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Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection is a compilation album by American rock band Pere Ubu. Released in 1985, the album compiles several of the band's early singles and B-sides, including the Hearthan singles recorded with founder Peter Laughner that were initially compiled on the Datapanik in Year Zero EP, and continuing through later sides recorded with Mayo Thompson.
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Art punk, post-punk[1] | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Paul Hamann, Pere Ubu | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Chicago Sun-Times | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A/B:1[5] |
| MusicHound Rock | 5/5[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[9] |
| The Village Voice | A−[10] |
The original Rough Trade UK LP was fine, but the American Twin Tone LP and CD both played at slightly slow speed (about a half-tone flat) throughout, had the left and right channels reversed and suffered from generally poor sound compared to the UK LP or the US singles. Most of the compilation was properly remastered for the Datapanik in the Year Zero box set, and all subsequent individual reissues of the compilation have used that corrected master.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heart of Darkness" | Tom Herman, Peter Laughner, David Thomas, Tim Wright | 4:44 |
| 2. | "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" | Thomas, Laughner, Gene O'Connor | 6:19 |
| 3. | "Final Solution" | Craig Bell, Herman, Scott Krauss, Laughner, Dave Taylor, Thomas, Wright | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Cloud 149" | Herman, Krauss, Laughner, Taylor, Thomas, Wright | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Untitled" (early/alternate version of "The Modern Dance") | Herman, Krauss, Allen Ravenstine, Thomas, Wright | 4:08 |
| 6. | "My Dark Ages" | Herman, Krauss, Tony Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Heaven" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 2:37 |
| 8. | "Humor Me" (live at London College of Printing, London, December 5, 1978) | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 4:00 |
| 9. | "The Book Is on the Table" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 3:01 |
| 10. | "Not Happy" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas, Mayo Thompson | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Lonesome Cowboy Dave" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas, Thompson | 1:53 |
Personnel
edit- Tom Herman – guitar, bass
- Peter Laughner – guitar, bass
- Tim Wright – bass, guitar
- Mayo Thompson – guitar
- Scott Krauss – drums
- Tony Maimone – bass
- Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizers, saxophone, vocals
- David Thomas – vocals, trombone
- Chris Cutler - drums, percussion, sounds
- Dave Taylor – EML synthesizers, Acetone organ on "Final Solution" and "Cloud 149"
- Alan Greenblatt – rhythm guitar on "Untitled"
References
edit- ^ "40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Terminal Tower – Pere Ubu". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ DeRogatis, Jim (May 30, 1993). "The Best of Pere Ubu on CD". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
- ^ "Review: Pere Ubu — Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 6. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. June 1989. p. 107. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Rocklist.net... Gary Graff - MusicHound".
- ^ "Pere Ubu: Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection". Q.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (April 1, 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
External links
edit- Terminal Tower at Discogs (list of releases)
- Stylus Magazine review