Reviews (page 3 of 7)
I liked this album, cultured rock from the 70s, something a little different.
Listened 3/19/24. Always an interesting listen from these guys
This reminded me of a a weirder harsher and uglier version Television? Oh boy sign me up. Not a perfect album (like Marquee Moon) but one I’ll be coming back to.
I like this one way more than Dub Housing. It feels more consistent and Pixies-like. Not sure if my taste is changing or what, but I appreciate Sentimental Journey way more than I probably would have a year ago.
Vreemd. Heel vreemd. Doet soms ronduit pijn aan mijn oren, maar toch wel vet. En de basgitaar is fantastisch.
Not an album I should love as much as I do, but it's never uninspired, always exciting and never feels cheap, even though it is definitely inconsistent.
A very good album that becomes even better when you hear David Thomas’ vocals and your broken brain transports you to a world where the entire album is being performed by Muppets. Four stars.
Образующим событием в моей музыкальной одиссее стала книжка "Rip it up and start again", автор которой по всей видимости эту группу, и этот альбом в частности, очень ценит. И-и-и я слышу, почему. Это звучит как пост-музыка сейчас, а в 78-ом? Вишенкой на торте является еще и то, что когда музыка группы Pere Ubu заканчивается, спотифай генерирует лучший саундтрек конца света с группами вроде Swell Maps, Young Marble Giants и Wire. Лучшая песня - Laughing.
Pere Ubu have always been underrated and under appreciated. An incredible art punk experimental band from Cleveland. Very stoked this is on the list.
An angular album uncompromising in its abstract chaos and unquestionable in its importance for the development of post punk and art rock.
Was waiting to hear this one... I love On the Surface and knew this was their classic. Love this weirdos, solid 4
I always associated this band with a pretentious hipster douche that I knew. This was one of his "you just wouldn't get it. It's just too intelligent for people who aren't me" bands. Well "HA!" because I do dig this. It isn't as deep as ass hat claimed it to be, but it definitely isn't going for the mainstream. I liked it but I didn't want to because of the association. I also hate that band name; it enrages me for no reason. I'm still slappin' a 4 on it
Artist not available to stream on Spotify, but songs I was able to locate on Youtube are quite good
Really interesting. Really cool. I had no idea what to expect from this and was pleasantly surprised when this turned out to be a rowdy, avant-garde take on punk. I will listen to more from this band.
Inventive and progressive sounding art punk. 7.5/10
meni dobar album, zadovoljan sam, ima dobrih stvari kojima bi se mogao vraćati
Wow! Didn't expect to enjoy so much of this. For the first half, I thought it was gonna be a 5. Actually sounded like music for several of the tracks. Eventually, it sounded like a lunatic locked themselves in the recording studio but I actually want to hear a lot of this again. Nice surprise!
My first opportunity to hear Pere Ubu was months and months ago in this project when I made the acquaintance of their second album, Dub Housing. I was surprised to find this is their first album, also released in 1978. What reasons for offering two albums up on this list when they were created so close together? As expected, this was an off-the-wall, wacky affair that started with an alarm clock beeping then some very weird music that was supposed to include Sentimental Journey but I couldn’t make it out. I kind of enjoyed this in some weird way.
This is pretty weird but wonderful!
With a punk energy, explosive inventiveness, and a natural sounding chaos, it has everything I love about experimental rock.
I quite liked this but found it hard to understand the lyrics so I just pretended it was in a different language. I really enjoyed Modern Dance and Sentinmental Journey -- I will defintely give this anohter listen sometime.
Not really what I needed to be listening to with an enormous hangover, but even through the discomfort of the often quite dissonant instrumentals, you can tell there's reason to the rhyme.
Doesn't sound as dated as I expected; very confident for a debut album; a clear influence on loads of bands I love, but falls just short of a fifth star - only just though!
Post-punk classic! Even within the varied field of post-punk they manage to stand out without resorting noise. Great record from a great band
Så bra skiva... fräschaste post punk bandet
it was pretty cool i think, but that's about it. 7.7/10
post-punk. Me ha sorprendido para bien.
groovy
I really liked how weird this album was, but sometimes it got too shrill for me. "Sentimental Journey" is basically unlistenable. But, I ended up listening to it 3 times and would definitely listen again.
I loved this album when it first came out. So jarring. It still holds up.
post-punk. Me ha sorprendido para bien.
Holy fucking shit, this album kicks balls. I was originally going to give it 5 stars, but I’m torn because “Sentimental Journey” was the only low point that I thought didn’t come together. Everything else about the sound of the album is fantastic.
"Modern Dance" has white noise that honestly made me think my headphones were faulty. :P
I don't know if my tastes have evolved, but this sounds more accessible and melodic than Dub Housing. There are several catchy dance tracks, skewed toward the first half. The sparser, creepier tracks remind me of the post-rock band Slint. The Byrne-esque vocals are very dramatic and excessive, but just adds to the extremity of how hard music can be while still retaining some form and structure. The samples are a cool addition that add to the atmosphere. Bass is strong, which is also a standout to me in post-punk. There were several unsatisfying parts, but I had a fun time.
It's good. I never heard of these guys before this book project. Now I know two of their albums. Great sound, interesting. I'd definitely keep listening. Standouts: Non-Alignment Pact, Real World 4/5
I LOVE POST PUNK!!!@ this is a good album, a bit too weird for me but I like the title track and a few others. very niceee
Lost me a bit towards the end but overall boundary pushing and solid
Really like this. I love the "avant-garage" description, I think that captures what they are doing. Their sound is solidly punk in some ways, but they are also freely experimenting, and the concoction is irresistable. Occasionally it got annoying, like that track with all the bottle smashing, but besides that I think I have a new band to dig into.
very good...kind of niche rock and jazz fusion.
How do you say that
I enjoyed this album
Well this was certainly better than the last Ubu offering we had but then that’s probably not saying much!
A vast improvement on that other album that was headache inducing. This one has it’s moments where you can sense the artist is thinking “hmm this is a bit too melodic, better throw in some distortion and fingernail scraping on a blackboard “ fortunately that is only fleeting and the rest is very listenable.
I really wanted to give this a 1* as it annoyed me that I quite liked it and given I hated Dub Housing with a passion, and that album set the lowest bar of all 1* albums on this list. How can there be such a discrepancy between 2 albums released 6 months apart? Does this mean I’ll have to listen to Dub Housing again? Does a bear shit in the woods?
