- Pere Ubu (1977) 75/100. I had never heard of Pere Ubu. I put it on GrooveShark with a sense of blissful ignorance, and felt a strong WTF feeling wash over me. I was confused by it. It was part New Wave (ugh), part rock & roll/blues, part early Syd Barrett experimentation mixed together to create something that resembled some sort of strange experimental dance performed at some hipster coffee house somewhere instead of a rock & roll album. It was one of those albums where I found myself asking, "is that bagpipes? Synthesizer? What the hell is making that noise?" Being a big fan of Phish, Dead, and the like, I can appreciate experimental music so for me this album was interesting. But, I couldn't see putting this on at a party and having people go, "this is awesome!" In fact, my guess is, it would probably make a good portion of those in attendance think that I was on acid. The Modern Dance was good. Life Stinks had a little experimentation mixed with punk that was pretty good. Sentimental Journey is the quintessential WTF song of the album. It was ok, nothing I would really go out of my way to listen to again. Listened: 2/4/2011Favorite Tracks: The Modern Dance, Life Stinks
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