Terminal Tower (album)

Terminal Tower
Compilation album by
Pere Ubu
Released1985
GenreArt punk, post-punk[1]
LabelRough Trade
ProducerPaul Hamann, Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu chronology
Song of the Bailing Man
(1982) 		Terminal Tower
(1985) 		The Tenement Year
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Sun-Times[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA/B:1[5]
MusicHound Rock5/5[6]
Q[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[9]
The Village VoiceA−[10]

Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection is a compilation album by American rock band Pere Ubu. Released in 1985, the album compiles several of the band's early singles and B-sides, including the Hearthan singles recorded with founder Peter Laughner that were initially compiled on the Datapanik in Year Zero EP, and continuing through later sides recorded with Mayo Thompson.

The original Rough Trade UK LP was fine, but the American Twin Tone LP and CD both played at slightly slow speed (about a half-tone flat) throughout, had the left and right channels reversed and suffered from generally poor sound compared to the UK LP or the US singles. Most of the compilation was properly remastered for the Datapanik in the Year Zero box set, and all subsequent individual reissues of the compilation have used that corrected master.

  1. ^ "40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Huey, Steve. "Terminal Tower – Pere Ubu". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  3. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (May 30, 1993). "The Best of Pere Ubu on CD". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ "Review: Pere Ubu — Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 6. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. June 1989. p. 107. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
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  7. ^ "Pere Ubu: Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection". Q.
  8. ^ Coleman, Mark; Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Pere Ubu". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 626–27. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  10. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 1, 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 12, 2017.