The Modern Dance

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The Modern Dance
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	1978
Recorded	October 1976 (tk. 4), January 1977 (tks. 1 & 2), Cleveland Recording, Cleveland; November 1977, Suma Studios, Cleveland
Genre	Post-punk
Length	36:20
Label	Blank Records, Phonogram Records, Mercury Records, Rough Trade Records, Fontana Records, Get Back Records, Cooking Vinyl Records, Silverline Records, Geffen Records, Bomba Records, RTI Records
Producer	Pere Ubu and Ken Hamann
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Pere Ubu chronology
The Modern Dance (1978) Dub Housing (1978)

The Modern Dance is the debut album by Pere Ubu. It was re-released in cd and in DualDisc for the first time in 2005.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Pere Ubu, except where noted.

[edit] Side one

1. "Non-Alignment Pact" – 3:18
2. "The Modern Dance" – 3:28
3. "Laughing" – 4:35
4. "Street Waves" – 3:04
5. "Chinese Radiation" – 3:27

[edit] Side two

1. "Life Stinks" (Peter Laughner) – 1:52
2. "Real World" – 3:59
3. "Over My Head" – 3:48
4. "Sentimental Journey" – 6:05
5. "Humor Me" – 2:44

[edit] Personnel

• Tom Herman - guitar, backing vocals
• Scott Krauss - drums
• Tony Maimone - bass, piano, backing vocals
• Allen Ravenstine - EML 101 & 200 analog synthesizers, sax, tapes
• David Thomas - vocals, musette, percussion