PERE UBU

Albums recorded by Pere Ubu, with release dates and UK CD availability.

 

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The Modern Dance

04/78

New

2

Dub Housing

11/78

New

3

New Picnic Time

09/79

New

4

The Art Of Walking

06/80

New

5

390 Degrees Of Simulated Stereo - Ubu Live: Volume 1

03/81

New or Used

6

Song Of The Bailing Man

06/82

New

7

Terminal Tower [compilation]

--/85

New

8

The Tenement Year

03/88

New

9

Cloudland

05/89

New

10

One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams [live]

--/89

New

11

Worlds In Collision

04/91

New

12

Story Of My Life

01/93

New

13

Ray Gun Suitcase

08/95

New

14

Pennsylvania

03/98

New

15

Apocalypse Now [live]

08/99

New

16

The Shape Of Things [live]

10/00

New

17

St Arkansas

05/02

New

18

Why I Hate Women

09/06

New


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1) THE MODERN DANCE

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Non-Alignment Pact
The Modern Dance
Laughing
Street Waves
Chinese Radiation
Life Stinks
Real World
Over My Head
Sentimental Journey
Humor Me


Tom Herman
Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
David Thomas

Producer:

Guitar
Drums
Bass
Synthesiser, Saxophone
Vocals, Percussion, Musette

Kenneth Hamann, Pere Ubu

2) DUB HOUSING

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Navvy
On The Surface
Dub Housing
Caligari's Mirror
Thriller!
I Will Wait
Drinking Wine Spodyody
Ubu Dance Party
Blow Daddy-O
Codex


Tom Herman
Scott Krauss
Thomas Laughner
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
David Thomas

Producer:

Guitar, Bass
Drums
Guitar
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
Synthesiser, Saxophone
Vocals, Keyboards, Musette

Kenneth Hamann, Pere Ubu

3) NEW PICNIC TIME

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The Fabulous Sequel
49 Guitars & One Girl
A Small Dark Cloud
Small Was Fast
All The Dogs Are Barking
One Less Worry
Make Hay
Goodbye
The Voice Of The Sand
Kingdom Come


Tom Herman
Scott Krauss
Thomas Laughner
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
David Thomas

Producer:

Guitar, Bass
Drums
Guitar
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
Synthesiser, Saxophone
Vocals, Keyboards, Musette

4) THE ART OF WALKING

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12.

Go
Rhapsody In Pink
Arabia
Young Miles In The Basement
Misery Goats
Loop
Rounder
Birdies
Lost In Art
Horses
Crush This Horn
Arabian Nights


Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
David Thomas
Mayo Thompson

Producer:

Drums
Bass, Piano
Synthesiser
Vocals, Keyboards
Guitar

5) 390 DEGREES OF SIMULATED STEREO - UBU LIVE: VOLUME 1

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12.

Non-Alignment Pact
Street Waves
Real World
My Dark Ages
Modern Dance
Humor Me
Heart Of Darkness
Laughing
Can't Believe It
Over My Head
Sentimental Journey
30 Seconds Over Tokyo

Recorded live at:
Tracks 1,7,8: London College of Printing, London,
England on 5/6 December 1978
Track 2: Theatre 140, Brussels, Belgium for
Radio Crocodile on 5 May 1978
Tracks 3,4: Disasto 2, WHK Auditorium, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA on 18 February 1978
Track 5: 1st International Garage Exhibition,
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
on 2 March 1979
Track 6: the Ubu rehearsal loft, West 6th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, USA on 14 October 1977
Tracks 9-11: The Mistake, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
in April or May 1976
Track 12: The Pirate's Cove on 4 August 1977


Tom Herman
Scott Krauss
Peter Laughner
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
Dave Taylor
David Thomas
Tim Wright

Producer:

Bass, Guitar
Drums
Guitar
Bass
Keyboards
Keyboards
Vocals
Bass, Guitar

6) SONG OF THE BAILING MAN

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The Long Walk Home
Use Of A Dog
Petrified
Stormy Weather
West Side Story
Thoughts That Go By Steam
Big Ed's Used Farms
A Day Such As This
The Vulgar Boatman Bird
My Hat
Horns Are A Dilemma