Starting a song with high pitched wine is bold and while nowhere near as successful as Public Enemy this is at least interesting. The glass breaking also pails in comparison to that in the excellent “Heart Monitor Riddem" by Kurupt FM. https://open.spotify.com/track/61NiI5dYMLy7p1Cblkc6G6?si=dmfDlsX9QXqSWhX530YoXw&utm_source=copy-link Per Ubu are not quite a temu Iggy Pop per se but are close. More Per Unusual than Per usual. Not a perfect album, but the highs make it worth the effort
I initially enjoyed this crazy, noisy, messy little proto-post-punk album. I was engaged from the beginning and the highs were high but my interest waned in the 2nd half and I'm not sure whether the quality dropped or I just got distracted. I may return just to make a bit more sense of the whole of it
Apparently I saw Pere Ubu supporting the Gang of Four in March 1981, although I don't remember the former. The death of David Thomas recently prompted a reappraisal of this album. At times it is a cachophonous racket driven by Thomas' grating voice. On closer listen, it has more depth and variety.
Pure punk spirit mixed with experimentalism. When it works it really flies, though it can be painful when it doesn't. But it's brave, and never boring, and for that it will be back on the decks soon. 3*
This was kinda cool. Feels like a precursor to a lot of of alt music that came out in the late 90s early 2000s. That said some of the instrumental and vocal embellishments were pretty wack and some of the songs lacked serious substance.
Good, but not enough.
Hell yeah, headaches! 3/5
Best Track - "Laughing"
Tällä levyllä oli hetkensä. Tykkään David Thomasin tumman karheastä äänestä.
6/10
People really called this unlistenable? Just noise? It's barely even abrasive. Sure the high pitched whine at the start is annoying but that's it. The rest of the album is just sorta boring unfortunately. I appreciate it being 'weird' and avante garde for the late 70s I guess but I expected more.
Pretty average to me. Have tried to get more into this band but outside of a few songs they just don’t do it for me. I get they’re pioneers in post punk but others have come along and done it so much better. A lot of these albums feel like you had to be there to really appreciate what it did for music, but not all of them stand the test of time
Avant-garde musicians are distinguished by the fact that they can play instruments quite well, but pretend they can't. The debut album of a band I've already seen on the list, Pere Ubu, is a case in point, and once again it's incredibly interesting to listen to and appreciate how ahead of its time it was. Compared to their second album, this one is more traditionally rock, but it's still post-punk, refined in its crookedness, mixed with electronics and strange vocals, and completely unsellable. Just like the cover — a worker performing ballet in front of his factory. A strange sight? Of course. Would anyone stop him from doing that? Of course not. I was ready to give it four stars because I like the broken guitar riffs mixed with synthesizers. I didn't do it because I don't like songs that start with a transition to ultrasound or consist of six minutes of the sound of bottles breaking.
🥹✌️idk
Mixed bag, men här och där lite coolt
Okay not music I would listen to but I lowkey really love the production in it and how it’s different from a lot of albums
Non-Alignment Pact is an all time classic.
Rock music. Good
Kinda rough round the edges clanging punky stuff. It was alright.
Typische jaren 70 rock. Die electronisch geluiden ertussen
This album wasn't for me BUT if I heard an artist say that they were influenced by this band I would totally get it. There is some WILD stuff on this album. I would also recommend listening to it with headphones because where they place some of the instruments in the mix only add to the bizzare listening experience. Again didn't love it, would not listen to it again after today, but I get why its on this list. 3/5
1978 art punk Nonalignment pact Life stinks
Definitely different. I actually enjoyed it a fair bit. Regretting giving “Elvis Presley” a 3.
This started to border on too weird for me—but ended up being just right. Let’s go Cleveland I guess.
While I think this album has a pretty rough start, somewhere around the midway mark this really takes a turn into some interesting sounds. It's very minimalist, there's a lot of sort of empty space in it, but I think it's pretty cool. I just think it takes the album too long to get there, it would've improved by maybe a track list reshuffle. Great cover though. Favorites: Chinese Radiation, Sentimental Journey, Humor Me
Art/Punk rock sensibilities. Can see where this may have been an early influence.
Love ya man, that was weird. I’m not listening to that again.
What a cool freaky punky little bit of art. From this relatively early point in punk, it seems like such a fun innovative use of abstract noise. The instrumental jams are awesome. The conventional song structures that creep in might be my least favourite bit!
This one is staying up later and later as the deadline and your alarm both draw closer, so much so that you start to feel a little euphoric about it all. 3.4/5
weird album it has some bangers and really good but its really inconsistent and there is just some straight up weird stuff on here, the highs are very good though, I feel they have a bit of a Television sound and i much prefer Television but overall had an enjoyable enough time
I've long been aware of Pere Ubu and appreciate how influential they are, and I really love the whole post-punk sound but for some reason, I've never really sat down and listened to them. I have now though, so that's good. I get it, and I'm glad I listened, but I don't feel any pressing urge to listen to this particular album again any time soon. I'll definitely have a root around their back catalogue though, and I'm pleased to see bands like this on the list given some of the guff it churns out.
Pere Ubu seem to have passed me by and I just don't know why. I am really intrigued by this album, all the way through it kept reminding me of D Boon and Minutemen, but where they were punk Pere Ubu are more "indie". Not sure that makes any sense and probably says more about what I listen to - but suffice to say this slightly out-of-kilter album somewhere in Talking Heads realm perhaps, has got my attention. I need (and want to listen to it again) and that alone says a lot.
I don't really get this album. I wish I did.
Slick pecker riding the cunt furs
This started strong and then lost me pretty quick. Too dissonant in too many places. (Says the guy who have John Zorn a five). 3
Gear: Abyss DIANA MR Artwork: 🩰🏳️✏️ Production: 🔪🚮💩 Music: 🧨🧪🧷 Rating: 🚯🚯(🚯)/5
This is another punk/post-punk era band I'd missed while exploring the genre and its history. After hearing it, I think I appreciate its contributions to music history more than I appreciate listening to it. There's an interesting exploration of different ideas on this record that keeps it from ever feeling boring or straightforward. At its best, I enjoy the sounds and vocal delivery. Non-Alignment Pact and Modern Dance have great energy and are just the right amount of uncomfortable. Real World has some nice use of synths and sound effects. Sometimes the music almost veers into Talking Heads area... something supported by the vocal delivery, particularly on Chinese Radiation. I think it's actually Street Waves that comes closest to being a sound I really enjoy. The record does falter a few times... most notably on Sentimental Journey, which is mostly just 6 minutes of breaking glass and other noise. Laughing sounds like it's accompanied by a bunch of those noisemaking chicken toys... almost intolerable. Over My Head is a slow crawl that I don't think ever quite justifies its presence. I think it actually needed to go on longer to arrive where it seemed to be headed. I'm torn between a strong 3 and a light 4... but I think I appreciate the sounds and the energy more than how much they coalesce into an album or even into strong songs. The moments that don't work are enough to keep me from ever wanting to play it straight through again.
