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- Summary: The box set features remastered vinyl reissues of Pere Ubu's first two albums The Modern Dance and Dub Housing; The Hearpen Singles, an album of early singles; and Manhattan, a recording of its 1977 live show at Max’s Kansas City.
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- Record Label: Fire
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Q MagazineAug 28, 2015Their chemistry seeped into the post-punk water table but Pere Ubu still dance alone. [Oct 2015, p.121]
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MagnetSep 22, 2015Even a listener deeply familiar with these records--no, especially that listener--will enjoy a high reward for the outlay. [No. 124, p.60]
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Sep 24, 2015Ultimately, Elitism for the People 1975-1978 functions as a veritable primer for not only those interested in the band, but also those looking to explore the possibilities of popular music.
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UncutAug 17, 2015Elitism for the People documents Pere Ubu creating their own private musical apocalypse and then forging in to start the world anew. Not a world to be drowned in, but one to treasure. [Sep 2015, p.88]
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Aug 17, 2015Four decades on, it sounds as revolutionary as ever.
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Aug 17, 2015Only the live recording, Manhattan is not essential here, given that, as is often the case with much archival material from the period, the sound quality is uneven, but it at least gives a glimpse of what the band was like onstage. Elitism For The People confirms two things, essentially: that Pere Ubu were possibly the most original band to emerge from the embers of America's punk scene and, more importantly, one of the best rock & roll bands to have ever spat out riffs, lyrics and noise.
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MojoAug 17, 2015Channelling prog ambition, punk attack and all the daring of Krautrock, Pere Ubu were extraordinary. [Sep 2015, p.103]
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