The Modern Dance


The Modern Dance is the debut album by American rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in January 1978 by record label Blank.
A 5.1 surround sound version was released as the DVD-Audio side of a DualDisc in 2005.

Critical reception

The Modern Dance has been critically acclaimed. Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1978, Robert Christgau wrote that "even though there's too much Radio Ethiopia and not enough 'Redondo Beach,'" he would be "listening through the failed stuff—the highs are worth it." In , he re-affirmed that "the highs are worth it, and the failed stuff ain't bad" in his revised review. At the same time, Ken Tucker, writing in Rolling Stone, called it vivid and exhilarating, even if "harsh and willfully ugly".
NME named it the 11th best album of 1978. Fact placed it at number 31 on their "100 best albums of the 1970s" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Pere Ubu
Technical