The Modern Dance

aprecio la valentía, pero no es mi tempo.

Yea, I hated pretty much every second of this. Fuck your atonal meandering saxophone most of all.

This was a genuine, real surprise. I love this crazy surreal, Meshuggah.

yes

Had another album by these guys and this one just didn’t live up to the other

For an album that was described as "Art Punk" I was quite nervous to listen to this. At the beginning I enjoyed myself far more than I thought, but by the end of the album may of my fears had been realized. This could be a tough listen for many stretches. There's still more stuff in here that I liked, so it's ultimately a win.

8.5/10 - i remember this being whacky and it still is. love it. talking heads gang of four all took reference. chinese radiation is such a nice track.

Why had I never heard of Pere Ubu? There's some real standout tracks on this album! I loved Street Waves, and Life Stinks is a masterpiece piss take. But Real World was irritating and not for me.

Welja, de eerste paar seconden gaan al meteen door merg en been. Ergste begin van een plaat tot nu toe, die achterlijke hoge toon. Ze willen je gewoon pesten, tot het uiterste tergen, er is gewoon geen andere verklaring. 'Wat, zijn er nou nog steeds mensen die onze platen kopen? We zullen ze leren!' Op de rest van de plaat wordt er op de vertrouwde wijze met de pet naar gegooid. Verder hoef ik er geen woorden aan vuil te maken.

Het andere album van Pere Ubu was in mijn herinnering één van de ergere uit de lijst. En nu moeten we er nog één. Lekker dan... En ja hoor...huilende snaren, een 'zanger' buiten adem, en vooral veel slecht passende bijgeluiden. Ten opzichte van de eerdere plaat, is dit wel wat muzikaler. (In mijn herinnering. Ik ga het natuurlijk niet checken.) Dus ik waardeer dit album iets hoger. Kom ik afgerond uit op...nog steeds één ster. Zegt wat over het andere album...

Pere Ubu, een van mijn eerste 1-sterren albums in deze lijst (uiteraard was Joni primus). Dus ik ben vooraf al extreem gewaarschuwd, dat dit wel eens enorm kut kan zijn. Het eerste nummer begint nog wel aardig, als een soort Talking Heads meets Sex Pistols en the Pixies. Alleen mixen ze er allerlei kutgeluiden doorheen, die zwaar op de irritatiegrens drukken. En dat blijven ze vooralsnog doen. We mogen vooral niet te veel luisterplezier beleven aan platen van Pere Ubu. Ik moet zeggen, in mijn geheugen is dat album Dub Housing vele malen kutter dan dit. Ik was niet van plan dat alsnog een keer op te zetten voor een second opinion. Maar hier zit soms nog wel een soort van muziek in en kan ik me best van voorstellen dat anderen dit tof kunnen vinden. Alleen jammer dus dat de zanger er soms overheen loopt te bleren en ze er continu van die irritante geluiden doorheen kieperen. De 1 blijft ze bespaard dit keer, een magere 2 is hun deel.

I’m not really sure why this is consistently rated so poorly. That said, it was a bit…workmanlike? And not in the way that punk’s key virtue was its lack of virtuosity. Just workmanlike dull.

This is the one where it started off alright then it got progressively shitter. I'd be up for giving it 2 stars

I hadn’t heard of Pere Ubu before today. Apple Music says it is 70’s alternative, which is a decade and genre that I don’t often see together. I did find some charm in this album with the rawness and how it doesn’t try to be pristine, but it didn’t take too long before I felt I’d had enough. I’m glad I finished it because the final track, Humor Me, would be one of my highlights here, but overall I did find it a little lacking despite the aforementioned charm. I doubt I’ll be returning to this, but I’m glad I heard it.

This is an absolute classic that should not be missing from any post-punk/wave collection. These are excellent musicians: wonderfully hectic music, avant-garde with lots of crazy sounds, distorted synths and sax, and hysterical vocals. You have to have strong nerves because otherwise, you won't make it to the end of this album.

Fun and interesting album, pretty modern, even 40 years later. Cool stuff.

not for me

I went about 200 or 300 albums in a row without giving a 1 rating for an album. The opening track was difficult to listen to as it was loud annoying noises and terrible vocals. I made it four songs in before I had to turn this one off. This was absolutely garbage.

I am going out on a limb here, but I bet Thurston Moore was really into this record.

It's okay. But mostly just two good (not great) songs. I suspect that this being a debut album has impacted it's rating on "Best of" lists. It's not bad, but it's not great either. 3 stars.

It's OK, I like the uniqueness but the vocals are a unappealing for the most part

raw&atmospheric

Some of these songs could be fine, but whose idea was it to add all these obnoxious sounds and effects all over the damn place. Kills it for me. I don’t think I’ll be revisiting this one

This is actual noise slop I understand it’s unique and different but it’s massively boring. This is like early ska music and like party rock like Andrew W.k and Jeff rosenstock it’s mosh pit slop jazz fusion and it’s interesting sure but not in a critique way more in a you can really make anything kinda way. There is no highlight it all blends together in a mush like a meal against the Geneva convention. It is art I understand that just what noise can we put in here to keep a rhythm with a guitar it’s extending the definition of music for sure sentimental journey being the thesis of this all. A carefree song about nothing but destruction a literal deconstruction of music the drums coming in that trumpet thing. it’s hard to listen to this on purpose it’s death grips kinda it’s self aware it’s just a joke man humor me is a true full circle telling the audience in the final song this is not legit. By this point it’s too late I’ve bought in and you wasted my time by not doubling down terrible. May nobody ever find this record ever I can’t wait to listen to stuff I like now.

There is some very interesting bits of music in here. However there's some just throwing crap at the wall and seeing what sticks as well. Those parts are a little tough. It's barely over a 1/2 hour long so it never get's unbearable.

Art rock that with some cutting could be a very listenable record, clearly not what they were going for. I’d listen again but with a finger in the fast forward button.

Too experimental for me.

There's something here that I like, but it's a little bit too out there for me. But I think I might listen to parts of it again. It's WAY too out there for the family, that's for sure. It was interesting listening to this driving home from a softball tournament.

Sweet! Pure chaos meets anxiety attck.

