Reader |length14 = 2:12 |title15 = Kick |length15 = 3:34 |total_length = 40:43
Album cover description
Objects on the cover were also used on previous album covers. The drum set is from The Rocks Crumble, minus the snare. The writing desk is from Your Turn to Fall. The drum throne is a naugahyde chair.
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