Not what I was expecting and pleasantly surprised overall. Figured it was gonna be French.
I don’t even rememebr
You can see the ideas pushing against the conventional limits of classic punk rock sounds. I can imagine this being influential to post punk. Traces of ideas later found in Talking Heads, latter day Clash etc without being as dark as Joy Division or as harsh as Public Image Ltd. An interesting historical artefact.
I can see why this record is divisive. At times it's a disorganised jumbled mess - synths seemingly set to random with the wailing cackles laid atop them. It's evident that this is a groundbreaking album though. I can hear a lot of Slint in this, as well as other proto-punk bands like Squid and some art-punk it in. It's not an easy listen, but it's not unlistenable.
I've noticed that musicians who want to be "different" often rely on adding "noise" and singing "weirdly". . . probably because those are easier and require less musical training than being inventive in the realms of arrangement, dynamics, harmony, melody. I would prefer the latter. So you can probably guess how I feel about this. The high pitched noise at the beginning is a choice. Some of the arrangements are boring. But it's entertaining and makes me wonder what they're on about. And the use of a variety of sounds and samples is enjoyable. It's just on the fringe of music. I also enjoy how silly the vocals get. They're quite successful at being unhinged
This album is really surprising, and completely unexpected. Sure. I didn't know what may I find in here, and it's a weird mixture of sounds and genres. But, at some point, I think I've understood it. There are actual good songs in here, and some nice experimentation. But there is also so much... weirdness going on that does not make me feel anything. So, I don't know how to feel about it. It's not a bad album, but maybe just one listen is enough. I don't know... Did I like it? I'm not sure. I'm not sure with anything about this album: I've liked it as much as I've disliked it, if that makes any sense.
Part punk, part noise. Interesting to the ear.
This is #day674 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… this is my second and final Pere Ubu record. Surely, it's a seminal work in the context of post-punk, art-punk, and whatnot. Also, it's not the most immediate record out there. And it shouldn't be, right? "Real World" is my personal standout. I appreciate the overall edginess and sense of experimentation. Let it be a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day675.
Ouais pourquoi pas
Certainly creative and original.
70's rock n' rolllll 🖤
3 cacophonous, enjoyable.
Mer intressant än bra!
exakt så kändes min pms-söndag som slutade med att jag sa till min dotter att det var monster under sängen
Very unique
Interesting!
I keep a running list in my head of the songs that creep in when I'm not thinking about anything. Although I have attempted meditation, my mind does not particularly care for blankness and will fill the space with song or memory of song. It is not quite the same as an earworm, which is something that one hears and then latches onto the inner ear for a while after. Rather, this are pieces of music that are lodged deep in my subconscious that are sucked up into the vacuum when there is nothing else to think about. They might be a little like what scientologists call engrams or whatever the name is for the thing the meditation teacher told me happens when stress bubbles to the surface to escape after one dives deep. These are not necessary my favourite songs by my favourite artists. They are not necessarily songs I think about much or that I listen to at all, but there they are in those strange quiet moments. Chief among them, for some reason, is I Often Dream of Trains by Robyn Hitchcock. Other frequent appearances are made by Quiet by Smashing Pumpkins and I Go To Sleep by the Kinks. And, of course, The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu. I used to keep an actually physically tally, but it became unwieldy and for what purpose. The crucial word in the title track of Pere Ubu's debut album is "Mantra." Indeed, "Mantra mantra." It is the only word I remember clearly. And like an actual mantra it doesn't amount to much as signified nor signifier, it works in action, repeated enough to dissolve into a droning, subtle rhythm. It is very calming, I find. David Thomas does much the same trick throughout the album. Nothing so straightforwardly hypnotic as "mantra mantra," but his singing is frequently indistinct, poorly articulated and, one imagines, not real words at all. Why would they be words, when he, as a rock journalist before the band, knew that critics would hope on the words when they didn't have words of their own to describe the music? When the name of the band itself, Pere Ubu, relates to the mangling of words: Alfred Jarry's proto-surreal play, Pere Ubu, is famous for nothing else than its provocative mispronounced obscenity - merdRe! Maybe The Modern Element had that element of shock when first released. It doesn't now. Shock doesn't last very long. But it can either date itself or become so embedded in the subconscious as to be smoothed into eternity. You don't hear much of Pere Ubu now, but I hear plenty of Pere Ubu in things. The post-punk jitteriness has become a standard pose (and those grooves are much more infectious that what Talking Heads were doing at the time!). The guitars are great. The bass is gorgeous. David Thomas could be singing anything. If he is singing anything in particular, I don't care to know. Let it go, man. Let it dissolve into nothing. Let it all wash over you - the snare, the stings, the breaking glass. Cerulean blue is a calming breeze. Not a favourite album. Not a favourite artist. But it is in there and bubbles to the surface. 3 I really like the high frequency noise in Non-Alignment Pact. I note some of the reviews on the site take issue with this ‘tinnitus’ music - I expect that’s young people. Once you have achieved middle-age - developing some degree of actual tinnitus, depending on how careless you have been with ear protection over the years, and losing a rake of high frequencies in your hearing regardless - this stuff sounds rather sweet. A tickle where once there was a knife stab. There are other noise challenges on Pete Ubu’s debut but in truth very little that can’t be found on perfectly conventional, popular records from ten years before - the more eccentric material from the Beatles and the Beach Boys being the most obvious examples. There is some very nice stuff too. I loved the guitar work on Street Waves and the guitar duet with the oboe (maybe?) on Real World. I found the piano epilogue to Chinese Radiation unexpectedly moving. Laughing tempts you towards a track skip with a full 2 minutes of the Fast Show’s Jazz Club bit before revealing itself as a genuine song with very good lyrics that recall Patti Smith and point ahead to Pixies at the same time. I did think the glass breaking on Sentimental Journey was a little well recorded. It’s like they wanted the listener to know they were *just* breaking glasses with no particular interest in developing a new texture in the speakers, never mind using it musically. That’s bad manners that is. Apparently they are ‘punks’ though so I suppose they must be allowed to stretch their contempt a bit. Note: Young People - wear ear protection! Don’t take your hearing for granted. 2.5/5
It took some time before The Modern Dance revealed itself, but I rabidly went down the Pere Ubu rabbit hole shortly after hearing it for the first time. Not every track remains potent, not every track is a winner. But it's an album that was worth the wait and is worth its weight in unusual rewards. I think they're a band who would not want to be graded on a curve as they'd rather abolish rating systems altogether and so...it's better than these three stars suggest.