Anton Fier
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
David Thomas
Mayo Thompson
Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton

Producer:

Drums, Marimba
Bass
Synthesiser
Vocals
Guitar
Trumpet


Adam Kidron

7) TERMINAL TOWER

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Heart Of Darkness
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Final Solution
Cloud 149
Untitled
My Dark Ages
Heaven
Humor Me
The Book Is On The Table
Not Happy
Lonesome Cowboy Dave


Alan Greenblatt
Tom Herman
Scott Krauss
Peter Laughner
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine

David Taylor
David Thomas
Mayo Thompson
Tim Wright

Producer:

Guitar (Track 5)
Guitar (Tracks 1-9)
Drums
Guitar (Tracks 1-4)
Bass (Tracks 6-11)
Synthesiser, Keyboards
(Tracks 1,2,5-11)
Trombone (Tracks 3,4)
Vocals
Guitar (Tracks 10,11)
Bass, Guitar (Tracks 1-5)

8) THE TENEMENT YEAR

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Something's Gotta Give
George Had A Hat
Talk To Me
Busman's Honeymoon
Say Goodbye
Universal Vibration
Miss You
Dream The Moon
Rhythm King
The Hollow Earth
We Have The Technology


Chris Cutler
Jim Jones
John Kirkpatrick
Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine

David Thomas

Producer:

Drums
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Melodeon
Drums
Bass
Synthesiser, Saxophone,
Backing Vocals
Vocals, Trombone, Spike

Paul Hamann, Pere Ubu

9) CLOUDLAND

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Breath
Bus Called Happiness
Race The Sun
Waiting For Mary
Cry
Flat
Ice Cream Truck
Lost Nation Road
Monday Night
Pushin' Waltz
Nevada
Why Go It Alone?
Love, Love, Love


Chris Cutler
Stephen Hague
Jim Jones
Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
David Thomas

Producer:

Drums
Keyboards
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Drums
Bass, Backing Vocals
Synthesiser, Backing Vocals
Vocals

Paul Hamann, Stephen Hague,
Daniel Miller

10) ONE MAN DRIVES (WHILE THE OTHER ONE SCREAMS)

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Navvy
Street Waves
Heaven
On The Surface
Dub Housing
Caligari's Mirror
Small Was Fast
Misery Goats
Go
Ubu Dance Party
Birdies
Rhapsody In Pink
Codex

Recorded live at:
Tracks 1-6: The Electric Ballroom, London,
England on 28 November 1978
Tracks 7-11: The Mistake, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
in July 1980
Tracks 12,13: The University of Heidelberg,
Heidelberg, Germany in March 1981


Tom Herman
Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
David Thomas
Mayo Thompson

Producer:

Tracks 1-6




Tracks 7-13

11) WORLDS IN COLLISION

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Oh Catherine
I Hear They Smoke The BBQ
Turpentine!
Goodnite Irene
Mirror Man
Cry Cry Cry
Worlds In Collision
Life Of Riley
Over The Moon
Don't Look Back
Playback
Nobody Knows
Winter In The Firelands


Al Clay
Eric Drew Feldman

Susie Honeyman
Jim Jones
John Kirkpatrick
Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
Allen Ravenstine
Andy Redhead
David Thomas

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Keyboards, Computers, Synthesiser
Violin (Track 9)
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Melodeon (Tracks 6,7,9)
Drums
Bass
Synthesiser (Tracks 3,8,11,13)
Percussion
Vocals

Gil Norton

12) STORY OF MY LIFE

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Wasted
Come Home
Louisiana Train Wreck
Fedora Satellite II
Heartbreak Garage
Postcard
Kathleen
Honey Moon
Sleep Walk
The Story Of My Life
Last Will & Testament


Al Clay

Jim Jones

Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
David Thomas


Producer:

Guitar (Track 6), Calliope,
Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Guitar, Keyboards,
Backing Vocals
Drums, Percussion, Keyboards
Bass, Synthesiser
Vocals, Guitar (Track 6), Melodeon