Q: You know what the best part of Cleveland is... A: It's not Detroit. I don't think that's necessarily true. I'd much rather visit Detroit, home of Motown, Jack White and easy access to Canada. No. Despite Cleveland being the capital of the infamous 'Steamer' there aren't (m)any claims the city has to offer outside of perhaps the invention of "flammable river". And, while Pere Ubu isn't on fire, and they don't sound like shit, they are bit of a 'hot mess' and (coincidentally) hail from the city of Cleveland. Pere Ubu is one of those bands you hear your punk-nerd musician friends name-drop while talking about Kurt Cobain's 'inspiration' and why Nirvana is still the best band in the world. The truth is, that unless you're into irritating and obtuse noise art, or exploring the history of rock, finding beauty and inspiration in this is as elusive as finding a reason to visit Cleveland n the winter. But some people still do it.

Well, that was weird. Not Trump/Vance weird. Those guys are weird, but Pere Ubu is a different kind of weird. A "let's take experimentation to the breaking point" kind of weird. I tried to go along on the ride, but my breaking point was the six minutes of breaking glass on "Sentimental Journey."

The third track is incorrectly listed as Laughing. I dug deep and found the original name, Laughing (At The Listener).

Man, this is why I keep doing this project. What a cool album that I probably never would have listened to otherwise. You all have no taste.

Cool

Yeah this is a lot more challenging than their other album on the list. More noise, less fun. Last song is pretty good, though. 2/5

not a fan of this one, not sure why it's on here unless it has some type of uniqueness in the way you can't hear the guy (I can't remember the name of the band but the guy sings "psycho killer kitskisee fa fafa fa fa fa fafa fa fa, that's who this sounded like). The music sounded the same across the album, too.

Number two from Pere Ubu (assuming that rhymes). Like the first, I don't really like it at all. Can't say that I hate it, just not a strong enough reaction. But I wouldn't miss it at all and wouldn't return to it either. Oddball rock. Favorite tracks: Laughing. Album art: This is a cool cover, sketch-type drawing of a guy dancing with a flag, with a skyline behind. It's a good cover art, I like it. 2/5

Avant Garage really hits the nail on the head with this one. It's odd, but makes an interesting change to the stereotypical punk formula

This might be great after the 10th listen but was tough on first go.

Soft-punkkia? Päivän fiilikseen ei oikein osunut ja siten jätti vaisun tunnelman. Eroaa kyllä kepeydellään genren muista orkestereista.

Paska levy

Album starts with a horrible high pitched noise- I definitely wasnt exprcting it 😅. I am finding myself going back and forth a lot as I listen to thr album. I get what they are going for- pushing the boundaries of what rock music can be. But sometimes I feel like its being dissonant just for the sake of being "avant guard". On the other hand- when the leaned into the chaotic rock sound but without the dissonant instrumentation, I found myself really enjoying some songs. Also- even some of the more grating parts did make me laugh. Overall- a hard album to assess. Im sure it had a lot of influence on other rocks artists, but I personally wouldnt see myself putting it on again

Everything was too out there for me to enjoy. The moment I got to a song I could convince myself to like they’d add some element to it that ruined it.

There were some parts I liked, but overall a little too “artsy-alternative” for me to understand.

Honking reed instruments and smashing cups are musical? Not for me. Too bad, as there were moments of good music underneath.

There was an okay track early on but they really lost me with all the smashing glass.

All the toots, twerdles and honks on Laughing were pretty irritating. I hate that sort of crap. Turns out, it was pretty indicative of what the rest of the album's like. There were moments I enjoyed, but a lot of irritating noises. Still better than the Residents.

Couldn’t fathom why there would be 2 albums by this guy on the list, but actually I ended up quite enjoying it. I was into the late 70s post punky weirdness

Thought this would be better, reall not good - avante garde, 2 is generous

Entertaining in a very strange way. I’d never listen to this with other people around but I kinda enjoy it Last song is maybe the best

Awful

J'ai probablement plus aimé que le premier album de Pere Ubu que j'ai eu ici, mais ça reste un style très particuliers qui n'est pas facile à apprivoiser. Mon principal problème reste avec les vocals qui sont vraiment dur à prendre au sérieux. 4.5/10

Meget muligt at det er meget indflydelsesrigt osv men jeg nød ikke rigtigt at lytte til det! For syret til mig, selvom det i øjeblikke mindede mig om Television

Rå kaos! Tror den her plade har været en stor indflydelse for mange plader jeg elsker

Fed energi og lækker støj! Vokalen er lidt en acquired taste..

p396. 1978. 1 star. Unpleasant, pointless abstract noodling. Absolutely no reason for anyone to waste time on this. On the plus side, it's short.

The actual music isn’t bad, there are just too many weird noises interspersed to make this album even remotely listenable.

Starts off with a high pitched dentist drill to the more sensitive crevasses of your brain and really goes downhill from there

If you find RIO like Univers Zero or Henry Cow to annoying you should start with these guys who bring a lot more punk attitude to the table. They influenced bands like The Birthday Party and you can hear why. What I like about this album that all the obscurities sound carefully crafted and intended for the quality of the song - and not just for the sake of being different. There are still some structures I miss here and there.

Utterly unlike anything else, the first side is a blast of new wave that is still, bearing in mind their forbidding reputation, 100% accessible. The second side is more of their arty stuff culminating in David Lynchian (Thomas' soul brother) Sentimental Journey. Fabulous cover as well.

So close to a 1 but I could hear the B52's and Talking Heads in there so...

Beware of high hopes

Noisy nonsense. Shite.

I kept looking for a reason to give this album a score higher than a 1 but I couldn't find one.

Not as bad as other reviews make it out to be. Definitely not as good, either.

Very strange album, still not disgusting

Perhaps it's my Reminiscence Bump (wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscence_bump) in play, but the postpunk movement is probably the most interesting to me, because I, a few years younger than the bands in the scene, looked up to them and saw the unrealized potential of the punk movement actually being manifested. Art, literature, social justice and activism appeared in the songs and in the zines. Pere Ubu and bands like them brought art to the rock stage in a way that really resonated with me. Several other reviewers have praised "Rip It Up and Start Again" by Simon Reynolds, and I bought it right away. If this album resonates with you, perhaps you'll want to read this book, too. The album kicks off with a fair warning of a tinnitus-inducing alarm to tell us that something very new and different is in play. This isn't your father's rebellious rock--this is a total revolution, so get lost with your 3-chord rock and harmony. Is it "fun?" No, but it's stimulating.

