Apocalypse Now (album)

Apocalypse Now
Live album by
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

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  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

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

References

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