Song of the Bailing Man | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1982 | |||
Recorded | August 1981 – January 1982 | |||
Studio | Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 36:10 | |||
Label |
Rough Trade (original release)
[1] Cooking Vinyl (1999 European CD reissue) Thirsty Ear (1999 US CD reissue) Get Back (2001 Italian LP reissue) Fire (2016 European LP & CD reissues) | |||
Producer | Adam Kidron | |||
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David Thomas chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Chicago Tribune | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | B+ [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PopMatters | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10 [7] |
Song of the Bailing Man is the fifth Pere Ubu album, released in 1982. [8] [9] It was the final Pere Ubu album until 1988's The Tenement Year. [10]
Anton Fier replaced drummer Scott Krauss for the recording of the album. [4] The band broke up shortly after producing Song of the Bailing Man. [11]
Trouser Press wrote that "Fier’s lighter, jazzier playing sets the tone for an album that, for all its Euro-prog iconoclasm, never quite ignites." [12] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called Song of the Bailing Man "more of a bouncy pop record, though Thomas is as gone as ever." [7] In its review of the Architecture of Language 1979-1982 boxset, The Quietus wrote that "Tony Maimone's basslines play a bigger part on this record, making this LP more overtly poppy sounding than its predecessors." [13]
All lyrics by David Thomas; all music by Pere Ubu
with:
Song of the Bailing Man | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1982 | |||
Recorded | August 1981 – January 1982 | |||
Studio | Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 36:10 | |||
Label |
Rough Trade (original release)
[1] Cooking Vinyl (1999 European CD reissue) Thirsty Ear (1999 US CD reissue) Get Back (2001 Italian LP reissue) Fire (2016 European LP & CD reissues) | |||
Producer | Adam Kidron | |||
Pere Ubu chronology | ||||
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David Thomas chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Chicago Tribune | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | B+ [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PopMatters | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10 [7] |
Song of the Bailing Man is the fifth Pere Ubu album, released in 1982. [8] [9] It was the final Pere Ubu album until 1988's The Tenement Year. [10]
Anton Fier replaced drummer Scott Krauss for the recording of the album. [4] The band broke up shortly after producing Song of the Bailing Man. [11]
Trouser Press wrote that "Fier’s lighter, jazzier playing sets the tone for an album that, for all its Euro-prog iconoclasm, never quite ignites." [12] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called Song of the Bailing Man "more of a bouncy pop record, though Thomas is as gone as ever." [7] In its review of the Architecture of Language 1979-1982 boxset, The Quietus wrote that "Tony Maimone's basslines play a bigger part on this record, making this LP more overtly poppy sounding than its predecessors." [13]
All lyrics by David Thomas; all music by Pere Ubu
with: