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The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu (CD, May-2005, Geffen Records USA) 
The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu (CD, May-2005, Geffen Records USA)

 
The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu (CD, May-2005, Geffen Records USA)

Artist: Pere Ubu
Release Date: May 2005
Format: CD
Record Label: Geffen Records (USA)
Genre: Experimental Rock, Rock & Pop
UPC: 720642520628
Product ID: EPID3123710
Description: Pere Ubu: Tom Herman, Scott Krauss, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine, David Thomas (vocals, various instruments). It is hard to believe that such noises could come from so deep in America's heartland, played by a group named after a French...
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Track Listing
1. Nonalignment Pact
2. Modern Dance, The
3. Laughing
4. Street Waves
5. Chinese Radiation
6. Life Stinks
7. Real World
8. Over My Head
9. Sentimental Journey
10. Humor Me

Details
Distributor:Fontana Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Pere Ubu: Tom Herman, Scott Krauss, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine, David Thomas (vocals, various instruments).
It is hard to believe that such noises could come from so deep in America's heartland, played by a group named after a French absurdist play. The debut album by Pere Ubu, The Modern Dance is the realization of group leader David Thomas's (a.k.a. Crocus Behemoth) high-concept vision of a rock band whose sound was always just on the verge of falling apart. Avant garde and not terribly accessible, the album's noisy anarchy was a tonic for punks and intellectuals sick of the bloated, corporate sound that passed for commercial rock at the time. It became a major influence on the leading alternative bands of the following decade, including the Pixies and Husker Du.

Editorial Reviews
Ranked #34 in Mojo's Top 50 Punk Albums - ...Pere Ubu worked fearlessly on a planet of their own...
Mojo (03/01/2003)

Ranked #14 in Spin's 50 Most Essential Punk Records - ...Ubu were punk's greatest no-future futurists...
Spin (05/01/2001)

[With] impatient energy, out-of-nowhere sci-fi synthesizer playing...crowd-roaring, and David Thomas's astonishing voice...
The Wire

4 stars out of 5 -- [I]f you're curious about the original post-punks, THE MODERN DANCE remains absolutely essential.
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