Not super great -

Really strange but really catchy. I kept saying "what the hell is this?" while listening, and half the time it was positive, half the time it was negative.

Timeless Pere Ubu record and one of the best albums ever made in every sense; consistent high-quality song-writing and I especially like that the music is both experimental and, at the same time, highly accessible. A clear 10/10 album for me.

This album did not capture me as much as Dub Housing.

I like the grooving parts best, while a track like Sentimental Journey is not my cup of tea.

a generous 2, idk how the average is so high and why this is in the list

Yeah the feedback scream at the start of Non-Alignment Pact was just what I needed on a Saturday morning with a hangover after the first game of the season. It's a good tune though when it starts. Pere Ubu fall into the category of I'm glad they exist to push boundaries, but I don't really listen to them. You know what though, I really enjoyed this.

The soundtrack to ADHD. "I like this genre and this genre and oh look there goes someone on a bike, I like bikes"

A little less than a year ago, I reviewed Pere Ubu's Dub Housing, and I hated it with every ounce of my being. I really hated David Thomas's vocals, and I just could appreciate anything about the album. And then I found out that I would have to review another Pere Ubu album at some point, and I've been dreading it ever since. I've had a week full of albums that I haven't really enjoyed much, so I guess this is a pretty fitting album for this Friday. Well, no since in delaying the inevitable I guess... This was actually much better than I could have hoped for. I still hated David Thomas's singing, but I really liked the guitar playing and the overall chaotic energy of the album. That initial screeching feedback on "Non-Alignment Pact" nearly made me want to punch a wall, but once the song got going, I enjoyed it. I can really appreciate this album as an important part of post-punk music, and I found it really interesting that Pere Ubu took pieces of traditional punk rock, but used them to build something completely different. It's like taking a Lego set of a house, but using the pieces to build a boat instead. The odd song structures were really great too, and lent themselves to some really out-there experimentation. This isn't the type of album I'd probably be quick to listen to again, but it's made me want to revisit Dub Housing, which is a hell of an achievement. I appreciate what this album means to rock music and how it earned a place on this list.

First half is pretty good. Falls away quite a bit in the second half though. ‘Sentimental Journey’ is especially shit, bordering on ear rape. A bit of a mixed bag then overall. Great when its good, dire when it’s bad.

Avant garde trash.

No

Moments: "Street waves", the first part of "Life stinks". Some of them very punk-like.

There is some good elements here an there, but overall i miss the red thread, and i don't really like the switches in genres during a song. Not my favorit album....

This one is a tough one... Normally I often enjoy weird music, but this ain't it. I think that the highest praise I can give the music(?) on this album is that it's very hard to ignore/tune out, and it's never boring. I wasn't even really sure how to describe the genre, because I'd never heard of art punk before. Now that I've learned what that is I do think it's a good descriptor though. And otherwise I think another review here describes it as "It sounds like the result of leaving a group of school children unsupervised in a music classroom" Standouts Over My Head 1/5

Did not like.

I like post punk if it's done in a good manner. This really hurt my eardrum. Literally. I had tinnitus the whole day, and it's still going.

im feelin nothin

Interesting for the late 70’s

started ok, last few tracks unlistenable

Souvent dissonant et impertinent, mais toujours avec une dose de légèreté.

This has a post-apocalyptic feeling to it. Like any minute, there’s gonna be slow moving zombies staggering about. I don’t hate it! The song with the reed instruments bellowing like dying geese?I couldn’t help but chuckle. There was 2 straight minutes of that! Fully committed. There are moments where it’s right in the pocket and it cooks. And then it’ll abruptly pivot to some chaos, making you long for that pocket moment again. I guess that’s their trick. 2.8

Definitely not something I'm into, but I was distracted watching the olympics, so it had that going for it. Songs were too long. 2.6

1977 was the Golden Age for Punk, producing titans like Iggy Pop, Generation X, and Sex Pistols, all of which are remembered today. I had never heard of Pere Ubu, and listening to it makes me understand why. For me, their avante garde style of punk is the equivalent of a shot of single malt whiskey mixed with Drano and used in a razor-studded suppository. I might have played this to annoy my parents for a few minutes when I was a kid. Sadly, I hear potential in there for a solid punk experience. All I am experience now is indigestion…

Well, there might have been some break through music and concepts in here but there was a lot of "noise" too. I don't think I have the patience to put in the effort to get out all the good/interesting parts. I'm glad I live 45 years past this album so I can hear all the good music that benefited from these pioneers.

This one is not good. Imagine Frank Zappa, but shitty.

In the name of all that is holy, how did this end up on a list of 1001 albums that must be heard. Incoherent lyrics, random noises, and irritating vocals. I just don't get it...

It's a noisy racket that feels influential without actually having anything that I would want to listen to again

I had to listen to this and drive like jehu back to back and robert wyatt oy 2 days before. Someone is messing with me. Give me my time back. Just cause it's different, doesn't make or good.

Discordant at times, feels like it's going to lose control then finds it right back. Awesome album, undeniable energy and a pace you can't help but want to match.

W sumie to bardzo dobre. Trochę surowe instrumenty, dużo mocy, ale też spokojniejsze fragmenty. 5/5

Ugh!

Overrated in the sense that it’s a good album but I can’t see how it could be someone’s best album of all time

If I’m going to listen to this type of genre, I’d lean more Throbbing Gristle or Psychic TV. I did enjoy how irritated a friend got in my car as they finally asked about the glasses smashing in the background.

I can imagine this will be a pretty devisive album. For money - this is as much a piece art - a true display of intention and expression - as anything I have heard on this list. Garage-prog, art punk. There are songs that feel like the could be talking heads that then veer in a wildly different direction. Kids music not for kids. There is real raw email under the chaos. And the bass lines. A one of one band for sure.

