Album
The Art Of Walking
1980 · Electronic, Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Art Of Walking is an Alt/Indie album by Pere Ubu, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 25 pressings tracked.
About
The Art of Walking is the fourth full-length album by Pere Ubu. Mayo Thompson of The Red Krayola joined as guitarist for this album and slanted the proceedings further towards deconstruction and abstraction, and away from the primal rock that former guitarist Tom Herman had facilitated. The group would record one more album with Thompson, Song of the Bailing Man, before disbanding. An error in the first U.S. pressing resulted in a vocal overdub mix being used of "Arabia" - the original UK pressing used the correct instrumental mix. The first Rough Trade CD edition also used the accidental second mix, but the remastering on the Datapanik box set restored the correct version. The individual remastered disc issued subsequently included both (titling the vocal version "Arabian Nights"). Later editions of the album also changed the title of "Miles" to "Young Miles in the Basement." A version of the song "Horses" had originally appeared on Mayo Thompson's solo album Corky's Debt to His Father, in 1970.
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Tracklist
- 1Go2:55
- 2Rhapsody in Pink3:35
- 32Arabia5:51
- 4Misery Goats2:39
- 5Young Miles in the Basement2:59
- 6Loop3:15
- 7Rounder3:24
- 8Birdies2:26
- 9Lost in Art4:33
- 10Horses2:35
- 11Crush This Horn3:00
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Post-Punk
- angular
- detached
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded and mixed at Suma, Painesville.
"1980 RT Records Ltd.
Insert: UBU COMMUNEX UC#5-A 10-13-80
ART OF WALKING MISPRINT
The entire initial run, 5-6000 copies, of the English pressing of AOW (ROUGH 14) and 1800 copies of the US pressing (ROUGH-US-4) were manufactured from the wrong master metalworks.
There is a difference in the over-all mastering of the lp's frequencies that the listener may or may not notice. However, there are signific
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Allen RavenstinePERFORMER, BAND SYNTHESIZER
- David ThomasPERFORMER, BAND VOCALS, ORGAN DRUMS
- Mayo ThompsonGUITAR, PIANO, BACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, BAND LEAD VOCALS
- Scott KraussDRUMS, HORN, PIANO, DRUM MACHINE PERFORMER, BAND
- Tony MaimoneBASS, PIANO, ORGAN PERFORMER, BAND
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 25 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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