Apocalypse Now (album)

Apocalypse Now
Live album by Pere Ubu
Released	August 24, 1999
Recorded	December 7, 1991
Venue	Schubas Tavern, Chicago
Genre	Post-punk, experimental rock
Label	Thirsty Ear
Pere Ubu chronology
Pennsylvania (1998) Apocalypse Now (1999) The Shape of Things (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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[]

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[]

Pere Ubu

• David Thomas - vocals, radio, swirl horn
• Jim Jones - acoustic guitar, rat pedal
• Eric Drew Feldman - honky-tonk upright piano
• Tony Maimone - acoustic guitar, electric bass
• Scott Krauss - drums, percussion

Technical

• Todd Petersen - engineer
• John Thompson - artwork, photography

References[]

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