Long Live Père Ubu!

Long Live Père Ubu!
Studio album by
Pere Ubu with Sarah Jane Morris
Released2009
GenrePunk rock
LabelHearpen Records[1]
Pere Ubu with Sarah Jane Morris chronology
Why I Hate Women
(2006) 		Long Live Père Ubu!
(2009) 		Lady from Shanghai
(2013)

Long Live Père Ubu! is an album by the American band Pere Ubu, released in 2009.[2] It is a soundtrack to a musical adaptation of the play from which the band took its name.[3] The band performed its adaptation at (Le) Poisson Rouge.[4] David Thomas referred to Long Live Père Ubu! as the first "true" punk album to be released in 30 years.[5]

Sarah Jane Morris played the part of Ubu's wife.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash8/10[7]
Record Collector[8]
Spin[9]

The Independent wrote: "Reflecting the original play's deliberately repugnant manner, the accompaniment is full of martial, rat-a-tat drum fusillades and pompous marches, synth whines, washes of white noise and colossal bouts of belching, perfectly embodying the childish antagonism of Jarry's irrepressible urge to 'epater la bourgeoisie.'"[10]

Record Collector called the album "a hall-of-mirrors audio play with a linear narrative, scronking, squalling rhythms and melodic snippets undulating round a pulsating soundscape."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Ubu Overture" - 2:42
  2. "Song of the Grocery Police" - 1:46
  3. "Banquet of the Butchers" - 2:55
  4. "March of Greed" - 3:34
  5. "Less Said the Better" - 2:31
  6. "Big Sombrero (Love Theme)" - 4:06
  7. "Bring Me the Head" - 3:39
  8. "Road to Reason" - 3:55
  9. "Slowly I Turn" - 4:25
  10. "Watching the Pigeons" - 3:21
  11. "The Story So Far" - 7:57
  12. "Snowy Livonia" - 1:20
  13. "Elsinore & Beyond" - 1:35

Personnel

Pere Ubu

References

  1. ^ Rylance, Stephen (November 30, 2009). "Pere Ubu: Long Live Pere Ubu!, PopMatters".
  2. ^ Terrell, Steve (2 Oct 2009). "The king and I". Albuquerque Journal. PASATIEMPO. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Pere Ubu Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Live: Pere Ubu's One Night Only Performance of "Long Live Père Ubu!" at Le Poisson Rouge". The Village Voice. March 29, 2010.
  5. ^ Adams, Sam (20 Sep 2009). "Rockers Pere Ubu explore namesake". Los Angeles Times. p. E14.
  6. ^ Shepherd, Fiona (19 Feb 2010). "'It's just one big mess without any boundaries between things and that's sort of what we like'". The Scotsman. p. 38.
  7. ^ "Pere Ubu - 'Long Live Père Ubu!'". Clash Magazine.
  8. ^ a b "Long Live Pere Ubu - Record Collector Magazine".
  9. ^ Menconi, David (Dec 2009). "Reviews". Spin: 78, 80.
  10. ^ Gill, Andy (11 Sep 2009). "NEW RELEASES". The Independent. p. 24.