Was a time where I’d have thought this fantastic. Not so much now but let’s be fair. I changed. It didn’t. 4

A very interesting diversion. Are you really ready for something different today? Give this a go. On nice big warm speakers. It gets better and better, track by track. Oddly compelling. Experience it once. We are not here to hear Radiohead and Dire Straits again. So hold on last the first 30 seconds, and you will get some music you might otherwise NEVER hear. I admire the artistic freedom and willingness to defy anything really. It's interesting the way installation art is + you look at a seemingly incomprehensible mess trying to figure it out, and realise it best to just let it flow ... It's a bit free and deranged, if you can handle the concept.You REALLY gotta be in the mood for this kind of thing. Or truly like punk. Or free forming art. Give it space and let it overtake the room. File under: experimental + interesting punk almost jazz. It does have its moments. And as someone who listens as broadly as Stromae & Indila to Tom Waits & Patti Smith , it's rare to find something this new and different and avant garde feeling. Will I become a regular listener? Hell no. But it's worth a listen. Once.

The hype around Pere Ubu among the punk/alternative community at the time was real, but I missed the point, whatever it was. I’ve just given the album about three spins & I can see a bit more clearly why it had the reputation it gained at the time. But it’s still not my bag. The first two trax sound like the same track to me & they set a chaotic course that rarely varies. Life Stinks may be amusing, but it reminds me too much of Captain Beefheart at his least accessible. Interestingly, there are so many times on the album that, to me, Thomas’s voice sounds very much like early David Byrne (Real World; Humour Me). I went online to see if this was a common belief & debate certainly rages about who influenced who. I’d say the difference between the bands was that Talking Heads had melodies & Pere Ubu generally did not. With another dozen listens I might get used to this album, but that ain’t gonna happen.

Back when I were young, in the mid 80s, it was hard to track down truly left-of-centre music. Here in Australia, it meant listening to Triple J late at night on the off chance they played something really out-there and then haunting stores like Red Eye Records to see if you could find vinyl, hopefully without getting gouged for expensive imports. (I once made the naive mistake of buying a pricey imported Canadian edition of a Severed Heads album, not realizing that they were, in fact, a Sydney band and there were much more reasonably priced local pressings to be had). That is how, for instance, I discovered The Residents, who I think could be considered in the same sphere as Pere Ubu. Their 13th Anniversary Show Live in Japan album was briefly available as a cheap local pressing on AIM, so I snapped it up and spun it obsessively for at least a year. I loved it, partly because it was so hard to find these things. It was exciting to be challenged by music in that kind of way. I can imagine that I might have had a similar relationship with Pere Ubu if I had access to this record when I was 15. I have certainly read a lot about them; Simon Reynolds is almost hagiographic in his description of the band, especially their early years, in his wonderful survey of postpunk 1978-1984 'Rip It Up and Start Again' (highly recommended). On paper, this should be right up my alley; abstract, intellectual, industrial postpunk, with weird noises and a rhythm section described as "the tank side". But Reynolds quotes Dave Thomas as saying "I was totally obsessed with the abstract", and cites the massive influence of Captain Beefheart, although studiously avoiding any blues elements at all (which, frankly, are the best bits of Beefheart). The result is, often, an unfocussed mess, more idea than execution. There are a handful of strong songs on the record (Non-alignment Pact, Modern Dance, Street Waves) that I quite like. I would totally dig an EP of songs like that. But many of the tracks are more interesting in the concept than the actual listening experience. It doesn't help that Dave Thomas can really only sing one melody, which gets tedious as we move into the second half stretch. So, 2.5 stars for having a few good songs (which certainly makes this better than Dub Housing, which doesn't have any). But I'm rounding down, because I'm cranky. Maybe if I'd spun this obsessively when I was a teenager, I'd love this, but these days I just don't have the time and energy.

Not…so…good….nope

meh,

Really cool sound, loved the noisy, angry energy.

This isn’t really my music, and I doubt I’ll listen to it again, but I can see the appeal. There’s something about this album that really draws you in.

I've always been curious about Pere Ubu but never knew how to get a foothold into their music. Like there was a wall separating me from understanding what on earth was going on. The key, I now realize, is brute force. You just need to sit down and listen to it, and then listen to it again. Now, it's starting to click and I love it. 'The Modern Dance' is like a punk rock version of 'Trout Mask Replica' (I mean that in the best way possible). It sounds like jazz and punk musicians trying to record together in the middle of a minor earthquake, with resulting happy accidents throughout mingling with moments of genius and raw energy. It's musique concentrate with angst. It's the Stooges in space. This album could exist no where but deep underground. It's not about to get any radio play outside of college campuses. Yet its influence is all over modern music, in particular Joy Division and Talking Heads. I know a lot of people will hate this one, but I'm honestly mad at myself for sleeping on these guys for so long.

Pretty good. Different, but not in a bad way. I would not have an issue listening to this again, I'm sure I missed some things.

I feel like my ears were being violated by the vocals and the random high pitch noise in the first track. Some alright guitar and bass work though.

The intro to the first song on this album legitimately made me think my stereo was broken. The rest of the album was okay, though (but just okay).

I heard a bit of this dude growing up, and my thoughts at the time remain true 40 years later. Sucks. Really sucks.

Bit too experimental for my liking

Listened to over half the album, and just got a bit annoyed at it. Sounds like something I'd make if I was bored with garageband.

Sone interesting sounds

This has everything. Punk energy, strange noises, sing(shout)along bits and some brilliant basslines. And Thomas' voice just sets it all off. This must have been quite the thing in 1978, and it still sounds great now.

A bloody EAR RINGER of an album. There's a lot of experimentation taking place here. I like the gang feel, with mantras and slogans being paraded around. I couldn't find any overall direction I could get behind though. The glass smashing sound effects on Sentimental Journey saw me off.

I'd callt hem experimental punk. I didn't know about them, they are not great musician, but they know how to twist your mind.

Every post punk, new wave, no wave band that followed owes this album a debt of gratitude. Not everyones taste and jarring at times but influential and important

Messy and arresting art. I'm not sure 'enjoy' is quite the right word but I was invested and engaged

Didn’t enjoy it.

Not good.

The best thing about this is that it is just 36 minutes long. The worst thing are those 36 minutes. Total waste of time.

A bit weird. Gave me Talking Heads vibes I think? Not my jam but had a couple interesting moments.

