Ray Gun Suitcase is Pere Ubu's tenth studio album, which finds them returning both to indie labels, and, after a string of slickly produced, pop-oriented albums, the darker, more complex sonic landscape associated with their earlier work.

Director's Cut

In 2005, to celebrate Pere Ubu's 30th Anniversary, a "Director's Cut" was released which featured new mastering, alternate mixes, and two bonus tracks. David Thomas explains: "The point of doing a Director's Cut is to benefit from that older and wiser thing. I reviewed all alternate mixes from the session, sometimes discovering that an earlier mix turned out to be superior to the chosen mix. As well, 10 years later, we have access to improved mastering technology. Consequently, there is a greater clarity and cohesion to the Director's Cut. We are not going to make both versions available. The Director's Cut is the way it's supposed to be. Period."
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Track listing

1. "Folly of Youth" – 4:52
2. "Electricity" – 4:30
3. "Beach Boys" – 3:57
4. "Turquoise Fins" – 3:10
5. "Vacuum in My Head" – 4:21
6. "Memphis" – 4:04
7. "Three Things" – 4:49
8. "Horse" – 5:02
9. "Don't Worry" – 3:09
10. "Ray Gun Suitcase" – 3:47
11. "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson
    Brian Wilson
    Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
    
    ) – 2:13
12. "Red Sky" – 5:26
13. "Montana" – 5:58
14. "My Friend Is a Stooge for the Media Priests" – 3:07
15. "Down by the River II" – 3:52
16. "Memphis" (demo)* – 4:16
17. "Down by the River II" (demo)* – 3:49

* - Director's Cut only

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, melodeon, musette, auto-cans, ray gun
• Jim Jones
  Jim Jones (guitarist)
  James E. Jones, known as Jim Jones, was an experimental music artist, producer, and guitarist in the rock band Pere Ubu. Jones was a founding member of many experimental rock bands of the 70s and 80s including: Easter Monkeys, Foreign Bodies, Mirrors, The Styrenes, Home And Garden, and Terminal...
  
  : guitar, keyboard bass, backing vocals, keyboards, spike, sleigh bells
• Robert Wheeler: EML synthesizers, Ensoniq EPS
  Ensoniq EPS
  The EPS was one of the first few affordable samplers on the market. It was manufactured from 1988 to 1991 by Ensoniq in Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA. The EPS was a 13 bit sampler....
  
  , theremin
• Michele Temple: bass, slide bass, guitar, lute
• Scott Benedict: drums

and

• Scott Krauss: drums on "Memphis", "Beach Boys", "Down By The River", "Montana"
• Garo Yellin: electric cello on "Memphis", "Beach Boys", "Down By The River", "Montana"
• Paul Hamann: bass on "My Friend Is A Stooge"; swirl bells on "Vacuum In My Head"