Worlds in Collision (Reissue) (Vinyl LP)

If there was ever a commercial release in Pere Ubu's long and kaleidoscopic career, it might just be the band's 8th album; 1991's Worlds In Collision. Well, we say commercial... This is the sound of pop as fed through frontman David Thomas' gloriously demented lens, with Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart, Frank Black) joining in the fun on keys, founding members Tony Maimone on bass, and Allen Ravenstine cameoing on synth, and long-serving Pere Ubu men Jim Jones on guitar and Scott Krauss on drums. It's always a wild ride with this unpredictable musical mob, and Worlds In Collision is a total hoot, set for reissue in the middle of this month! - Flying Out

With Pere Ubu on hiatus since 1982’s excellent Song Of The Bailing Man, David Thomas had recorded a much-praised solo album and the band had now signed to a major label. In a period of rampant world commercialism, what would happen next?

Another crucial era for the band unraveled, Pere Ubu’s journey charted new undulating territory and so began a three-album escapade that retooled our understanding of what pop music is.

“Solid as the band can be, it's also likely to dissolve songs from the bottom up. For all Pere Ubu's uncertainty, the band isn't arbitrary; its music has the off-the-wall unity of a Marx Brothers routine,” said Jon Pareles of The New York Times.

in 1991, Worlds In Collision became “the most atmospheric, carefully sculpted recording in the band's 13-album catalog.” (Tom Moon, Spin).

Tracklist:

1. Oh Catherine  
2. I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue
3. Turpentine!    
4. Goodnite Irene    
5. Mirror Man    
6. Don't Look Back
7. Worlds In Collision    
8. Life Of Riley    
9. Over The Moon
10. Cry Cry Cry    
11. Playback    
12. Nobody Knows  
13. Winter In The Firelands