St. Arkansas

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

St. Arkansas
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	2002
Studio	Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio
Genre	Post-punk, experimental rock
Label	Glitterhouse SpinART
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
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Guardian
Pitchfork	8.5/10

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." AllMusic wrote that the band's "lyrical and musical creativity is undiminished by time." Pitchfork called the album "more subdued and less rock-oriented, relying more on beat-style spoken-word storytelling and found sound." The East Bay Express called it "consistently fine" and "full of spidery electric guitar, wry, deadpan singing, and loping, haunted, and haunting rhythms." CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the band "remains a challenging but rewarding listen, uncannily able to move forward while preserving its unmistakable vibe."

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

• David Thomas - vocals
• Tom Herman - guitar, organ, backing vocals
• Robert Wheeler - EML synthesizer, theremin, piano
• Michele Temple - bass, piano, organ
• Steve Mehlman - drums, organ

with:

• Jim Jones - organ, guitar

Technical

• Paul Hamann - engineer
• John Thompson - design