Al Clay

13) RAY GUN SUITCASE

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Folly Of Youth
Electricity
Beach Boys
Turquoise Fins
Vacuum In My Head
Memphis
Three Things
Horse
Don't Worry
Ray Gun Suitcase
Surfer Girl
Red Sky
Montana
My Friend Is A Stooge For The Media Priests
Down By The River


Scott Benedict
Paul Hamann

Jim Jones


Scott Krauss
Michele Temple
David Thomas

Robert Wheeler
Garo Yellin

Producer:

Drums (Tracks 1,2,4,5,7-12,14)
Bass (Track 14),
Swirl Bells (Track 5)
Guitar, Keyboards,
Keyboard Bass, Backing Vocals, Spike, Sleigh Bells
Drums (Tracks 3,6,13,15)
Bass, Guitar, Lute
Vocals, Melodeon, Musette, Auto-Cans, Ray Gun
Synthesiser, Theremin
Cello (Tracks 3,6,13,15)

David Thomas

14) PENNSYLVANIA

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Woolie Bullie
Highwaterville
SAD.TXT
Urban Lifestyle
Drive
Indiangiver
Monday Morning
Perfume
Silent Spring
Mr Wheeler
Muddy Waters
Slow
Fly's Eye
The Duke's Saharan Ambitions
Wheelhouse


Tom Herman
Jim Jones
Steve Mehlman
Michele Temple
David Thomas
Robert Wheeler

Producer:

Guitar, Bass, Tack Piano, Snare
Guitar, Bass, Organ
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Guitar, Organ, Piano
Vocals
Synthesiser, Theremin, Organ

David Thomas

15) APOCALYPSE NOW

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My Theory Of Spontaneous Simultude
Life Of Riley
Wine Dark Sparks
Heaven
Worlds In Collision
Cry Cry Cry
Non-Alignment Pact
Caligari's Mirror
Invisible Man
We Have The Technology
Humor Me
Busman's Honeymoon
Oh Catherine
Misery Goats

Recorded live at Shuba's, Chicago,
Illinois, USA on 7 December 1991


Eric Drew Feldman
Jim Jones
Scott Krauss
Tony Maimone
David Thomas

Producer:

Honky Tonk Upright Piano
Guitar, Rat Pedal
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Guitar
Vocals, Radio, Swirl Horn

16) THE SHAPE OF THINGS

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Heart Of Darkness
Cloud 149
Gone Gone Gone
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Life Stinks
Final Solution
Pushin' Too Hard
The Way She Looks
Doris Day Sings Sentimental Journey
Can't Believe It
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Heroin

Recorded live to cassette at The Mistake,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA on 7 April 1976


Tom Herman
Scott Krauss
Peter Laughner
Dave Taylor
David Thomas
Tim Wright

Producer:

Guitar, Bass
Drums
Guitar, Vocals, Bass
Synthesiser, Organ
Vocals, Harp
Bass, Guitar

17) ST ARKANSAS

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The Fevered Dream Of Hernando DeSoto
Slow Walking Daddy
Michele
333
Hell
Lisbon
Steve
Phone Home Jonah
Where's The Truth
Dark


Tom Herman
Jim Jones
Steve Mehlman
Michele Temple
David Thomas
Robert Wheeler

Producer:

Guitar, Organ, Backing Vocals
Organ, Guitar
Drums, Organ
Bass, Piano, Organ
Vocals
Synthesiser, Theremin, Piano

David Thomas

18) WHY I HATE WOMEN

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Two Girls (One Bar)
Babylonian Warehouses
Blue Velvet
Caroleen
Flames Over Nebraska
Love Song
Mona Lisa
My Boyfriend's Back
Stolen Cadillac
Synth Farm
Texas Overture


Rodolphe Burger
Andy Diagram
Jack Kidney

Robert Kidney
Steve Mehlman
Keith Moliné
David Thomas
Michele Temple
Robert Wheeler

Producer:

Stylophone (Track 11)
Trumpet (Track 7)
Harp (Track 3),
Tenor Saxophone (Track 10)
Guitar (Track 6)
Drums, Clave
Guitar, Backing Vocals, Bass
Vocals
Bass, Vocals
EML synthesiser, Theremin

David Thomas