Song of the Bailing Man is the fifth 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...

 album, and their final work before disbanding for the first extended period. Anton Fier

Anton Fier

Anton Fier, , is an American drummer, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge , worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids and founded The Golden Palominos...

 (who would later form The Golden Palominos

The Golden Palominos

The Golden Palominos was an American musical group headed by drummer and composer Anton Fier, first formed in 1981. Aside from Fier, the Palominos membership was wildly elastic, with only bassist Bill Laswell and guitarist Nicky Skopelitis appearing on every album.While the Palominos' records...

) replaced Scott Krauss on drums for this album; his only appearance with Pere Ubu. This was the final Pere Ubu album until 1988's The Tenement Year

The Tenement Year

The Tenement Year is Pere Ubu's first album after reuniting , and sixth overall. 'Classic lineup' members Tony Maimone and Allen Ravenstine, along with fellow Cleveland scenester Jim Jones and Henry Cow percussionist Chris Cutler found themselves playing with David Thomas for his 1987 album Blame...

.

Track listing

All songs by Fier, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas, Thompson.

1. "The Long Walk Home" – 2:34
2. "Use of a Dog" – 3:17
3. "Petrified" – 2:16
4. "Stormy Weather" – 3:20
5. "West Side Story" – 2:46
6. "Thoughts That Go by Steam" - 3:47
7. "Big Ed's Used Farms" - 2:24
8. "A Day Such as This" - 7:17
9. "The Vulgar Boatman Bird" - 2:49
10. "My Hat" - 1:19
11. "Horns Are a Dilemma" - 4:21

Personnel

• 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:...
  
   – guitar
• Anton Fier
  Anton Fier
  Anton Fier, , is an American drummer, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge , worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids and founded The Golden Palominos...
  
   – drums, piano, marimba, percussion
• 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
• Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizers
• 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