Art punk album with nothing for me. Can’t connect to the music, singing or rhythm. 1/5

At this point I’m convinced this list is a gag to see what ridiculous things people will say about albums that are actually bad. This was stupid and has no point in being on this list. Replace this with actual music.0.5/10

"You know, your uncle made an album with his friends" "..okey, the one who always drinks to much at family gatherings?" -The album Reminds me of modest mouse but bad. I don't listen to punk that much, but allot feels out of scope for punk and feels more like avant garde at some points. The voices are terrible but it might be the point to make the instruments seem like Mozart in comparison. If you like it, it is fine. For me personally i don't see any significant, revolutionary or important with this album. Sometimes it feels like 1001 is comprised of allot of albums from the authors personal collection, what was a good album in some magazine and the albums everbody should know. i'm starting to think that there really aren't 1001 albums you NEED to hear (closer to 200-500)

Noisy punk, bad production, lousy vocals

Just strange... a few songs that hit ok, but lots of just random noise.. not sure.

Couldn’t put my finger on whether this is good or not. It’s quirky and a bit mystifying. No tracks to call standouts, but nothing overly bad either. I feel unsettled listening to it, maybe that’s the point.

Very weird, and very good. The detours this album takes are exhilarating and there's not much like music anywhere but within these tracks.

3.7

Boh non mi ha detto niente!

Never has a band sounded so much like they're from Birmingham. Turns out they're American!

Yeah alright not bad

Sentimental Journey and Humor Me sound like Tim Heidecker and I love it. I wasn't sure about this album, it opens with quite possibly the worst tonal sound I've heard, but after that, I love everything about this album.

I can fully understand why people hate this and also why they love it. I’m not rushing to listen to it again, but I gotta say I dug it.

enjoyable... but nothing that knocked my socks off.

Experimental

That was okay, kind of irritating at times.

Meh…

This shitty music must have influenced a lot of other shitty music to get included on this list. 1.

Well this was a pleasant surprise. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

It okay but a bit dated.

Pönkað tilraunakennt rokk. Hittir ekki alveg í mark hjá mér.

Интересный, лично мне звук понравился, эксперимент в качестве угара, который получается, так автор умеет хорошо петь, сочинять и тп, это слышно

Couldn't finish for some reason

I am a big Indy, punk, post-punk and alternative fan but I found this a bit hit and miss

Very wild and eccentric post-punky, ridiculously influential

Why does every song have an incredibly shrill noise in it somewhere? Worst album in awhile.

Having a headache when that first song starts, made me dislike everything in an instant lol. As the songs went on, I was reminded of Datarock at times so the music definitely had a more modern feel and was not what I expected from a late 70s album. Overall I couldn’t get into it but it was an interesting listen.

Music from the mental asylum! I'm sure all the peeps here will hate ol' Pere.

It opened up a little on multiple listenings. I often like the idea of stripped-down punk like this, without thinking that the results are particularly, well, listenable or enjoyable. It’s not offensive, though, but also not particularly challenging. In the long run, I’m happy that it’s in my world, even if it’s unlikely to hold a cherished place.

Mmm

Interesting. Not something I'd have on rotation though.

Good god, what the hell was that?

DNF. They’ve gotta knock it off with these strange albums. A good album should not open with tinnitus.

3.3

Enjoyed this one. Such a unique sounding voice.

I liked it

The Modern Dance is bad. Not as bad as some of the worst stuff we've had, but it's definitely not good, incomprehensible mumbled vocals, insufferable high-pitched screeching that sounds either like an animal in distress or some faulty machinery, and really nothing to take away from it other than the fact the bass player is talented and the production highlights their work. It's a 1 from me.

This was not good at all. Starts out tolerable - the first two tracks are jarring and not particularly good, but listenable, and then it goes downhill from there. One of the reviews on the site suggests we've got another Pere Ubu album, to come, I really hope that we don't... 1/5. 

I didn't care for this one. Lots of squeaking and random noises that annoyed me. 1.5/5

That was crap. Didn't finish.

I think we found the inspiration for the Violent Femmes

My second Pere Ubu album and I'm none the wiser as to why it's here. They seem to have been an important underground influential artist but it's just such messy noise and not a million miles from the last one.

First time listen again. Strange, but interesting.

Absolutely insufferable

Yeah, wow. If you can appreciate the sounds of seagulls, whales, breaking glass, human seizures, and an out-of-tune bagpipe with a first time player, this is for you. I get punk. I get avant-guarde. I get the anti-establishment overlap and the relation to underground music and sound collage. I just don't want to listen to noise and nonsense. I like my ability to hear too much.

Didn’t give me riled up.

Schräges Rock Album der 70er. Einige passable Stellen werden durch rumgeklimper und experimentieren mit irgand was was Geräusche verzerrt. Es war irgendwie Zeitverschwendung diesem Soundsammelsorium zu folgen.

Random noise

welcome to Константинополь 2.0

Это опыт, который надо принять и который нельзя оценить. Чтобы я не поставил - к этому можно легко докопаться. Поэтому я ставлю 3 как оценку, которую легко можно отправить вправо или влево в зависимости от состояния Алкоальбом: твой любимый коктейль но с перцем чили

Ну звучит это как пиздец. А если это звучит как пиздец - ищите Captain Beefheart в референсах. Это надо прожить и пережить. Но ещё что хочется заметить : они очень много про себя пишут, про какую-то идеологию, повестку, философию. А вот я изучил тонну материалов про это, и у меня создалось ощущение, что это всё такоооооое лютое позерство... возможно, я глючу и не прав, но выглядит всё немного будто сильно иронично.

Did not land for me and my interested waned.

Terrible vocals over a basic instrumental makes for an overall boring and sometimes just bad experience

I liked the peppier, upbeat parts. Everything else was meh. 2/5

i remember what it was like, you’d get a cool riff and then you’d fuck it up for no particular reason except to make it artier

Still reeling from Dub Housing, the volume remained very low.

