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Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu is an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite many long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. The group is named after Père Ubu ("father Ubu"), the protagonist of Ubu Roi ("Ubu, the King"), a play by French writer Alfred Jarry.
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The Modern Dance
The Modern Dance is the debut album by Pere Ubu. It was re-released in cd and in DualDisc for the first time in 2005.
All songs written by Pere Ubu, except where noted.
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- 1978
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- 2,201.467 s (36.69112 min )
Dub Housing
Dub Housing is the critically acclaimed second album by Pere Ubu. It was released in 1978. The title is an allusion to rows of identical public housing units, rather than an implication that the content is dub music. The photograph on the cover...
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- 1979
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- 2,141 s (35.68 min )
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New Picnic Time
New Picnic Time is the third full-length album by Pere Ubu. Reportedly the album sessions were stressful and contentious, and after touring, the group disbanded. They would reform a matter of months later with Mayo Thompson replacing founding...
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- Sep 1979
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- 2,195.067 s (36.58445 min )
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The Art of Walking
The Art of Walking is the fourth Pere Ubu full-length. Mayo Thompson of The Red Krayola joined as guitarist for this album, and slanted the proceedings further towards deconstruction and abstraction, and away from the primal rock that former...
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- Jun 1980
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- 2,220 s (37 min )
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The Tenement Year
The Tenement Year is Pere Ubu's first album after reuniting (following their 1982 break-up), and sixth overall. 'Classic lineup' members Tony Maimone and Allen Ravenstine, along with fellow Cleveland scenester Jim Jones and Henry Cow percussionist...
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- Mar 1988
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- 2,698.56 s (44.976 min )
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Cloudland
Cloudland is Pere Ubu's seventh album. As indicated by the presence of Stephen Hague in the producer's chair, this album is among the most straightforwardly pop efforts in the Ubu canon. The album is rife with glossy surfaces and bubbly synth pads,...
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- May 1989
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- 2,960.427 s (49.34045 min )
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Worlds in Collision
Worlds in Collision is Pere Ubu's eighth studio album. The album continues in the glossy pop mold found on their previous studio album, Cloudland. For this album, Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart, Snakefinger, the Residents, the Pixies) takes...
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- Apr 1991
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- 2,594.507 s (43.24178 min )
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Story of My Life
Story of My Life is Pere Ubu's ninth studio album. Eric Drew Feldman left the band prior to recording, reducing Ubu to a quartet. Prior to touring on this album Tony Maimone left as well. According to a conversation between David Thomas and Frank...
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- Apr 6, 1993
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- 2,449.333 s (40.82222 min )
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Ray Gun Suitcase
Ray Gun Suitcase is Pere Ubu's tenth studio album, which finds them returning both to indie labels, and, after a string of slickly produced, pop-oriented albums, the darker, more complex sonic landscape associated with their earlier work.
In 2005,...
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- Aug 21, 1995
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- 3,792.64 s (63.2107 min )
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is Pere Ubu's eleventh studio album. The album marks Tom Herman's return to Pere Ubu's studio work after a twenty-year absence.
In 2005, to celebrate Pere Ubu's 30th Anniversary, a "Director's Cut" was released which featured new...
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- Apr 21, 1998
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- 4,200 s (70 min )
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St. Arkansas
St. Arkansas is the twelfth Pere Ubu album, and is often regarded as one of the darkest in the band's catalog.
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- 2002
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Datapanik in the Year Zero
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390° of Simulated Stereo
390° of Simulated Stereo is a live album featuring recordings from Pere Ubu's first few years of existence. In general, the recordings featured are lo-fi in nature. The album is currently out of print.
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- Mar 1981
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Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is Pere Ubu's third live album, and first to document a single performance. The show in question was performed semi-acoustically, with synth-man Eric Drew Feldman instead handling an upright piano, and Jim Jones playing an amplified ...
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- Aug 24, 1999
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- 3,240.773 s (54.01288 min )
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Beach Boys See Dee Plus
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Folly of Youth See Dee Plus
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Love, Love, Love
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One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams
One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams is Pere Ubu's second live album, covering the years 1978-1981 (dovetailing with their previous live release, 390° of Simulated Stereo, which covered 1976-1978). After remaining out-of-print for many years,...
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- 1989
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Terminal Tower
Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection is a compilation of Pere Ubu's early singles and b-sides. It includes the legendary Hearpen singles (recorded with founder Peter Laughner) that were initially compiled on the Datapanik in Year Zero EP, and...
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- 1985
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- 2,545.427 s (42.42378 min )
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The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things is Pere Ubu's fourth live album. It documents a performance within the band's first few months of existence, from the brief period in which Peter Laughner was a member. Initially produced only as a tour merchandise item, it has...
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- Oct 2000
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We Have the Technology
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Song of the Bailing Man
Song of the Bailing Man is the fifth Pere Ubu album, and their final work before disbanding for the first extended period. Anton Fier (who would later form The Golden Palominos) replaced Scott Krauss on drums for this album; his only appearance with...
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- 1982
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Datapanik in Year Zero
Datapanik In Year Zero is a 1996 box set by Pere Ubu, which catalogues their initial phase of existence up to their 1982 break-up (which later turned out to be merely a hiatus). The title was first used by the band for a 1978 EP which compiled their...
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- 1996
Why I Hate Women
Why I Hate Women is Pere Ubu's thirteenth album. It finds Keith Moliné stepping in for departing longtime guitarist Tom Herman. Explaining the title, David Thomas wrote "Why I Hate Women is based on the Jim Thompson novel he never wrote but would...
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- Sep 19, 2006
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
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Street Waves
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Why I Hate Women
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