New Picnic Time is the third full-length album by Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu is an experimental rock music group from Cleveland, Ohio.Père Ubu may also refer to:* Ubu, the enigmatic central figure of a series of French plays by Alfred Jarry, including Ubu Roi, and subsequent plays Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaîné...

. Reportedly the album sessions were stressful and contentious, and after touring, the group disbanded. They would reform a matter of months later with Mayo Thompson

Mayo Thompson

Mayo Thompson is an American musician and visual artist best known as the leader of the avant-garde rock band Red Crayola .-1960s:...

 replacing founding guitarist Tom Herman. The lyrics for the song "The Voice Of The Sand" are based upon the poetry of Vachel Lindsay

Vachel Lindsay

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was an American poet. He is considered the father of modern singing poetry, as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted...

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Track listing

• All Songs Written & Arranged By Pere Ubu. (Copyright
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1. The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes, Will Walk) – 3:16
2. 49 Guitars & One Girl – 2:51
3. A Small Dark Cloud – 5:49
4. Small Was Fast – 3:39
5. All the Dogs Are Barking! – 3:03
6. One Less Worry – 3:46
7. Make Hay – 4:03
8. Goodbye – 5:18
9. The Voice of the Sand – 1:28 (Lyrics based on a poem by Vachel Lindsay)
10. Jehovah's Kingdom Comes – 3:17

Personnel

• David Thomas
  David Thomas (musician)
  David Lynn Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.He was one of the founding members of the short-lived protopunkers Rocket From The Tombs , where he went by the name of Crocus Behemoth, and of punk group Pere Ubu . He has also released several solo albums...
  
   – Vocals, organ
• Tom Herman – Guitar, bass guitar, organ
• Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone is a bass player, producer, and engineer who lives in Brooklyn, New York.He was a member of Pere Ubu from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with drummer Scott Krauss...
  
   – Bass guitar, guitar, piano
• Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizers, saxophone
• Scott Krauss – Drums

External links

• "New Picnic Time" at discogs

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