The Modern Dance
I was quite intrigued to hear this, as I know lots of people cite Pere Ubu as an influence and as an important punk art rock type band. Non-Alignment Pact and The Modern Dance I really liked. I was expecting a more thrashy punky thing but I liked the more wiry garagey post punk sounds and structure. Obviously his voice is not that conventional, but they both sound like very good post-punk style pop songs. The bass on Non-Alignment Pact is great in particular and the organ sounding synth on The Modern Dance is very nice as well. Laughing I started to like after 3rd listen, even if it might be one of the weaker songs. The rhythm section and guitar is pretty cool, and I ended up quite enjoying the wailing and sax leading up to an actual song breaking out. Street Waves is similar to the first two tracks, a more conventional post punk style song - I like the riff and angularity of it. Good bass again. Chinese Radiation didn’t really do it for me, I think the rhythm track is good but it Peters out towards the end. Life Stinks I liked - the bass and guitar are nice together. Really reminded me of something but I couldn’t quite place it, maybe the Slits? By the third time round I started to enjoy his ‘singing’ style, I guess it could go either way but I liked it. Over My Head is another great track, the sparseness is great and I liked the sound effects. Sentimental Journey I actually found quite amusing, even if I’m not sure that was the intention. I liked Humor Me as well, sounds a bit like a stylophone? Overall not quite what I was expecting and although it may bit of a mixed bag in terms of number of good songs, but in lots of ways a more interesting experience than I thought it might be and it’s left me feeling pretty intrigued by them. It may not be the easiest listen at first, but I genuinely got into his singing style and there were 3 or 4 of tracks I really liked. And the bass was pretty much uniformly excellent. I like their singularity and I’m definitely curious about listening to this album again and some of their other stuff - I can definitely see how they would have influenced a lot of bands I like, like Joy Division, Wire, Talking Heads, Devo, etc. I did think about giving it a 4 but I think it lands solidly as an upper 3 with potential - it definitely grew on me throughout the day. ⭐⭐⭐️

some wild swings on this album. every time i think i've nailed them down they pull the rug from under me. confusing fun

A FAVORITE OF MINE! Been a huge Pere Ubu fan even before starting this, so was absolutely THRILLED to see their debut pop up here! One of my favorite underappreciated “weird” bands of all time, and their debut is still one of their best to this day. Noisy punk crossed with abstract experimentation all rolled up into an album of absolute perfection. Long live Pere Ubu!!

An absolute assault on the senses! My ears feel like they’re bleeding. Pure trash, throw it in the bin! Zero stars - dont rizz me, dont come by ohio, we’re done!!

Sounds like a bunch of children were let loose with instruments and a sound effect machine. And to top it off you have the mumbling and random shouting which sounds like someone on a drug binge. Couldn't distinguish any of the songs from eachother. 36 mins of assault to my ears Don't listen with headphones - save yourself from the offensive screeches. The worst song for me was "Sentimental Journey" - what I imagine the inside of a microwave sounds like. Also includes birds/clown horn and bottles being smashed repeatedly. Lyrics include - " Table. Chairs. TV. Books. Other stuff". To the 5 (!!!) writers who wrote those lyrics - I hope you didn't give up the day job Terrible 1 ⭐️ but wish I could give it less

I liked this - I think I would have enjoyed it when it first came out, if I had heard it then.

bro why is this on the list

I'm glad that avant garde punk/rock exists and I'm glad they released this and I'm glad I don't have to listen to it again. These are not negative thoughts. There's a space for music like this and there are other bands that went somewhere more melodic with the influence of this band/record.

This album wasn’t enjoyable to listen to but I also can’t say that I hate it enough to give it a 1. There are some things to like with this it’s just buried under like 20 layers of obnoxious post-punk/noise rock. Like the first song wasn’t terrible but the first 20 seconds almost made me nauseous and my gf had to leave the room.

Interesting

Nice. Has a talking heads vibe in places

For all of my musical tastes, I should like this. Should. But I don't. Nothing about it is clicking with me. The album cover is amazing, I'll give it props for that. Unfortunately, nothing else is working for me. Not musically, lyrically, vocally... it's too bad. I sure did try. I'm sure this album sings a direct line to someone's soul, I just know that it ain't mine.

kooky! pretty weird, but i liked how it leaned into that. some of it worked better than other bits for me

Ugh

i really like this in theory but in practice i don't want to hear David Thomas's vocal performance ever again (can't believe he had time for this band on top of running Wendy's!) challenging in a way that doesn't feel forced or (excessively) pretentious. not something to throw on in the background for sure, but active listening is certainly rewarded here. again, i just wish there wasn't some unwritten rule about post punk vocals being insufferable 85% of the time

This album reminds me of being 14 and first learning guitar. You don't really known the notes so you confidently bash them out, 90% wrong with a few times that you play it right.

Obscure, shrill, deafening, "The Modern Dance" is an avant-garde debut album by American rock band Pere Ubu. If anything, this album could be a possible precursor to some of the new wave of the 80s. While not the worst album, it is just really bad; this album is so bad that its almost amusing.

I know "unconventional" does not imply "bad," but in this case it does. Strange sounds are frequently employed, never to good effect. The vocalist sounds like he's being annoying on purpose. One song had such (deliberately) terrible instrumentals that I started laughing to myself, only to check the name of the song and see that it was in fact titled, "Laughing." So they nailed that one I guess.

Pere Ubu is really for a select, discerning audience. I'm not one of them.

I assume they didn't have money to pay for a vocalist. There's a song that starts with the sound of breaking glass and I would much rather every song had that instead of vocals. Absolutely terrible. 2 stars for the band cause they actually know how to play instruments.

Some interesting ideas

Not a fan, a quick pass!

Not sure what to make of this... certainly different and not what you would think a "1978" would sound like. Ultimately not something I'm likely to listen to again but OK with it being on the list.

Modern? Experimental? Art? Garbage? Yes to all

Laughing // Chinese Radiation // 3.5/5

"Laughing" and "Chinese Radiation" weren't really my jam, but the other songs were fun and quirky. Almost taken aback by my enjoyment(?) at sometimes. A high 3/5. Cheers to getting musical whiplash when this kind of stuff pops up on shuffle!

I had never heard of this, but it was entertaining. Strange sound and some of it is just noise, but I never put it down.

I can't really figure this album out. I don't know who it would be for. It's not really bad, some of the instrumentation is inventive. Great drums and bass throughout. Vocals are super off-putting. I'd never heard of this band before and after this album I might go find some of their other stuff if the mood strikes. It's interesting to listen to, weird for sure. I'm just not sure I get what they were trying to do or say. Hard to rate because I don't really like it but it's not bad. I'd give this like 2.5 but I can't bring myself to round up to 3 so it's a 2/5 I suppose.

There's flickers of what could be goodness, maybe even greatness, but the constant reliance on screeching and over high-pitched noises makes for an altogether unpleasant and, at times, frustrating listen.