There is so much variety in this album— some I liked, some. It so much. Still it was interesting and entertaining and, I imagine, pretty groundbreaking for the 70s.
wow this guy is bad at singing
Nice
Wild, twitchy, and strangely catchy — like early Talking Heads run through a busted Cleveland factory.
It was interesting
(4/7) really not as bad as the screeching sound at the beginning led me to expect
sort of like if the pixies didn't commit to making good music. there's a wackiness to it i really enjoy. high highs and low lows average out to pretty good. favorites are Modern Dance and Humor Me
Enjoyed this for the majority.
Pere Ubu has some pretty pioneering sounds on here. They have a razor-sharp guitar that is in the atonal camp. The vocals are like a mad hillbilly's yee haw. The album is pretty noisy and dissonant, which I swear it made me start hallucinating vocals early on in "Laughing" before they actually started, but no I found out it was just guitar screeches. It has some top notch beats as well. I quite enjoyed this one, it does a good job representing the cynicism in punk music. I would definitely like to revisit this album, I believe this one is a 'grower' sort of albums. Highlight Song/s: "Non-Alignment Pact"
Not sure what to think of this one, but it kept me interested so points for that.
Some great early punk at certain points, but the experimental sections are just a little too out there for me.
6/10
I guess those first 10 seconds serve as a way to get rid of all the "normies" which is clearly indicated by some of asinine reviews here. Very interesting experimental work, super influential for post-punk movement. A few songs a really good and still, despite all of that, I will be giving 3.5 on RYM but 3 stars here.
It's okay, it's fine. It's happily doing its thing leaving me neither loving or hating it, hence the mark of 3. It exists.
Especie de "anti-rock" en su momento. Se nota esa idea de incomodidad y rareza en los sonidos. Es caótico pero no disgusta, me suena a un pescado rabioso (a pesar de que son de 5 años después de Spinetta). Over my head y modern dance estuvieron buenas. Overall, buen álbum.
Interesting. I liked the energy and attitude of this more than most of the New Wave and post punk things I've heard on this list. But as with most avant-garde experimental stuff, I found it easy to admire but hard to enjoy.
I don't get it.
This was actually pretty enjoyable. I liked it way better than Dub Housing. Still a little much at times, but overall a good, cohesive album. Wish I could rate this 3.5, but I’m rounding down because I’m not likely to revisit this. But definitely deserving of its spot on the list.
Oh fucking hell not these guys again. I think the other album I had of theirs was perhaps my number one most hated album on this entire thing, and I'm 920 deep at this point. Ok, let's strap in for this one... So... admittedly the expectation was below the floor, but... this is way better than 'Dub Housing'. Like, way better. There's actual guitar grooves in this, and proper melodies with some semblance to actual song structure. There's even some nice stylistic flourishes that work WITH the songs, can you imagine?? And even though his voice is still kind of weird, it's way less hysterical and jarring in the delivery compared to Dub Housing. They do still seem to have a weird propensity for chucking in random, grating sounds though. I don't know how they settled on 'irritating' as being a key component of things they want to strive for, but there's still plenty of that in there. Strip all that shit out and you have a much better record. I'm SO glad I could sit through this one and actually enjoy bits of it. 2.5 rounded up.
New to band, gave the album two play throughs during work, no songs really stood out to me but I appreciate being able to explore the music and the bit of information I read on Wikipedia about the band, this album, and the lead singer David Thomas. Unclear if I’ll revisit this band personally.
Wow, wasn’t expecting that. Completely off the wall with something different in every track. Would have been a four bit had a few weaker tracks in the second half
2.6
Interesting stuff - you can hear line between punk and new wave being crossed back and forth all over this album. A band I've heard of but never actually listened too. I'd investigate this again, when I'm more in a mood for it.
tiene buenos temas pero no me cautivó
Pretty fun! The scattered sound and rambling lyrics make this stand out- but the full package is just fine
Wtf is this Pretty cool Weird af
A strange precursor to postpunk and new wave. I've never heard any of this before, but I can feel it's influence in later albums. I don't exactly like it, but I also feel like I need to listen to it more. 3 for now.
I was pleased to fill in this gap in my post-punk (avant-garage, according to them) knowledge, having only been dimly aware. Mostly, great. The vocals got a bit much from time to time (Life Stinks) but I can definitely recognise why this would have been influential on some of the great stuff that followed, and it entertained me. Side Two went a bit weird, but the ending of the final track brought it home.
Let's do some crimes. Yeah, let's get sushi and not pay.
Iconic post-punk album from a very influential band. First half is great, but trails off sharply towards the end with nonsense filler in the second half. It's on my shelves. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 263 Already owned : 61 Purchased : 15 To buy list : 1 Nope : 186
Lowkey abrasive.
Although I liked it, I am not sure if the album is for me completely. I could hear where there have been influences on other music since this album.
Relentless bass, weird singing
Quite enjoyed listening to this, I didn’t have much knowledge or expectation but post punk / art rock and slightly weird albums are usually up my street, so I will come back to this one for sure.
Interesante, distinto, pero no es ninguna maravilla.
It loses me a bit in the final third of the album, but the first 2/3rd feels like a precursor to bands like the Pixies and Violent Femmes, in a way those bands were precursors to the grunge and alt music that were so formative to my youth.
Noise Rock is the perfect label for this album as it features a tone of weird and jarring noises like dissonant guitar and horns, chaotic rhythm sections and rambling singing. While I think all this elements makes the record very unique and even interesting, in reality, it doesn't evoke on me any real emotion. Well, I certainly did feel uncomfortable sometimes, but I'm having a hard time trying to understand what type of emotion or message they want to portray. Fortunately, cacophony is not the only thing this album offers. There are some nice rock riffs and some catchy choruses in here that blend very well with the noise. Some great examples are the opening "Non-Alignment Pact", "Modern Dance" and "Street Waves". However, there are some pure chaotic and jarring moments that I can't say I really, specially the horns in "Laughing", the never starting "Over My Head" and, most notably, the anarchic "Sentimental Journey". Overall, this projects may be a bit of a mess, but there were some decent moments and interesting ideas.
What a crazy album!
It has some great bits and some more challenging bits, certainly feels ahead of its time, overall enjoyed it, probably not something I'll listen to in a hurry though
first listen low enjoyment
top 3 - Sentimental Journey, Non-Alignment Pact, Chinese Radiation.
