The Modern Dance
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| Studio album by Pere Ubu | ||||
| Released | January 1978 | |||
| Recorded | October 1976; January 1977; November 1977 | |||
| Studio | Cleveland Recording and Suma Studios, Cleveland, Ohio, United States | |||
| Genre | Art punk | |||
| Length | 36:20 | |||
| Label | Blank | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A− |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Great Rock Discography | 9/10 |
| Q |  |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 10/10 |
The Modern Dance is the debut studio 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.
All songs written and composed by Pere Ubu (David Thomas, Tom Herman, Allen Ravenstine, Tony Maimone and Scott Krauss), except as noted.
The Modern Dance has been critically acclaimed. In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, 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." Christgau later raised his initial B+ rating a notch and re-affirmed that "the highs are worth it, and the failed stuff ain't bad" in his revised review. At the same time, Ken Tucker, writing in Rolling Stone, called it vivid and exhilarating, even if "harsh and willfully ugly".
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