Cloudland (album)

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Cloudland
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Studio album by
Pere Ubu
ReleasedMay 1989
RecordedJune - September 1988
GenreAlternative rock, post-punk
LabelFontana
ProducerPaul Hamann, Stephen Hague, Daniel Miller
Pere Ubu chronology
The Tenement Year
(1988) 		Cloudland
(1989) 		One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Chicago Sun-Times4/4 stars[2]
Chicago Tribune3/4 stars[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
Orlando Sentinel4/5 stars[5]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 stars[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[8]
The Village VoiceA−[9]

Cloudland is the seventh studio album by American rock band Pere Ubu. Released in May 1989, the album was produced by Stephen Hague. The single "Waiting for Mary", the video for which achieved some MTV exposure, netted Pere Ubu their only Billboard chart success to date, reaching number 6 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Cloudland is a village in north-western Georgia between Summerville and Chattanooga on a spur of Lookout Mountain. In the early 20th century, it was a summer getaway for Floridians.

After being out-of-print for several years, Cloudland was re-released on CD with bonus tracks in 2007.

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by Pere Ubu (Chris Cutler, Jim Jones, Scott Krauss, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine and David Thomas); except where indicated

  1. "Breath" – 3:58
  2. "Race the Sun" – 3:25
  3. "Cry" – 2:33
  4. "Why Go It Alone?" – 2:49
  5. "Waiting for Mary" – 3:29
  6. "Ice Cream Truck" – 2:48
  7. "Bus Called Happiness" – 3:13
  8. "Monday Night" – 2:15
  9. "Love Love Love" (Tom Herman, Scott Krauss, Peter Laughner, Dave Taylor, David Thomas, Tim Wright) – 3:28
  10. "Lost Nation Road" – 2:16
  11. "Fire" – 3:45
  12. "Nevada!" – 3:20
  13. "The Wire" – 3:20
  14. "Flat" – 2:23
  15. "The Waltz" – 3:30
  16. "Pushin'" – 2:27

Personnel[]

Pere Ubu
Additional personnel

References[]

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Cloudland – Pere Ubu". AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  2. ^ McLeese, Don (June 11, 1989). "Pere Ubu, 'Cloudland' (Fontana)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Silverman, David (May 18, 1989). "Pere Ubu: Cloudland (Polygram)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Gettelman, Parry (August 20, 1989). "Pere Ubu". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Robbins, Ira (July 13, 1989). "Pere Ubu: Cloudland". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  7. ^ Coleman, Mark; Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Pere Ubu". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 626–27. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 27, 1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 19, 2016.



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