Kinda manic and chaotic, couldn't tell you what the hell the singer is saying, but i like the overall vibe
Some really, really great stuff in here. Also some misses. A band I would like to get to know more.
Art punk album that influenced the likes of the Pixies, Husker Du et al. Mix of songs some of which sound a bit like British scene from 76/7. Couple of memorable tracks and one of the better albums in the Pere Ubu catalogue.
iViva la experimental! A lot of reviews at the time said the good outweighs the bad. But I think the "bad" is still good. It had major influence on other experimental, math rock bands.
Some really cool songs and then some others that should have been left on the cutting room floor
Vocals are too incoherent for my liking, but I enjoyed this far more than expected. The pre-punk mythos is present but less abrasive than it would evolve in to. Has an almost neo-Western (as in cinema) flair to the sound. Listened to: at Denargo. Favorite tracks: Non-Alignment Pact, Chinese Radiation
Þetta var bara mun betra en reviews segja til um. En það er nú oftar en ekki. Hresst og gott post-punk.
punky and cool enough to get a good listen. I'll be happy enough to never put this on again though.
Non-Alignment Pact - 5/5 The Modern Dance - 4/5 Laughing - 2/5 Street Waves - 4/5 Chinese Radiation - 2/5 Life Stinks - 1/5 Real World - 4/5 Over My Head - 3/5 Sentimental Journey - 1/5 Humor Me - 5/5 Average score: 3.1/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ whether or not i enjoyed this or not, i'm really not sure. all i can say right now is this was an experience i hear influences from the like of Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention for sure, or maybe Captain Beefheart? idk, this was some weird shit. not quite The Residents-level of weird, but still quite odd. maybe this will grow on me with more listens i do think this is something you should hear before you die if experimental is your thing, or to test your tolerance
Can see why it's popular with some people. Some real miss songs. The hits didn't grab me. But pretty good all around
Not gonna lie it was not my favorite… but it was cool. It was different than anything I’ve listened to. Lots of screaming chickens and stuff
Weird, and I don’t love a lot of the noises, but I like when this list gets weird and it settles into some nice grooves eventually.
The first listen at 7 am on a cold winter morning made me dread relistening to this. When I eventually did get around to giving it another chance, I actually really enjoyed some songs. Can't give it more than a 3 though because there is a 6 minute song of glass smashing on top of unbearable dissonance.
-this was a really interesting album. definitely need to listen again at some point bc idk how well i absorbed it, but i liked what i heard -big fan of the more experimental instrumentation, i can imagine the impact that made on the post-punk scene this album helped establish -Favorites: Non-Alignment Pact, Street Waves
People who hated this immediately probably had their volume up too high for the screeching in the first track Modern Dance: undeniably goat-like vocals
Sounds more modern to me than year would suggest. Good soundscapes and moments. Would be good background music as well. Unsure what to think of this one.
I’ve heard worse
Previously rated: #1,018 - Dub Housing (3/5) ******************************** Album #1,019 I randomly got their two albums back to back. Makes it easier to compare the two, at least. This one seemed a bit jazzier, and maybe a little bit better overall. Still, those vocals can really get on my nerves. I'm glad it was on the short side. I'm glad I heard it, but I probably will not listen again.
Gostaria de entender quem escolheu os álbuns dessa lista. Experiência divertida. Me lembrou Cap n Jazz.
Hectic
Interesting
Guys can be experimental if they want i guess but if they’re gonna make bad noises they BETTER be funny…. Pere Ubu you live to see another day
70s new-wave. LOVE [esque]. Again, another possible grower.
Not awful, but not really something I'd listen to again
Still gets points for being one of the most notable bands to come out of Cleveland. But some of this stuff is a little inaccessible. Still - pretty badass in a lot of ways.
I don’t think I’ll ever understand why discordant noise with a rock backing makes me feel good - is it just that I can’t tune out of it and am forced to listen to the music? - but this is an awesome example of that genre. Strong 3.
Thoughts before listening: I've always thought that Pere Ubu was a musician (or is it a band?) that I would enjoy. However, I feel like there was an earlier album in this project that didn't really work for me. Anyway, I'm expecting some post-punk weirdness here. Review: Nevermind, I haven't had a Pere Ubu album before. I pretty much nailed the sound though. Why is the bass always the most important instrument in these post-punk bands? It's certainly the case here, with the low end up front in the mix and lots of fun little lines through out. Some of these songs work well for me while others are on the wrong side of weird. I'm giving this 3-stars.
nice enough
I don't know that I'd go out of my way to listen to this again, but I can appreciate it musically and for what it represented at the time it was released.
3.0 - Ok
6/10 They sound like they are having fun, so good for them. Wish they didn't do that tone on the first song. 12-19-2025
Wonderfully weird. Sentimental journey was unnecessary but other than that this was a cool album. Loved the use of dissonance.
This highly influential album sounds like punk meets art installation. There’s a lot of musique concrète style found-sound and abstract atmospherics which sometimes seems at odds with the punk ethos which otherwise pervades this record. The lyrics evoke the love songs of the last couple on earth, living in the debris of a collapsed civilisation. It’s bleak, as proper punk was meant to be. It’s instrumentally assured and lyrically clever which was always problematic for the punk pioneers, for whom unpracticed immediacy was a hallmark of authenticity and a large part of the charm. They do have an admirable indifference to pop appeal - there are no ear worms here. More a historical artefact than a must hear album in its own right.
This one was ok. Pretty interesting. 3 stars.
classic and sometimes funny
If you told me this was TV On The Radio’s first album, I’d believe you. And then I’d tell you that their other albums are better.
quirky brilliance
once again we have a problem because truly this is a 3.5 album. the issue really is how i gave other earlier reviews a 3 that they were not in fact deserving of. i have to now speak my truth and admit both the fall and the manic street preachers deserved a 2. i’m sorry to say it but that’s how i feel. this album is the one that deserves a 3 (really a 3.5). particularly enjoyed chinese radiation and am on my third listen of that. how can i give an album a mere three if i am currently replying one song for the third time? easy. that song just happens to be the best. the rest are good but not in a life shattering way. the instrumental in this is beyond though. that twang of the mmmmmmmh … mmmmmmmh. you’ll know it when you hear it. non alignment pact is also good but nowhere near close to chinese radiation. what the hell the lyrics mean i don’t know, don’t ask me.
This reminded me of wire but in a captain beefheart way.
Pretty good, in an odd sort of way.
Nice surprise. Not what I was expecting but did enjoy it..... I think.
