Modern Dance [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Pere Ubu | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 2, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Fontana Geffen
• ASIN: B000007OSV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,870 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Non-Alignment Pact

2. The Modern Dance

3. Laughing

4. Street Waves

5. Chinese Radiation

6. Life Stinks

7. Real World

8. Over My Head

9. Sentimental Journey

10. Humor Me

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered Dual Disc reissue of this eccentric American Post-Punk band's 1978 debut album. The CD side features the original 10 tracks (including the influential and oft-covered 'Non-Alignment Pact') while the DVD side features a 5.2 Surround Mix of the album, a David Thomas interview, a Pere Ubu biography and more. Silverline. 2006. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sound of the Real American Underground, 1978, December 19, 2001

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Scott McFarland (Manassas, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Dance (Audio CD)

It's an awesome record, one that has inspired a fair degree of bands but been criminally underheard by the buying public.

Influences range from garage rock to the most avant of the avant-garde rock groups. Ubu on this record move from beautifully powerful guitar-driven grunge to abstract fractured art. The whole thing has such a strength and brilliance behind it that it remains cohesive. These are 5 very talented people working together in the service of something greater (art in music).

I've got to say, frankly, that this music blows away most of what came after it. If you like adventurous rock music, you need to hear this.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unreal, July 17, 2000

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Nejd Alsikafi (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Dance (Audio CD)

This album struck me really hard. It may be a loud and difficult album at times but it is a beautiful one with a lot of emotion at its core. Every single song on here sounds like a classic to me. My personal favorites are Chinese Radiation, Life Stinks, and Humor Me. But every one is simple amazing in its own right. David Thomas sounds like a huge penguin with gauze stuffed down his throat. You'll never heard anything quite like it I'm sure. Allen Ravenstine's disturbing and cosmic synth parts will startle you at first but after quite a few listens everything will fit and I'm sure you'll love it too. Defintely on my top 5 albums of all time list. If you don't already have this please check it out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is one great CD., May 15, 2000

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J. Smolik (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Dance (Audio CD)

I love this CD and all the great songs on it. One of the reviewers said that Iggy Pop ripped the bassline off of one of the songs, but I wanna Be your Dog was released almost ten years before this album was. I guess that guy has no idea what he is talking about. Good CD.