Pere Ubu / New Picnic Time
Artist Pere Ubu
Album Title: New Picnic Time
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Art Rock
Format CD
Released 1979
Label Rough Trade Records
Catalog No ROUGH US 20
Bar Code No 0 2313-80020-2 9
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. The Fabulous Sequel (3:07)
2. 49 Guitars & One Girl (2:52)
3. A Small Dark Cloud (5:49)
4. Small Was Fast (3:41)
5. All The Dogs Are Barking (3:03)
6. One Less Worry (3:47)
7. Make Hay (4:05)
8. Goodbye (5:20)
9. The Voice Of The Sand (1:28)
10. Kingdom Come (3:16)
Date Acquired 08/10/1993
Personal Rating
Acquired from Roadrunner Records
Purchase Price 8.75

Web Links

All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry:

Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by John Dougan
It was not surprising that after Dub Housing, Pere Ubu couldn't get a record released in the U.S. New Picnic Time originally surfaced on Chrysalis as a British import, but when Rough Trade made it available domestically, U.S. fans could take solace in that the band had finally hooked up with a label more sympathetic to their decidedly unique approach to music. New Picnic Time was also the last Ubu record with guitarist Tom Herman, and for many Ubu fans this signals the end of Pere Ubu phase one (or phase two, depending on one's feelings for the Datapanik-era band). New Picnic Time also finds David Thomas' lyrical explorations reflecting his religious involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses, pieties that are stated quite emphatically on the record's closing track, "Jehovah's Kingdom Comes."
Cover 1