2.6 2x not great but background for Dog Star Man on plane to SFO
Kul album, zanimljiv spoj panka, proga, na trenutke i psihodelije, a ima malo i Talking Heads vibe. Lajkam! 3/5, 6/10
Not mad about this.
Ngl they almost lost me with that recorder song. 2.5
6/10
Appreciate the energy and punk riffs, hard to stomach his voice at times.
3 - actually kinda liked it
Ok not my taste
Way out there album filled with oddities
*confused* the first two songs are your average punk song but when the goddamn awful noiseful bagpipes hit it become suddenly unlistenable. 3/5
Great vibes but uneven
Exactly what I’m here for, good stuff I’ve never heard of. Enjoyed it enough to go and listen to another of theirs.
Honestly, kinda liked Dub Housing more. 3.5/5
You guys know me. I like loud. I like weird. But something tells me you got to be in the right mood for this album, and I guess I just wasn't. Cool sound though, fellas!
The Modern Dance let me know that it was safe to dip my toe into the Pere Ube appreciation pond. I also appreciate the "avant garage" descriptor. But do I actually like the album? I am ambivalent. The title track is an earworm. I can also vibe with a slow burn like "Over My Head" or the avant ska "Humor Me." But I am not down with the non song "Sentimental Journey."
I didn't even know you could impersonate Yoko Ono on so many instruments. Kind of impressive. Most of this is pretty solid, but some is soooo bad.
This wasn't as bad as I had anticipated! The straightforward parts were just fine, and it was experimental enough to gain respect. However, much of the record didn't necessarily sound good. Still though, essential for post punk. 2.7/5 - 3/5
These guys heard Television and Devo and started a band
Experimental experience
While they aren't always as good as song of the best albums on the list, it is absolutely essential to include such formative albums like this one. Albums that help develop a new genre belong on here for sure. That's not to say this is a bad album, because it is pretty good overall.
I appreciate the experimentation and kaleidoscope of sounds on this weird-ass record. It certainly makes for an interesting listen. Sentimental Journey is particularly wild. While interesting, I don’t feel overly compelled to come back to it, which isn’t ideal for an album that definitely demands close listening.
caotico, diverso
The opening track, despite its ear-deafening shrilling noise at the start, is a drivingly good punk track in the vein of Dickies. It continues like this for the first half of the album. Great songs spiced with weirdness. The tracks on the second half aren’t as good, weirdness without the songs to back it, but the bass and drums keep a high standard throughout.
Interesting and enjoyable.
weird
Album 913 of 1089 Pere Ubu- The Modern Dance (1978) Rating : 3 / 5 I’ve been fed a bit of post-punk lately, and this one rises closer to the top of the pile. It’s got that raw, jagged edge the genre is known for, but with just enough experimentation to make it interesting without going completely off the rails. There’s a quirky, art-rock feel running through it that gives it more personality than some of the others I’ve heard, and it definitely stands out as a unique listen. Not every track landed for me, but overall, this is one of the stronger post-punk albums I’ve come across in this project so far.
Interesting enough to keep my attention and doesn't outstay its welcome. I can see the blueprint here for some bands which would follow and, ultimately, do it better.
Твърде много постпънк ми дойде и на мен
Interesante, pero...
This is definitely... something. Some songs are weirder than others. Most are weird though. The voice of the singer is rather "unique". But it does rock.
This was a pleasant surprise. Not in the sense that I looooooved it, but in the sense that based on the band name (which I had not heard of before), the album title, and the album art I was expected this to be some kind of real shitty French avant garde music. When it turned out to be a sort of raw punk album I couldn't have been happier. I wished I liked it more though.
Maybe just a little too avant-garde for me.
Despite being more straightforward and less overtly weird I’m not sure I liked this quite as much as Dub Housing? Still some good instrumental moments and odd soundscapes that made it an interesting listen and a template for more arty post-punk bands.
Pretty good, from memory I think this is more experimental than the other album, which I think is ok sometimes, but often devolves into random noises. The synths are quite interesting, and usually used more as a texture, in a similar way to silver apples. The singer is a bit mixed, sometimes the yelling and non-traditional singing works, but often not also. The guitars are good. I think some parts are very ahead of their time just because of how experimental it is. Favourite songs: non-alignment pact, street waves, over my head. Overall around 6/10
fan jag får ge det här en trea. jävligt gött sound. dom stökiga låtarna med bara oljud är sämst. hade det varit utan dom hade det lätt varit en fyra.
1006 albums ago, when I heard my first Pere Ubu album, I didn't expect to be hearing another 4 years on. But here we are. I gave Dub Housing a puny 2 stars, but I'm giving this a mighty 3. Why? Maybe it's because I've become more charitable in my old age. Maybe its because, as their debut album, this one feels more pioneering. But I think it's mostly because The Modern Dance is bigger on actual tunes and smaller (with the notable exception of Sentimental Journey) on extended passages of experimental noise.
Ok, rock ochentero , "proto" post-punk.
I simultaneously loved and hated this album. There was a song that used smashing plates as an instrument for god sakes. I also have no desire to ever hear it again.
The music is a bit annoying at times. Overall, however, I found the album surprisingly interesting. I would like to give it 4 stars. But if I apply the criterion of whether I would like to listen to it again, I have to refrain from doing so. It's a bit too exhausting. 3/5
Haha what an awful way to open an album. This weirdly grew on me but I tend to like experimental music. I was watching Becketts plays on film the weekend so I'm probably in the right head space for this kinda stuff. I can see how this would have influenced bands like Pixies and Joy Division. Is this music easy to listen to and super accessible? No. Does this deserve a place on the list? Yes. I'll take this any day over Donald Fagens solo work. 3/5.
I feel like this is an album that requires a few listens to really get into. I liked what I heard but nothing stuck out as something I wanted to immediately return to.
A pretty good album, I liked Street Waves the most.
Cool early post-punk. 1978 is eaaaaarly for something that sounds so sparse and angular (gang of four, wire-esque).
Very interesting but challenging album to listen to. Probably leans a bit too much into the experimental elements for me to want to listen again.. there are quite frequent breakdowns of guitar noise which makes it unique albeit wears thin a little
Weird and decent. Lands in mid territory. The end is definitely questionable.
I would call this new wave. But I suspect that's a bit old fashioned. They would play well on Triple J. Or maybe they would have ten or more years ago... I must be getting too old for this.
201/1089 - This sounds like art punk.
not what i was expecting at all but it was good noise
Non-alignment pact has some sick rock to start with Figuring out if i'm a fan of lowkey rock (for the lack of better word)
eh, its okay
OKish.
