Dub Housing

Dub Housing
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	November 1978
Recorded	August–September 1978
Genre	Post-punk
Length	36:46
Label	Chrysalis Records (original release) Rough Trade Records (1989 CD reissue) Thirsty Ear Records (US CD reissue) Cooking Vinyl (UK CD reissue)
Producer	Ken Hamann and Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu chronology
The Modern Dance (1978) Dub Housing (1978) New Picnic Time (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(A)[2]
Piero Scaruffi	[3]

Dub Housing is the second album by American experimental rock group Pere Ubu. Released in 1978, the album is now regarded as one of their best, described by Trouser Press^[4] as "simply one of the most important post-punk recordings."

The title is an allusion to the echoes at rows of identical concrete public housing units in Baltimore,^[5] presumably reminiscent of the echo and reverberation that characterize dub reggae. The photograph on the cover shows the apartment building on Prospect Avenue near downtown Cleveland in which members of the band lived when this album was recorded.

Track listing

• All Songs Written & Arranged By Pere Ubu. (Copyright EMI Music)

1. "Navvy" – 2:40
2. "On the Surface" – 2:35
3. "Dub Housing" – 3:39
4. "Caligari's Mirror" – 3:49
5. "Thriller!" – 4:36
6. "I Will Wait" – 1:45
7. "Drinking Wine Spodyody" – 2:44
8. "Ubu Dance Party" – 4:46
9. "Blow Daddy-O" – 3:38
10. "Codex" – 4:55

Personnel

• David Thomas – Vocals, organ
• Tom Herman – Guitar, bass guitar, organ
• Tony Maimone – Bass guitar, guitar, piano
• Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizers, saxophone
• Scott Krauss – Drums

Production

• Produced By Pere Ubu & Ken Hamann
• Recorded & Engineered By Ken Hamann
• EQ & Mastering By David Thomas & Paul Hamann

References

1. ^ Dougan, John. Dub Housing - Pere Ubu, allmusic
2. ^ Christgau, Robert. Robert Christgau: Pere Ubu
3. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. The History of Rock Music - Pere Ubu
4. ^ http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=pere_ubu
5. ^ http://users.rcn.com/obo/ubu/ubu_story.html