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Long Live Père Ubu!
Studio album by Pere Ubu with Sarah Jane Morris
Released	2009
Genre	Punk rock
Label	Hearpen Records
Pere Ubu with Sarah Jane Morris chronology
Why I Hate Women (2006) Long Live Père Ubu! (2009) Lady from Shanghai (2013)

Long Live Père Ubu! is an album by the American band Pere Ubu, released in 2009. It is a soundtrack to a musical adaptation of the play from which the band took its name. The band performed its adaptation at (Le) Poisson Rouge. David Thomas referred to Long Live Père Ubu! as the first "true" punk album to be released in 30 years.

Sarah Jane Morris played the part of Ubu's wife.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10
Record Collector
Spin

The Independent wrote: "Reflecting the original play's deliberately repugnant manner, the accompaniment is full of martial, rat-a-tat drum fusillades and pompous marches, synth whines, washes of white noise and colossal bouts of belching, perfectly embodying the childish antagonism of Jarry's irrepressible urge to 'epater la bourgeoisie.'"

Record Collector called the album "a hall-of-mirrors audio play with a linear narrative, scronking, squalling rhythms and melodic snippets undulating round a pulsating soundscape."

Track listing

1. "Ubu Overture" - 2:42
2. "Song of the Grocery Police" - 1:46
3. "Banquet of the Butchers" - 2:55
4. "March of Greed" - 3:34
5. "Less Said the Better" - 2:31
6. "Big Sombrero (Love Theme)" - 4:06
7. "Bring Me the Head" - 3:39
8. "Road to Reason" - 3:55
9. "Slowly I Turn" - 4:25
10. "Watching the Pigeons" - 3:21
11. "The Story So Far" - 7:57
12. "Snowy Livonia" - 1:20
13. "Elsinore & Beyond" - 1:35

Personnel

Pere Ubu

• David Thomas - vocals
• Sarah Jane Morris - vocals
• Keith Moliné - guitar, vocals
• Michele Temple - bass, lead vocals
• Steve Mehlman - drums, percussion, vocals

References

1. Rylance, Stephen (November 30, 2009). "Pere Ubu: Long Live Pere Ubu!, PopMatters".
2. Terrell, Steve (2 Oct 2009). "The king and I". Albuquerque Journal. PASATIEMPO. p. 22.
3. "Pere Ubu Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
4. "Live: Pere Ubu's One Night Only Performance of "Long Live Père Ubu!" at Le Poisson Rouge". The Village Voice. March 29, 2010.
5. Adams, Sam (20 Sep 2009). "Rockers Pere Ubu explore namesake". Los Angeles Times. p. E14.
6. Shepherd, Fiona (19 Feb 2010). "'It's just one big mess without any boundaries between things and that's sort of what we like'". The Scotsman. p. 38.
7. "Pere Ubu - 'Long Live Père Ubu!'". Clash Magazine.
8. ^ "Long Live Pere Ubu - Record Collector Magazine".
9. Menconi, David (Dec 2009). "Reviews". Spin: 78, 80.
10. Gill, Andy (11 Sep 2009). "NEW RELEASES". The Independent. p. 24.

• Pere Ubu albums
• 2009 albums