Long Live Père Ubu!

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]

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

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. "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.
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