''The Art of Walking'' is the fourth full-length album by

Pere Ubu Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. They released their ...

Mayo Thompson Mayo Thompson (born February 26, 1944 in Houston, Texas, United States) is an American musician and visual artist best known as the leader of the experimental rock band Red Krayola. Background His formal education includes Garden of Arts Kind ...

of The

Red Krayola The Red Krayola (originally Red Crayola) is an American avant rock band from Houston, Texas formed in 1966 by the trio of singer/guitarist Mayo Thompson, drummer Frederick Barthelme, and bassist Steve Cunningham. The group were part of the 19 ...

joined as guitarist for this album and slanted the proceedings further towards deconstruction and abstraction, and away from the primal rock that former guitarist Tom Herman had facilitated. The group would record one more album with Thompson, '' Song of the Bailing Man'', before disbanding. An error in the first U.S. pressing resulted in a vocal overdub mix being used of "Arabia" - the original UK pressing used the correct instrumental mix. The first Rough Trade CD edition also used the accidental second mix, but the remastering on the ''Datapanik'' box set restored the correct version. The individual remastered disc issued subsequently included both (titling the vocal version "Arabian Nights"). Later editions of the album also changed the title of "Miles" to "Young Miles in the Basement." A version of the song "Horses" had originally appeared on Mayo Thompson's solo album ''Corky's Debt to His Father'', in 1970.

Track listing

All songs written by Pere Ubu, except "Horses" (Mayo Thompson) #"Go" – 3:34 #"Rhapsody in Pink" – 3:35 #"Arabia" – 4:58 #"Young Miles in the Basement" – 4:20 #"Misery Goats" – 2:37 #"Loop" – 3:14 #"Rounder" – 3:25 #"Birdies" – 2:27 #"Lost in Art" – 5:11 #"Horses" – 2:34 #"Crush This Horn" – 3:00

Personnel

;Pere Ubu * David Thomas – lead vocals (1-5, 7–9, 11), Vox Continental Baroque organ, drums (9) *

– guitar, backing and lead (6, 10) vocals, piano *

Allen Ravenstine Allen Ravenstine (born May 9, 1950) is an American keyboard player, most recognized for his work in the experimental rock group Pere Ubu. In 1991, he quit music to become a commercial airline pilot. History Early years Allen Ravenstine was ...

– EML synthesizers *

Tony Maimone Tony Maimone (born September 27, 1952) is a bassist, producer, and recording engineer, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He was a member of Pere Ubu from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with drummer Scott Krauss. The duo were dubb ...

– bass, piano, organ *

Scott Krauss Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. They released their d ...

– drums (all but 9), horn, piano, drum machine ;Technical *Paul Hamann - engineer *John Thompson - cover design

References

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