Dub Housing
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| Studio album by Pere Ubu | ||||
| Released | November 1978 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1978 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 36:46 | |||
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Chrysalis (original release) Rough Trade (1989 CD reissue) Thirsty Ear Records (US CD reissue) Cooking Vinyl (2008 UK CD reissue) Fire Records (UK) (2015 CD & vinyl reissue) |
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| Producer | Pere Ubu, Ken Hamann | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Alternative Press | 5/5 |
| Chicago Sun-Times | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| Mojo | |
| Record Collector | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 10/10 |
| The Village Voice | A |
Dub Housing is the second studio album by American rock band Pere Ubu. Released in 1978, the album is now regarded as one of their best, described by Trouser Press as "simply one of the most important post-punk recordings."
The title is an allusion to the visual echoes of rows of identical concrete public housing units in Baltimore, presumably reminiscent of the echo and reverberation that characterize dub. On a 1979 concert bootleg recording, during the song "Sentimental Journey," David Thomas ad-libs the line "I live in a dub house!" The photograph on the cover shows the apartment building on Prospect Avenue near downtown Cleveland in which members of the band lived when this album was recorded.
The Village Voice, NME and Sounds ranked it the 9th, 8th and 11th best album of the year respectively.
All songs written by David Thomas, Tom Herman, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine and Scott Krauss.
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