Subsequent plays are better, and I want to like this album/artist, but I just can’t into it. The first 30 seconds of the first song of the album is just a screech, like it’s actively trying to get the mainstream listener to dislike it so the punk fans can claim superiority.. second Pere Ubu album, another 2/5

I especially don’t like Sentimental Journey (was enough to tip the balance to a lower ranking for the album)

They’re growing on me I’ll probably listen more

01) Non-Alignment Pact - 6,5 02) The Modern Dance - 7,0 03) Laughing - 4,0 04) Street Waves - 7,0 05) Chinese Radiation - 4,5 06) Life Stinks - 5,0 07) Real World - 5,5 08) Over My Head - 6,0 09) Sentimental Journey - 1,0 10) Humor Me - 5,5 TOTAL: 5,20 (52/100) This album is full of weird and unpleasant noises including the singer's vocals. Few songs sound like actual songs, the rest is some experimental weird stuff with lame sound effects like in the 1978 SF space movie. Can "Sentimental Journey" really be allowed to call itself a song?

Vascillating wildly between really liking it and really hating it. The hatred was of the squonky woodwinds. I don't need anyone to explore the full range of sounds a soprano sax can make. But, when they put that aside, I was getting into it. This is clearly an inspiration to a lot of music I like. Just abrasive as all hell.

Some of this was VERY fun, but dissonance and noise rock has always been widely available to me and so i don't think it has the same uniqueness it probably did when people discovered it in its time.

I really did not like most of this, especially the ending of "Sentimental Journey." The vocals just made me uncomfortable. I'm all for art rock, but at least make it a little listenable!

weirdly was really into this, but i'm also having a mental health episode and feel fucking insane rn. great soundtrack for going 89 on the highway. 3.5 stars

The first time I tried to listen to this, I immediately shut it off at the high-pitched blelelelelelululu sound. The second time I actually kind of enjoyed it, although it's got a lot of that high squealy clarinetty stuff happening. Cleveland weirdo representation!

This is what you get when a middle school concert band makes music for dogs. Dogs love it. Humans run from it.

Think I liked this even less than Bjork! First 20-30 seconds of the first track had an ear splitting noise. Then the songs just weren't very good!

Personally I love that records like this make this list. The band has 30k monthly listeners on spotify which means that a lot of their listeners are probably from this 1001 albums project. It's nice to get something weird. This record feels intentionally weird and harsh sounding. I believe it actually takes quite a bit of skill to make a record sound so weird like this and I think most people that hate it can't appreciate that. Yeah, there are a lot of weird sounds going on but it stays cohesive. It kind of makes me think of black midi and Viagra Boys which makes me wonder if this album is an inspiration for post-punk. It also sounds like Talking Heads could have pulled some inspiration from this record or they had similar inspirations.

What a rad album! Super experimental and honestly kind of punk rock. I had a mostly good time listening to this. There were a few songs that were too much, but I love that they're going for it in 1978.

Can't listen to it not found on Amazon

Shit was ass

Wow

very unique band. punky and experimental. solid debut album

Musically not terrible, they should have got rid of the "singer" and whoever is fucking about with the noise pedals though Won't be listening again

From the name of the band I was expecting some avant garde Belgian jazz from the 1950s, and to be fair there are some enjoyably weird bits to this, but it turned out to be more of a proto punk garage rock album and a fun listen. The highlight is probably the title track which shamelessly borrows the bass riff from Neal Hefti’s 1960s Batman theme tune.

This is what punk should always sounds like.

1st impression: wie, interesting. 2nd: OK, it will all be the same—how boring. 3rd: 2nd was sooo wrong. Nice. Last: Now it becomes weird. Experimental, sometimes intentionally ugly, but too much of it.

An album I always enjoy returning to.

Didn’t really vibe

Bias because I have this album cover in my room…yes I am judging an album by its cover, what about it?

I liked this album, cultured rock from the 70s, something a little different.

Interesting - generally a sort of tedious punk rock. Not my scene, though flashes of decent rock.

They are committed to their thing. Good on them.

This was absolute trash. I hated it. My first 1 star.

Very odd, but some minor points for creativity I guess? 1.7 stars

5 / 10 Punk con muchos ruidos extras y voces sin mucho sentido.

If there’s a hidden gem here, I won’t find it. Absolutely painful.

Listened 3/19/24. Always an interesting listen from these guys

Need to read about what I don’t get about this

Had never listened to this group. Didn’t find it terribly good , but I’m not musically intelligent. For me it’s a low rating bc I don’t have any need to listen to again.

"The Modern Dance" by Pere Ubu is an avant-garde album that pushes the boundaries of rock music. Released in 1978, it features experimental soundscapes, angular guitar riffs, and David Thomas's distinctive vocals, creating a unique and challenging listening experience. While the album is praised for its innovation and influence on the post-punk genre, its abrasive and disjointed nature can make it difficult for some listeners to connect with. Tracks like "Non-Alignment Pact" and "Street Waves" showcase the band's unconventional approach to songwriting, but they may alienate those looking for more traditional rock music. Overall, "The Modern Dance" is a polarizing album that will appeal to fans of experimental music but may not resonate with a wider audience.

Pretty good punk album.

On the more conceptual side of post-punk, Pere Ubu is happy to experiment with different noises and influences. It is, unfortunately, going to be annoying to most people. I am willing to accept it at face value for what it is, but I would never willingly return to The Modern Dance.

grating, unique, not a bad listen overall

Some experimental sounds

Have awarded myself a solid two stars for playing this until the end.

I owned this album. The landscapers were working while it was playing, it didn't make much of a difference. It is interesting, but is it good? Do we put these albums in the context of the time they were created or do we review them from the present? The same question is asked of the Constitution. Is recorded music a museum piece or a living thing? I admire the creativity, but I don't want it on heavy rotation. I was 3 stars then the 6 self indulgent minutes of 'Sentimental Journey' killed me. 2* The list has two Pere Ubu albums, they are out of Cleveland, art school no doubt. The wife said, "This is what music sounds like in hell." I save that line for Bon Iver.

The album wasn’t bad but the third song on the album sounded like they stuck a microphone up an elephant’s ass and told it to go crazy. Which now as I type I realize that it’s maybe a bagpipe but it still pissed me off 😂

3.8 - Surprisingly composed compared to its frenetic follow-up “Dub Housing.” I like this. I like the way they layer in strange sounds with a subtle hand. They rarely overplay the electronic elements. I also appreciate the use of woodwinds, a stray saxophone might moan quietly in the back of the mix. There’s just enough negative space to make these compositions pop.

