Lady from Shanghai (album)

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Lady from Shanghai
Lady from Shanghai Pere Ubu.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)
StudioSuma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio; Nuke India Now, Hove; Urban Iguana, New York City
Genre Art rock
Length51:00
Label Fire
Producer David Thomas
Pere Ubu chronology
Long Live Père Ubu!
(2009)
Lady from Shanghai
(2013)
Carnival of Souls
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
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PopMatters 7/10 [4]

Lady from Shanghai is the fourteenth studio album by American band Pere Ubu. It was produced by Pere Ubu's front-man David Thomas and it was released on January 7, 2013, on Fire Records label. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pere Ubu

No.TitleLength
1."Thanks"2:14
2."Free White"2:29
3."Feuksley Ma'am, the Hearing"5:11
4."Mandy"7:14
5."And Then Nothing Happened"4:14
6."Musicians Are Scum"3:33
7."Another One"2:47
8."The Road Trip of Bipasha Ahmed"4:13
9."Lampshade Man"6:20
10."414 Seconds"6:48
11."The Carpenter Sun"5:57

Personnel

Pere Ubu

with:

Technical

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References

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