The Modern Dance

The Modern Dance
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released January 1978
Recorded October 1976; January 1977; November 1977
Studio Cleveland Recording and Suma Studios, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genre Art punk, post-punk, experimental rock
Length 36:20
Label Blank
Producer
  • Pere Ubu
  • Ken Hamann
Pere Ubu chronology
The Modern Dance
(1978)		 Dub Housing
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The Modern Dance is the debut album by American rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in January 1978 by record label Blank.

A 5.1 surround sound version was released as the DVD-Audio side of a DualDisc in 2005.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Great Rock Discography9/10[4]
Q[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[7]

The Modern Dance has been critically acclaimed. In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote that "even though there's too much Radio Ethiopia and not enough 'Redondo Beach,' he would be "listening through the failed stuff—the highs are worth it."[8] Christgau later raised his initial B+ rating a notch and re-affirmed that "the highs are worth it, and the failed stuff ain't bad" in his revised review.[2] At the same time, Ken Tucker, writing in Rolling Stone, called it vivid and exhilarating, even if "harsh and willfully ugly".[9]

NME named it the 11th best album of 1978.[10] Fact placed it at number 31 on their "100 best albums of the 1970s" list.[11]

Track listing

All tracks written by Pere Ubu (David Thomas, Tom Herman, Allen Ravenstine, Tony Maimone and Scott Krauss), except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Non-Alignment Pact"3:18
2."The Modern Dance"3:28
3."Laughing"4:35
4."Street Waves"3:04
5."Chinese Radiation"3:27
6."Life Stinks" (Peter Laughner)1:52
7."Real World"3:59
8."Over My Head"3:48
9."Sentimental Journey"6:05
10."Humor Me"2:44

Personnel

Pere Ubu

Technical

  • S. W. Taylor – sleeve artwork
  • Ken Hamann – engineering, production
  • Mike Bishop – engineering assistance
  • Paul Hamann – engineering assistance
  • Mik Mellen – sleeve photography

Release history

Year of Release Place of Release Format Label
1978 United States Vinyl LP Blank
1981 United Kingdom Vinyl LP Rough Trade
1988 United Kingdom Vinyl LP Fontana
1988 Germany CD Fontana
1998 United Kingdom CD Cooking Vinyl
1998 United States CD DGC
1999 Italy Vinyl LP Get Back
2005 Europe DualDisc Silverline
2007 United States Vinyl LP Blank
2008 United Kingdom CD Cooking Vinyl
2015 United Kingdom & United States CD and Vinyl LP Fire Records (UK)

References

  1. ↑ Dougan, John. "The Modern Dance – Pere Ubu". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1981). "Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved November 20, 2007.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  4. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  5. ↑ "Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance". Q: 123. [I]f you're curious about the original post-punks, The Modern Dance remains absolutely essential.
  6. ↑ Coleman, Mark; Randall, Mac (2004). "Pere Ubu". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 626–27. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 27, 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ Tucker, Ken (June 1, 1978). "Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance / The Suicide Commandos: Make a Record". Rolling Stone (266). Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved August 29, 2007.
  10. ↑ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1978". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ "The 100 best albums of the 1970s". Fact. July 14, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
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