My kind of chaos

I like the music but can’t take the vocals. Like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Totally outrageous. “Modern Dance” and “Street Waves” were good though.

I just couldn’t get into it

A curious underground and avant-garde release. I can see how it may have influenced some punk and experimental styles that came after it but as an album it was quite shoddy.

I like punk and post-punk, but this album is almost impossible to enjoy. Its extremely discordant and very poorly produced. You can see how in retrospect it was influential but I cant help but think it was partly a lesson in what NOT to do. 2/5

Até interessante pela experimentação sonora, mas mesmo curto, no final estava chato.

Jeg bryder mig ikke rigtig om de lyde der kommer ud af min højtaler

Not for me

Old school punk. Clash, sexpistols like.

Ugh

Every time this starts to get interesting, it gets obnoxious again.

A few cool vibes in here, but overall not my style at all. Too random and just doesnt feel good on my ears lol

Auffallen um jeden Preis. Grässliches Gejaule! 0/5

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.

Bit noisy

I think I liked some of this? But it's hard to say

Never heard of this band before so I had no expectations on what this album was like or idea on the bands sound. that was a nice experience. This was an OK album, not many stand out songs you think thats amazing I want to listen to that again Favorite song: real world Least favourite song: Over my head Album artwork: Great artwork

First impressions of Pere Ubu's first outing may make you think they lean more "punk" in the post-punk realm, especially due to David Thomas' vocal inflection, yet as the album goes on it opens up a bit, and you start to get that more dreary sound associated with many a post-punk album; stir in a woeful saxophone and some waxing poetic lyrics like reading off the random items in the room with the band, and you've got yourself a 70s art punk stew. It has its moments of greatness, such as the before mentioned sax and some great out-there moments that channel David Byrne more than anything, however it often misses the mark in the melodies department, in which I often struggle to remember a single tune after its over, and as the album gets more and more formless over time, the issue only grows more with it. You'll always be entertained by the record, and at a brisk thirty-seven minutes some experimentation is more than appreciated, but one has to wonder why to choose this over any other post-punk band for their needs, and it doesn't make an argument, just tries to please you while you're there, then send you on your way. Like a stew, its filling, but never a main course if you can help it.

A very potent, angry sound; almost a sonic cross between the romantic instrumentation of Roxy Music and the bombast and nasal tone of the Jello-led Dead Kennedys. Musically it reminds one of the frustration of the excess of the disco era, music about the reality of hip, disaffected young people away from the gloss of pop. Magnificent.

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.

i lOve AvaNt gArdE

Avante garde. The modern art of music. Not my cup of tea.

My right ear hurts. An atonal mess of an album, with no redeeming tracks. Screeching, tinnitus-inducing effects layered over below-mediocre guitar, sung by a goofy, mumbling horse-man. Bass and drums are adept, but every other instrument sounds like it’s being played for the first time by the horse-man. Samples of cheering crowds are interspersed throughout the record, presumably so the band can pretend people like their music. I’m all for experimental rock, but it requires the rock to actually be good to balance out the weird stuff. Pere Ubu, when they are actually playing music in earnest, sound slightly worse than the stock rock tracks included on MIDI keyboards. By the end of the album, I was laughing along to what I thought might have been a great spoof, or some satirical effort, but I think they might have been serious. This album would be perfect for some sort of a pain tolerance challenge. Stand out tracks include when the album stopped playing.

Thought this was pretty interesting garage/post punk rock for 1978. That being said I wasnt ever really blown away by any individual track. I liked that it was darker and kind of pyschadelic inspired in places, but the lyrics were impossible to decipher the way it was sung and mixed. I'm guessing a lot of this is due to the Seinfeld effect though, as I gather this was the first time a lot of these sonic textures were used like this and it likely had a big impact on more commercially successful bands who appeared later. Even like REM, I could hear influences from. Personally I need a bit more melodic movement to emotionally connect, I couldnt really imagine myself dancing to it, but it was by no means a bad listen and I was glad for the exposure.

This entire album sounded like some weird filler interlude that I would be happy to slog through as part of a better album - maybe velvet underground or pixies. But for that to be the whole thing is just kind of unacceptable.

Interesting but it sounded like they were trying too hard to be weird

I always assumed that this was either a ska or reggae band. I think I would have liked it better had it been either of those.

Just not for me at all. Pretty dreary all the way through without any sort of break, and I also did not connect with the singing. Happy 500 fellas.

Some songs are ok but generally not my kind of music. The voice takes some getting used to.

Vreemd. Heel vreemd. Doet soms ronduit pijn aan mijn oren, maar toch wel vet. En de basgitaar is fantastisch.

More lo fi post punk. This one is not at the melodic or enjoyable end of the scale. It gets worse as it goes on. In fact, by the end it's just noise. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Modern Dance Date listened: 21/02/24

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.

I wanted to like it more.

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.

I hate this album so much. The song “Life Stinks” sums up my entire experience listening to this. Most Least Favorite Track: Street Waves

Pere Ubu’s previous album Dub Housing was one of my favourite finds of this project - an urgent and noisy post punk project that sounded like Talking Heads’ aggressive older brother. This follow up was less enjoyable, and in places just felt like it was being noisy for the sake of being noisy (especially the tinnitus-inducing introduction) rather than adding anything to the songs. There’s still a great attitude throughout it and some solid grooves, but not as exciting as the earlier record

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.

Screechy, chaotic and alarming

Some of the songs are genuinely annoying. 'Laughing' in particular. There are glimpses of good music here and there but just not an enjoyable listen.

They called it avant garage, which is accurate.

I didn’t like this album. I give it 1 star.

2 - Man, I was kinda hopeful for this album because of the genres and my own curiosity, but this was boring. I wasn't crazy about the vocals either. I was more excited for their second album than this one, but not so much now. I guess I finally know what I think of Pere Ubu.

Pere Ubu have always been underrated and under appreciated. An incredible art punk experimental band from Cleveland. Very stoked this is on the list.

This album was so horrible even my dog was mad that I was playing it. She didn't like the shrieking horns. 0.5 stars should be an option.