Song of the Bailing Man

Infobox Album
Name = Song of the Bailing Man
Type = Album
Artist = Pere Ubu


Released = 1982
Genre = Rock
Label = Rough Trade Records
Producer = Adam Kidron
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1jd1vw9va9xk link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20809-song-of-the-bailing-man link]
Last album = "390° of Simulated Stereo" (1981)
This album = "Song of the Bailing Man" (1982)
Next album = "Terminal Tower" (1985)Extra chronology
Artist = David Thomas
Background = #ffff00
Last album = "Vocal Performances" (1981)
This album = "Song of the Bailing Man" (1982)
Next album = "Variations on a Theme" (1983)|

"Song of the Bailing Man" is the fifth Pere Ubu album, and their final work before disbanding for the first extended period. Anton Fier (who would later form The Golden Palominos) replaced Scott Krauss on drums for this album; his only appearance with Pere Ubu. This was the final Pere Ubu album until 1988's "The Tenement Year".

Track listing

#"The Long Walk Home" – 2:34
#"Use of a Dog" – 3:17
#"Petrified" – 2:16
#"Stormy Weather" – 3:20
#"West Side Story" – 2:46
#"Thoughts That Go by Steam" - 3:47
#"Big Ed's Used Farms" - 2:24
#"A Day Such As This" - 7:17
#"The Vulgar Boatman Bird" - 2:49
#"My Hat" - 1:19
#"Horns Are a Dilemma" - 4:21

Personnel

*Mayo Thompson – guitar
*Anton Fier – drums, piano, marimba, percussion
*Tony Maimone – bass
*Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizers
*David Thomas – vocals