Initially jarring, but once you get past that, it's a pretty fun album.
Musically interesing and energetic. There is a vague familiarity to a lot of the songs. Not in the sense that I have heard them before, but rather that they are like songs I have heard before. I enjoyed the music more than the vocals and the lyrics but there was a little something here. 3.5.
Listens: 3 Standout tracks: Sentimental Journey, Real World, Chinese Radiation. Well, that was certainly something. What genre do we call this? Experimental rock? Post-punk and grunge? Experimental, post-punk grunge-rock. Yea! Does qualifying the genre even begin to truly classify or quantify what I just listened to? Does it even matter? I have so many questions about this album, but honestly, maybe you just take it for what it is and just sort of go along for the ride. Loud horn instruments resembling honking geese or dying... something, mumbling lyrics, grungy guitar, bass and drums. Sounds of someone just periodically shattering glass bottles... perhaps an alcoholic. I actually didn't hate this. I would even say I dislike it. I won't, however, be adding this to my rotation. I think this album just exists in a place and space entirely on its own. Perhaps it is like a violet accident on the opposite side of the highway. A train wreck. Something you just can't look away from. You stare at it. Marvel at it. And then move on with your day.
There are too many to keep up with on TikTok.
I probably didn't give this the concentration it deserved. I'm not sure if that extra concentration would have increased or decreased my enjoyment. I'm going with quirky and fine. I don't see myself going back to re-listen with that heightened concentration.
Not what I expected but not terrible. I’m much more of a punk fan than post-punk / new wave, but this has enough punk about it that it is listenable to. Once.
Was not expecting arty post punk from pere ubu, this was a pleasant surprise at least to begin with. Ran out of steam towards the end, first half were good songs that were a bit weird and the second half was all weird no good bits. Enjoyable enough without a need to return.
A funny, yet enjoyable mix of Beach rock and Punk ~ feels like if the E Street Band and the The Velvet Underground merged (probably a strange definition). MODERN DANCE is a super catchy track! Along with that sweet bass intro in LIFE STINKS. Overall, a high quality punk-beach-art amalgam.
Unique and a little refreshing but not earth shattering
This album definitely has its peaks and valleys. Real World is most definitely a valley, but then at the same time, the phrase "Out in the real world" might definitely stick to me as an ear worm. I think I hate that. This is one of the albums of all time. It's interesting, it's experimental, it shines, and it crashes and burns. A little bit of everything!
Once I got over the structure and the vocals in track one, this ended up being a lot of fun. Not sure I'd go back to it any time soon, but I don't regret giving it a chance. It's very post-punk with a focus on so pushing the boundaries of what music should be, and I do love an album that takes risks.
Hard and energetic at times, definitely with a punk feel. The music is pretty cool, and the tracks offer some experimental sounds and compositions throughout. This was a unique one I'd never heard of before, but I dig it.
Too avant garde for me but still cool
Some good points throughout the album however you have songs like laughing which I’m hoping they put in to make me laugh that kinda drag down the experience
Very annoying droning song to begin; enjoyed when drum took over!
Different. Would maybe look at other albums. I liked a lot of the guitar work
why do i have the best time with the weird albums
Angry harsh sound, discordant wall, cacophonous including wild reed instruments, breaking glass. Overall a fun time, the highs are worth it. Modern lovers meets Black Saint and The Sinner Lady meets the Damned. Simple, inane punk adjacent lyrics, repeated ominously for effect.
definitely unique. there's moments on this album that sound so crazy weird that it almost tricks into liking it, but i actually don't really get it if im being honest. imma say this isn't a must-hear but i can see myself in the future finally figuring this album out and absolutely loving it, because there are a really cool glimmer of brilliant surreal artistry. the whole atmosphere of sentimental journey is absolutely insane. i love the manic energy of street waves. all the weird electronic background are so weird and uneasy. but i'd be lying if i said it sounded good all throughout. I don't hate it but I feel like I've heard albums likely influenced by this one that do that weird off-kilter noisy shit far better. Bands like sprain (specifically their last album) and maybe early black midi come to mind (probably bad comparisons i haven't listened to them in a bit) do this type of thing far better like 40 or so years later.
The first 29 seconds is pure tinnitus. It stays difficult. I would like this more if the singing was not so awful. This album is like a deconstructed cheese cake. Good post punk songs wilfully pulled apart to create something smug. Sabotage! The problem is, they are actually doing something really interesting/good. If only they could hold back a little bit or focus on one consistent style. It is so far ahead of its time: think Sonic Youth, Swans, Black Midi. Their own bio describes: absurdist … self-destructing melodies, scattershot rhythms, and industrial-strength dissonance. Talent for sure, but they don’t want to make it easy to enjoy [self destructing being the operative term]. At 3:40 on Laughing - the lead singer makes a stupid sound like an ostrich and then giggles. Even in the context of this album it’s annoying. Real World is much the same. Street Waves and Chinese Radiation are just great tracks. Imagine it just held that for 35 minutes. The highs are there for sure. This may the only album to which I award a 3 star that I would happily/gladly never listen to again. If Pere Ubu lost the absurdist streak and actually sang the songs , this would be a great great band. Alas … Sentimental journey takes the absurdist style to absolute breaking point. Several minutes of smashing (sounds like) vases. An oboe playing on drone. The synths that evoke - to me - the sound of a dial up modem. The lyrics provided don’t match those sung. “At home, it’s a rug, it’s a window … it’s an [indiscernible noise]. This is not enjoyable. The. Humor Me let’s you off the hook with a good track to finish. A fascinating album nonetheless. Low 3/5
Ska Not my type
A very sharp journey.
Definitely strange, but I kind of liked it. Feels raw, homemade, and interesting. High 3?
It's ok, I dont like the singer's voice too much.
Yes
"Non-Alignment Pact" & "Modern Dance" are two great but similar songs. I'm enjoying all of the anthem-style singing sections, as well as all the experimental guitar and synth parts. The piano is sweet too. I can't really tell what's happening on "Chinese Radiation", but I do like it. The last few songs got a little too experimental for me. I think I liked this album, but it was all the place and very odd. I liked the first half more than the second half. 6/10
You can’t debate their influence - a lot of this sound carried forward. You can’t tell me the big New Wave acts had never heard this singing, for example. But the grating noises are just too unpleasant for repeat listening, so while it has my respect it doesn’t have a high rating
Some interesting stuff and cool tunes on here. The experimentation works well on some tracks, but isn't always consistently good
I don't know what this is (mating rituals for the modern age?) but I kinda like it.
