The Tenement Year

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The Tenement Year
The Tenement Year.jpg
Studio album by
Pere Ubu
ReleasedMarch 28, 1988
RecordedNovember 9-30, 1987
StudioSuma Studios, Cleveland
GenreAlternative rock
LabelFontana (UK)
Enigma (US)
ProducerPaul Hamann
Pere Ubu chronology
Terminal Tower
(1985) 		The Tenement Year
(1988) 		Cloudland
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Chicago Sun-Times3.5/4 stars[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 stars[3]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 stars[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[6]
The Village VoiceA[7]

The Tenement Year is the sixth studio album by American rock band Pere Ubu, and their first album after reuniting following their 1982 break-up. 'Classic lineup' members Tony Maimone and Allen Ravenstine, along with fellow Cleveland scenester Jim Jones and Henry Cow percussionist Chris Cutler found themselves playing with David Thomas for his 1987 album Blame the Messenger, and, discovering they sounded much like Pere Ubu, began incorporating a few Ubu numbers while touring for that album. Eventually, an official reunion was pursued, original drummer Scott Krauss was contacted, and thus the new lineup was completed and the old mantle assumed. The Tenement Year found the group veering in a loose, freewheeling, and decidedly more pop-oriented direction than in the past, though the pop leanings would become even more pronounced on subsequent albums. The album is a farewell to their hometown of Cleveland.

After being out-of-print for many years, a reissue was announced in early 2007.[8]

Track listing[]

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

  1. "Something's Gotta Give" – 5:13
  2. "George Had a Hat" – 4:02
  3. "Talk to Me" – 3:28
  4. "Busman's Honeymoon" – 4:35
  5. "Say Goodbye" – 4:58
  6. "Universal Vibration" – 2:43
  7. "Miss You" – 4:21
  8. "Dream the Moon" – 3:25
  9. "Rhythm King" – 4:26
  10. "The Hollow Earth" – 4:15
  11. "We Have the Technology" – 3:03

Personnel[]

Pere Ubu
Additional personnel

References[]

  1. ^ Anderson, Rick. "The Tenement Year – Pere Ubu". AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  2. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (May 30, 1993). "The Best of Pere Ubu on CD". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Hochman, Steve (September 22, 1988). "Pere Ubu: The Tenement Year". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert (July 26, 1988). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  8. ^ http://www.ubuprojex.net/ty.html
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