Worlds in Collision (album)

Worlds in Collision
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	May 7, 1991
Genre	Post-punk, experimental rock
Label	Fontana
Producer	Gil Norton
Pere Ubu chronology
One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams (1989) Worlds in Collision (1991) Story of My Life (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
Orlando Sentinel	[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10 [9]

Worlds in Collision is the eighth album by American rock group Pere Ubu. The album continues in the shift away from their more experimental early work to emphasize the relatively conventional pop found on their previous studio album, Cloudland . For this album, Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart, Snakefinger, the Residents, the Pixies) takes over from departing original member Allen Ravenstine on synthesizer, though Ravenstine makes some guest appearances.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pere Ubu (Eric Drew Feldman, Jim Jones, Scott Krauss, Tony Maimone and David Thomas); except where indicated

1. "Oh Catherine" – 2:54
2. "I Hear They Smoke the BBQ" – 4:08
3. "Turpentine!" – 2:40
4. "Goodnite Irene" – 4:10
5. "Mirror Man" – 3:32
6. "Cry Cry Cry" (Chris Cutler, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone, Thomas) – 2:45
7. "Worlds in Collision" – 3:43
8. "Life of Riley" – 2:34
9. "Over the Moon" – 3:08
10. "Don't Look Back" (Cutler, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone, Thomas) – 4:05
11. "Playback" – 3:30
12. "Nobody Knows" – 2:37
13. "Winter in the Firelands" (Cutler, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone, Thomas) – 3:09

Personnel

Pere Ubu

• David Thomas - vocals
• Jim Jones - guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Drew Feldman - keyboards, computers, synthesizer
• Tony Maimone - bass
• Scott Krauss - drums

with guests:

• Allen Ravenstine - EML synthesizer on "Turpentine!", "Life of Riley", "Playback" and "Winter in the Firelands"
• Andy Redhead - drums
• John Kirkpatrick - melodeon on "Cry Cry Cry", "Worlds in Collision" and "Over the Moon"
• Susie Honeyman - violin on "Over The Moon"
• Al Clay - backing vocals on "Don't Look Back", "Goodnite Irene", "Nobody Knows", "Over the Moon" and "Worlds in Collision"
• Gil Norton - backing vocals

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Worlds in Collision – Pere Ubu". AllMusic . Retrieved April 11, 2019.
2. Kot, Greg (May 23, 1991). "Pere Ubu: Worlds in Collision (Fontana)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved November 26, 2017.
3. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Pere Ubu: Worlds in Collision". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . St. Martin's Press. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved April 11, 2019.
4. Wyman, Bill (June 7, 1991). "Worlds in Collision". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 26, 2017.
5. Gettelman, Parry (August 9, 1991). "Pere Ubu". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved April 11, 2019.
6. Moon, Tom (May 26, 1991). "Pere Ubu: Worlds in Collision (Fontana)". The Philadelphia Inquirer .
7. Tannenbaum, Rob (September 5, 1991). "Pere Ubu: Worlds in Collision". Rolling Stone : 90.
8. 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.
9. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide . Vintage Books. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.