St. Arkansas

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St. Arkansas
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Studio album by
Pere Ubu
Released2002
Studio Suma (Painesville, Ohio)
Genre Post-punk, experimental rock
Label Glitterhouse [1]
SpinART [2]
Producer David Thomas
Pere Ubu chronology
The Shape of Things
(2000)		St. Arkansas
(2002)		 Why I Hate Women
(2006)
David Thomas chronology
Surf's Up!
(2001)		St. Arkansas
(2002)		 18 Monkeys on a Dead Man's Chest
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [6]

St. Arkansas is the 12th studio album by Pere Ubu, released in 2002. [7] [8]

Contents

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that the album "is one of Pere Ubu's best works, displaying the kind of intelligence and imagination that gives the avant-garde a good name." [9] AllMusic wrote that the band's "lyrical and musical creativity is undiminished by time." [3] Pitchfork called the album "more subdued and less rock-oriented, relying more on beat-style spoken-word storytelling and found sound." [6] The East Bay Express called it "consistently fine" and "full of spidery electric guitar, wry, deadpan singing, and loping, haunted, and haunting rhythms." [10] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the band "remains a challenging but rewarding listen, uncannily able to move forward while preserving its unmistakable vibe." [11]

Track listing

  1. "The Fevered Dream of Hernando DeSoto" – 2:45
  2. "Slow Walking Daddy" – 4:52
  3. "Michele" – 3:11
  4. "333" – 3:59
  5. "Hell" – 5:12
  6. "Lisbon" – 3:30
  7. "Steve" – 2:48
  8. "Phone Home Jonah" – 2:39
  9. "Where's the Truth" – 3:25
  10. "Dark" – 9:16

Personnel

Pere Ubu

with:

Technical

References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 483.
  2. ↑ "Pere Ubu St. Arkansas". exclaim.ca.
  3. 1 2 St. Arkansas at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Robert Christgau: Album: Pere Ubu: St Arkansas". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ↑ "Pop CD releases". the Guardian. May 3, 2002.
  6. 1 2 Nickey, Jason (June 27, 2002). "Pere Ubu St. Arkansas". Pitchfork.
  7. ↑ "Pere Ubu | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ "PERE UBU biography". The Great Rock Bible.
  9. ↑ "Pere Ubu: St Arkansas". Music.
  10. ↑ Keresman, Mark. "Pere Ubu". East Bay Express.
  11. ↑ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. August 23, 2002 – via Google Books.
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