The Modern Dance
The Modern Dance is the debut album by American rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in January 1978 by record label Blank. A 5.1 surround sound version was released as the DVD-Audio side of a DualDisc in 2005. Critical reception. "The Modern Dance" has been critically acclaimed. Reviewing for "The Village Voice" in 1978, Robert Christgau wrote that "even though there's too much "Radio Ethiopia" and not enough 'Redondo Beach,'" he would be "listening through the failed stuff—the highs are worth it." In "" (1981), he reaffirmed that "the highs are worth it, and  the failed stuff ain't bad" in his revised review. Ken Tucker, writing in "Rolling Stone", called it vivid and exhilarating, even if "harsh and willfully ugly". "NME" named "The Modern Dance" the 11th best album of 1978. "Fact" placed the record at number 31 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1970s. Personnel. Pere Ubu Technical