| The Modern Dance | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Pere Ubu |
| Cover: | PereUbuTheModernDance250px.jpg |
| Released: | January 1978 |
| Recorded: | October 1976; January 1977; November 1977 |
| Studio: | Cleveland Recording and Suma Studios, Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Length: | 36:20 |
| Label: | Blank |
| Next Title: | Dub Housing |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
The Modern Dance is the debut album by American rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in January 1978 by record label Blank.
A 5.1 surround sound version was released as the DVD-Audio side of a DualDisc in 2005.
Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1978, Robert Christgau wrote that "even though there's too much Radio Ethiopia and not enough 'Redondo Beach,'" he would be "listening through the failed stuff—the highs are worth it."[1] In (1981), he reaffirmed that "the highs are worth it, and the failed stuff ain't bad" in his revised review. Ken Tucker, writing in Rolling Stone, called it vivid and exhilarating, even if "harsh and willfully ugly".[2]
NME named The Modern Dance the 11th best album of 1978.[3] Fact placed the record at number 31 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1970s.[4]
Pere Ubu
Technical
| Year of Release | Place of Release | Format | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | United States | Vinyl LP | Blank | |
| 1981 | United Kingdom | Vinyl LP | Rough Trade | |
| 1988 | United Kingdom | Vinyl LP | Fontana | |
| 1988 | Germany | CD | Fontana | |
| 1998 | United Kingdom | CD | Cooking Vinyl | |
| 1998 | United States | CD | DGC | |
| 1999 | Italy | Vinyl LP | Get Back | |
| 2005 | Europe | DualDisc | Silverline | |
| 2007 | United States | Vinyl LP | Blank | |
| 2008 | United Kingdom | CD | Cooking Vinyl | |
| 2015 | United Kingdom & United States | CD and Vinyl LP | Fire Records (UK) |