Black Snakes is a collaboration between the experimental rock band Red Krayola and the conceptual art group Art & Language. It was released in 1983 by RecRec Music. The album was reissued by Drag City in 1997.

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

All tracks are written by Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden, and Mayo Thompson.