Released March 1988 The Tenement Year
(1988) Cloudland
(1989) Release date March 1988 | Producer Paul Hammann Artist Pere Ubu Label Enigma Records | |
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Genres Rock music, Alternative rock Similar Pere Ubu albums, Rock music albums | ||
The Tenement Year is the sixth studio album by American rock band Pere Ubu, and their first album after reuniting following their 1982 break-up. 'Classic lineup' members Tony Maimone and Allen Ravenstine, along with fellow Cleveland scenester Jim Jones and Henry Cow percussionist Chris Cutler found themselves playing with David Thomas for his 1987 album Blame the Messenger, and, discovering they sounded much like Pere Ubu, began incorporating a few Ubu numbers while touring for that album. Eventually, an official reunion was pursued, original drummer Scott Krauss was contacted, and thus the new lineup was completed and the old mantle assumed. The Tenement Year found the group veering in a loose, freewheeling, and decidedly more pop-oriented direction than in the past, though the pop leanings would become even more pronounced on subsequent albums.
Contents
After being out-of-print for many years, a reissue was announced in early 2007.
Track listing
- "Something's Gotta Give" – 5:13
- "George Had a Hat" – 4:02
- "Talk to Me" – 3:28
- "Busman's Honeymoon" – 4:35
- "Say Goodbye" – 4:58
- "Universal Vibration" – 2:43
- "Miss You" – 4:21
- "Dream the Moon" – 3:25
- "Rhythm King" – 4:26
- "The Hollow Earth" – 4:15
- "We Have the Technology" – 3:03
Personnel
Songs
1Something’s Gotta Give5:14
2George Had a Hat4:02
3Talk to Me3:32