Apocalypse Now (album)

Apocalypse Now
Live album by
Pere Ubu
ReleasedAugust 24, 1999
RecordedDecember 7, 1991
VenueSchubas Tavern, Chicago
GenrePost-punk, experimental rock
LabelThirsty Ear
Pere Ubu chronology
Pennsylvania
(1998) 		Apocalypse Now
(1999) 		The Shape of Things
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10) [2]

Apocalypse Now is Pere Ubu's third live album, and their first to document a single performance. The show in question, recorded on December 7, 1991, at Schubas Tavern in Chicago, was performed semi-acoustically, with synth-man Eric Drew Feldman instead handling an upright piano, and Jim Jones playing an amplified (and occasionally heavily distorted) acoustic guitar.

Track listing

  1. "My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude" (Allen Ravenstine, Daved Hild, David Thomas, Garo Yellin, Tony Maimone) – 6:47
  2. "Life of Riley" (Thomas, Eric Drew Feldman, Jim Jones, Scott Krauss, Maimone) – 3:08
  3. "Wine Dark Sparks" (Chris Cutler, Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:16
  4. "Heaven" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Tom Herman, Maimone) – 3:28
  5. "Worlds in Collision" (Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 2:49
  6. "Cry Cry Cry" (Cutler, Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:10
  7. "Non-Alignment Pact/I Wanna Be Your Dog" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Herman, Maimone/David Alexander, Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton) – 3:41
  8. "Caligari's Mirror" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Herman, Maimone) – 3:33
  9. "Invisible Man" (Cutler, Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:38
  10. "We Have the Technology" (Ravenstine, Cutler, Thomas, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:10
  11. "Humor Me" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Herman, Maimone) – 4:18
  12. "Busman's Honeymoon" (Ravenstine, Cutler, Thomas, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:20
  13. "Oh Catherine" (Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 4:24
  14. "Misery Goats/Master of the Universe" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Mayo Thompson, Krauss, Maimone/Dave Brock, Nik Turner) – 3:49

Personnel

Pere Ubu
Technical
  • Todd Petersen - engineer
  • John Thompson - artwork, photography

References

  1. ^ Anderson, Rick. Apocalypse Now at AllMusic
  2. ^ Pitchwork Media review[permanent dead link‍]


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