''Song of the Bailing Man'' is the fifth

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album, released in 1982. It was the final Pere Ubu album until 1988's '' The Tenement Year''.

Production

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replaced drummer

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for the recording of the album. The band broke up shortly after producing ''Song of the Bailing Man''.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "Fier’s lighter, jazzier playing sets the tone for an album that, for all its Euro-prog iconoclasm, never quite ignites." The '' Spin Alternative Record Guide'' called ''Song of the Bailing Man'' "more of a bouncy pop record, though Thomas is as gone as ever." In its review of the ''Architecture of Language 1979-1982'' boxset, ''

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'' wrote that "Tony Maimone's basslines play a bigger part on this record, making this LP more overtly poppy sounding than its predecessors."

Track listing

All lyrics by David Thomas; all music by Pere Ubu #"The Long Walk Home" – 2:34 #"Use of a Dog" – 3:17 #"Petrified" – 2:16 #"Stormy Weather" – 3:20 #"West Side Story" – 2:46 #"Thoughts That Go by Steam" - 3:47 #"Big Ed's Used Farms" - 2:24 #"A Day Such as This" - 7:17 #"The Vulgar Boatman Bird" - 2:49 #"My Hat" - 1:19 #"Horns Are a Dilemma" (Pere Ubu, John Thompson) - 4:21

Personnel

;Pere Ubu * David Thomas – vocals, cover artwork *

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– guitar *

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– EML synthesizers *

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– bass *

– drums, piano, marimba, percussion with: * Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton - trumpet ;Technical *Paul Hamann - engineer *John Thompson - design

References

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