Cloudland (album)

Cloudland
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released May 1989
Genre Alternative rock, post-punk
Label Fontana
Producer Paul 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
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Village VoiceA−[5]

Cloudland is the seventh studio album by American experimental rock/post-punk band Pere Ubu; it 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.

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

Track listing

  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" – 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. ↑ Silverman, David (May 18, 1989). "Pere Ubu: Cloudland (Polygram)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
  4. ↑ Robbins, Ira (July 13, 1989). "Pere Ubu: Cloudland". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (June 27, 1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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