Apocalypse Now (album) explained
Apocalypse Now is Pere Ubu's third live album, and their first to document a single performance. The show in question, recorded on December 7, 1991, at Schubas Tavern in Chicago, was performed semi-acoustically, with synth-man Eric Drew Feldman instead handling an upright piano, and Jim Jones playing an amplified (and occasionally heavily distorted) acoustic guitar.
Track listing
- "My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude" (Allen Ravenstine, Daved Hild, David Thomas, Garo Yellin, Tony Maimone) – 6:47
- "Life of Riley" (Thomas, Eric Drew Feldman, Jim Jones, Scott Krauss, Maimone) – 3:08
- "Wine Dark Sparks" (Chris Cutler, Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:16
- "Heaven" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Tom Herman, Maimone) – 3:28
- "Worlds in Collision" (Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 2:49
- "Cry Cry Cry" (Cutler, Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:10
- "Non-Alignment Pact/I Wanna Be Your Dog" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Herman, Maimone/David Alexander, Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton) – 3:41
- "Caligari's Mirror" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Herman, Maimone) – 3:33
- "Invisible Man" (Cutler, Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:38
- "We Have the Technology" (Ravenstine, Cutler, Thomas, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:10
- "Humor Me" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Krauss, Herman, Maimone) – 4:18
- "Busman's Honeymoon" (Ravenstine, Cutler, Thomas, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 3:20
- "Oh Catherine" (Thomas, Feldman, Jones, Krauss, Maimone) – 4:24
- "Misery Goats/Master of the Universe" (Ravenstine, Thomas, Mayo Thompson, Krauss, Maimone/Dave Brock, Nik Turner) – 3:49
Personnel
- Pere Ubu
- Technical
- Todd Petersen - engineer
- John Thompson - artwork, photography
