The Modern Dance (album):Pere Ubu

The Modern Dance is the debut studio album by American rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in January 1978, through record label Blank. A 5.1 surround sound version was released as the DVD-Audio side of a DualDisc in 2005.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == All songs written and composed by Pere Ubu (David Thomas, Tom Herman, Allen Ravenstine, Tony Maimone, Scott Krauss), except as noted.
 * 2 Critical reception
 * 3 Personnel
 * 4 Release history
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links


 * Side one
 * A1. Non-Alignment Pact – 3:18
 * A2. The Modern Dance – 3:28
 * A3. Laughing – 4:35
 * A4. Street Waves – 3:04
 * A5. Chinese Radiation – 3:27


 * Side two
 * B1. Life Stinks (Peter Laughner) – 1:52
 * B2. Real World – 3:59
 * B3. Over My Head – 3:48
 * B4. Sentimental Journey – 6:05
 * B5. Humor Me – 2:44

==Critical reception[ edit] == The Modern Dance has been critically acclaimed. Although only moderately positive initially, Robert Christgau later raised his rating a notch and wrote of the album that "the highs are worth it, and the failed stuff ain't bad" in his revised review.[2]  At the same time, Ken Tucker in Rolling Stone called it vivid and exhilarating, even if "harsh and willfully ugly".[4] ==Personnel[ edit] == ==Release history<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Pere Ubu
 * David Thomas – vocals, musette, percussion, production
 * Tom Herman – guitar, backing vocals, production
 * Allen Ravenstine – EML 101 & 200 analog synthesizers, saxophone, tapes, production
 * Tony Maimone – bass, piano, backing vocals, production
 * Scott Krauss – drums, production
 * Tim Wright – bass guitar on "The Modern Dance" and "Sentimental Journey", production
 * Technical
 * S. W. Taylor – sleeve artwork
 * Ken Hamann – engineering, production
 * Mike Bishop – engineering assistance
 * Paul Hamann – engineering assistance
 * Mik Mellen – sleeve photography