On paper this should be something I’d like - raw unfiltered post punk - but somehow it didn’t win me over. Maybe more listens - but then I’m not one to force myself to like an album.
Probably quite influential on stuff i love (various post punk and art rock) but a bit too severe and sparse for me on one listen (is this no wave?) Could grow to a 4.
There're interesting parts here and there, but otherwise these track just kind of feel meandering. 2.5 bumped up to 3.
3/5. From the get go, with the high pitched drone, it was not great. As the album continued, I found myself appreciating the post punk scene some more, and realized that some bands I enjoy today definitely got influence from this band like Viagra Boys and Black Midi. The songs themselves have charm to them and there is a sense of curiosity involved which feeling confident in their musical choices. It does not always land but the confidence is there. The album is not a 5/5, like all these critics are saying, so if I could talk to one of them to ask what they are listening to, that would be great. It was still better than expected and might listen to it again once I mentally prepare. Best Song: The Modern Dance, Real World, Street Waves
This was a cool punk rock album that I've never heard of before, it definitely was good but peppered in with huh? And what am I listening to? Lol but over all good album!
Art rock/post-punk from the late 1970s. It started off really strong but then the more avantgarde and experimental songs were harder to digest. I appreciate the unique sound, though, but perhaps I would need more listens to enjoy it more.
big wacky, more interesting cool vocals but chaotic
Fav: Street Waves Least Fav: Life Stinks By far the most unique album I’ve come across so far, and I actually somewhat like it? Maybe it’s because I listened to it whilst in a bad mood but the craziness spoke to me and I enjoyed it. Whilst I think it goes a little too off the rails in the middle, it pulls around for an overall satisfying experience. Very happy I listened to something this unique
Definitely interesting and unlike really anything I’ve heard before. Not sure how I’m supposed to dance to this though
Have on vinyl: No Fav song: Modern Dance Notes: Takes some getting used to. I was at one point at a 1, then a 2, ended with a 3 after more listens.
Initial impression was "that's gonna be a no for me, dog." And then I listened again. And again. And again, and goddamn if this one didn't grow on me Avant garde can work for me, at times, and "Over My Head" (oh, the irony) is a keeper, Street Waves is great.
There's some tracks with weird noises, detracts from the album as a whole
Can see how this was influential
Quite experimental and risky. Considering the year it was released, this band Instead of going full punk rock, which would be the easy option, they orbit towards other fields and in a way, commit some sort of commercial suicide. The record has interesting ideas, and they are definitely trying to explore new areas. Curious record and, for me, inaccessible due to the randomness that exudes. Some parts are In line with other acts of late 70's. The band, seems to be uninterested in catching a broader audience, instead, they are investing their efforts in a sort of artistic pursue. I can see somehow their influence on indie acts of the 80's. Some songs (may not be actually songs), are just sonic landscapes, cinematic in some ways. I don't imagine myself listening to them a lot.
A bit odd but kind of liked it for being different
I knew him from the 80th.
He’s got a strange voice but quite enjoyable overall 7/10
Interesting. Avant garde, slightly punky. Might listen again 3/5
Fun
Kind of okay.
Don't mind that it's weird, but the album never feels like it lands anywhere. There are many elements of something good here but nothing that would compel me to listen again.
So much better than the other Pere Ubu album on this list. This one actually has melodies!
Punky and kinda fun.
A fascinating album for sure and I can see how it's pretty influential. It reminds me of a number of contemporary bands I listen to, so despite being from the 70's, it still sounds fresh. It's not a great listen though haha. (15 known/29 new)
Like Talking heads but tripping balls
I had to listen to this a few times to “get it”. It didn’t help that they start the album with an evil noise for the first 33 seconds. WHY?? Once that is over there is wildly inventive music and some good beats, but it is challenging at first listen. And in the case of the track Sentimental Journey, it is challenging every time. But man some of the other tracks I know I’ll want to listen to again! A three star rating from me usually means the album is very middle of the road. This album is anything but that! But it has some high highs and low lows, so this is where we end up.
Sounds like they were drunk when they recorded this haha I liked the first half
Two albums in one year? As with the other one, I appreciate it.
The first two songs are straight heaters but then when you get into the third track "Laughing" you get into some free jazz nonsense that is off-putting. "Street Waves" gets things back on track and offers some sweet guitar licks. "Life Stinks" features the record's most unhinged moments that's for sure. "Over My Head" is an absolute snoozer of a song. The worst song off this record with "Sentimental Journey" not too far behind. That song absolutely sucks. By the time I got to the closer "Humor Me" I was already checked out with this album.
Mixed feelings on this one. Some absolutely great songs (Non-Alignment Pact, Modern Dance, Humor Me) mixed in with some garbage (Laughing, Sentimental Journey)
Reminds me of the birthday party. Interesting, but not something I'll listen to again.
This was an interesting listen. I didn't hate it but some of it was challenging to listen to. This is kind of like a weirder Talking Heads sound to me.
This is super fine.
I appreciated this more than enjoyed it. The most interesting parts are the leats fun to listen to.
Listened Before? N A messy early punk album! I love it! Some crappy parts, and kinda died in the second half but mostly cool here. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Modern Dance
An interesting album. Not sure if I retained anything, but it wasn’t bad to listen to. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Some parts were bad to listen to but that's beautiful, I do want to listen to their other stuff now.
This is a great example of this project - I don’t consider myself a total idiot about music but this was a band I had truly never heard of before! I wasn’t expecting much but then the first half of this album ended up being some really fun punk/new wave/Talking Heads style songs with just a sprinkle of Zappa and acid jazz here and there. Definitely one of a kind. The back half of the album lost the melodic nature of the first and got weirder and more experimental, and I didn’t find that as interesting, so only three stars, but I’m glad I got a chance to listen to this!
ahaa eli kaksi albumia tältä bändiktä! oli tarpeellista! kyllä. erittäin influe tiaalinen itseasiassa one of the american undergpdrund most infulential bands,pere ubu expresses the angst and chaos of their times with apocalyptic fervor... hei! Los Angelesissa on 491 kuukausittaista kuuntelijaa! Tältä bändiltä selvästi otettu niin paljon vaikutteita.. kun kukaan ei ole unohtanut.. ei ole mahdollista että kirjantekijä kännipäissään laittoi kaksi näiltä koska vittu keksi tuhatta albumia ssaatana laita joku vaan mikä se oli, mikä se ööö, se pere ubu,, mitä vittua niillä nyt oli.. laita yks semmone markku siihen listaan taas.. laita markku lisää niitä vaikka vittu päästään helvettiin tästä keilahallista non-alignment pact