Ray Gun Suitcase

Infobox Album
Name = Ray Gun Suitcase
Type = Album
Artist = Pere Ubu
Released = August 19 1995
Genre = Experimental rock
Label = Tim/Kerr
Producer = David Thomas
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2uqag4axtv1z link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pereubu/albums/album/219768/review/5943749/ray_gun_suitcase link]
Last album = "Story of My Life" (1993)
This album = "Ray Gun Suitcase" (1995)
Next album = "Datapanik in Year Zero" (1998)Extra chronology
Artist = David Thomas
This album = "Ray Gun Suitcase" (1995)
Last album = "Blame the Messenger" (1987)
Next album = "Erewhon" (1996)|

"Ray Gun Suitcase" is Pere Ubu's tenth studio album, which finds them returning both to indie labels, and, after a string of slickly produced, pop-oriented albums, the darker, more complex sonic landscape associated with their earlier work.

Director's Cut

In 2005, to celebrate Pere Ubu's 30th Anniversary, a "Director's Cut" was released which featured new mastering, alternate mixes, and two bonus tracks. David Thomas explains: "The point of doing a Director's Cut is to benefit from that older and wiser thing. I reviewed all alternate mixes from the session, sometimes discovering that an earlier mix turned out to be superior to the chosen mix. As well, 10 years later, we have access to improved mastering technology. Consequently, there is a greater clarity and cohesion to the Director's Cut. We are not going to make both versions available. The Director's Cut is the way it's supposed to be. Period." [http://ubuprojex.net/rgs.html]

Track listing

#"Folly of Youth" – 4:52
#"Electricity" – 4:30
#"Beach Boys" – 3:57
#"Turquoise Fins" – 3:10
#"Vacuum In My Head" – 4:21
#"Memphis" – 4:04
#"Three Things" – 4:49
#"Horse" – 5:02
#"Don't Worry" – 3:09
#"Ray Gun Suitcase" – 3:47
#"Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson) – 2:13
#"Red Sky" – 5:26
#"Montana" – 5:58
#"My Friend Is A Stooge for the Media Priests" – 3:07
#"Down By The River II" – 3:52
#"Memphis" (demo)* – 4:16
#"Down By The River II" (demo)* – 3:49

* - Director's Cut only

Personnel

*David Thomas: vocals, melodeon, musette, auto-cans, ray gun
*Jim Jones: guitar, keyboard bass, backing vocals, keyboards, spike, sleigh bells
*Robert Wheeler: EML synthesizers, Ensoniq EPS, theremin
*Michele Temple: bass, slide bass, guitar, lute
*Scott Benedict: drumsand
*Scott Krauss: drums on Memphis, Beach Boys, Down By The River, and Montana
*Garo Yellin: electric cello on Memphis, Beach Boys, Down By The River, and Montana
*Paul Hamann: bass on My Friend Is A Stooge, and swirl bells on Vacuum In My Head.