Terminal Tower (album)

Terminal Tower

Compilation album by Pere Ubu

Released

1985

Pere Ubu chronology

Song of the Bailing Man
(1982)

Terminal Tower
(1985)

The Tenement Year
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A-^[2]
MusicHound	^[3]
NME	(highly favorable)^[4]

Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection is a compilation of Pere Ubu's early singles and b-sides. It includes the Hearthan singles (recorded with founder Peter Laughner) that were initially compiled on the Datapanik in Year Zero EP, and continues through later sides recorded with Mayo Thompson. 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

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, 05 December 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

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
David Thomas – vocals
Dave Taylor - EML synthesizers, Acetone organ on "Final Solution", "Cloud 149"
Alan Greenblatt - rhythm guitar on "Untitled"

References

External links

Pere Ubu

David Thomas Michele Temple Robert Wheeler Keith Moliné Steve Mehlman Gagarin Scott Krauss Allen Ravenstine Tom Herman Tim Wright Peter Laughner Tony Maimone Mayo Thompson Jim Jones Chris Cutler Eric Drew Feldman Garo Yellin Scott Benedict

Studio albums	The Modern Dance Dub Housing New Picnic Time The Art of Walking Song of the Bailing Man The Tenement Year Cloudland Worlds in Collision Story of My Life Ray Gun Suitcase Pennsylvania St. Arkansas Why I Hate Women Long Live Père Ubu! Lady from Shanghai Carnival of Souls

Live albums	390° of Simulated Stereo One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams Apocalypse Now The Shape of Things

Compilations	Terminal Tower Datapanik in the Year Zero

Categories	Albums

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