Pennsylvania (album)

Pennsylvania
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 1998
Recorded1998
StudioSuma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio
GenrePost-punk, experimental rock
LabelTim/Kerr[1]
Cooking Vinyl[2]
ProducerDavid Thomas
Pere Ubu chronology
Datapanik in Year Zero
(1996)
Pennsylvania
(1998)
Apocalypse Now
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert Christgau(dud)[4]
Record Collector[5]

Pennsylvania is an album by the American band Pere Ubu, released in 1998.[6][7] The album marked Tom Herman's return to Pere Ubu's studio work after a twenty-year absence.[5] It is a loose concept album about geography, travel, and road trips.[8][9]

Guitarist Wayne Kramer joined the band's tour in support of the album.[10]

  1. ^ "Pere Ubu Rock The Alphabet In Real Time". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Sweeting, Adam (6 Mar 1998). "Pere Ubu Pennsylvania (Cooking Vinyl)". The Guardian. p. TT20.
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: pere ubu". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ a b "Pere Ubu | Pennsylvania - Record Collector Magazine".
  6. ^ "Remixed Pere Ubu Albums Bring Fresh Intimacy To The Band's Vocals". NPR's Fresh Air.
  7. ^ "Pere Ubu Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Jim (15 June 1998). "Pere Ubu: thinking person's nonthinking band". The Boston Globe. p. D7.
  9. ^ Encarnacao, John (22 Jan 1999). "Logic need not apply". The Sydney Morning Herald. Metro. p. 27.
  10. ^ Adams, Deanna R. (October 21, 2002). "Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection". Kent State University Press – via Google Books.