Terminal Tower (album)
1985 compilation album by Pere Ubu
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Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection is a compilation album by American rock band Pere Ubu. Released in 1985, the album compiles several of the band's early singles and B-sides, including the Hearthan Records singles recorded with founding member Peter Laughner that were initially compiled on the EP Datapanik in the Year Zero and continuing through later sides recorded with Mayo Thompson.
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Art punk, post-punk[1] | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Paul Hamann, Pere Ubu | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Chicago Sun-Times | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A/B:1[5] |
| MusicHound Rock | 5/5[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[9] |
| The Village Voice | A−[10] |
The original American Twin Tone LP and CD releases of the album both played at a slightly slower speed than the original recordings throughout, had the left and right channels reversed, and suffered from generally poor sound quality. Most of the compilation was properly remastered for the Datapanik in the Year Zero box set, and all subsequent reissues of the compilation have used that corrected master.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heart of Darkness" | Tom Herman, Peter Laughner, David Thomas, Tim Wright | 4:44 |
| 2. | "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" | Thomas, Laughner, Gene O'Connor | 6:19 |
| 3. | "Final Solution" | Craig Bell, Herman, Scott Krauss, Laughner, Dave Taylor, Thomas, Wright | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Cloud 149" | Herman, Krauss, Laughner, Taylor, Thomas, Wright | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Untitled" (early/alternate version of "The Modern Dance") | Herman, Krauss, Allen Ravenstine, Thomas, Wright | 4:08 |
| 6. | "My Dark Ages" | Herman, Krauss, Tony Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Heaven" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 2:37 |
| 8. | "Humor Me" (live at London College of Printing, London, December 5, 1978) | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 4:00 |
| 9. | "The Book Is on the Table" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas | 3:01 |
| 10. | "Not Happy" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas, Mayo Thompson | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Lonesome Cowboy Dave" | Herman, Krauss, Maimone, Ravenstine, Thomas, Thompson | 1:53 |
Personnel
- Tom Herman – guitar, bass guitar
- Peter Laughner – guitar, bass guitar
- Tim Wright – bass guitar, guitar
- Mayo Thompson – guitar
- Scott Krauss – drums
- Tony Maimone – bass guitar
- Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizers, saxophone, vocals
- David Thomas – vocals, trombone
- Chris Cutler – drums, percussion, sounds
- Dave Taylor – EML synthesizers, Ace Tone organ on "Final Solution" and "Cloud 149"
- Alan Greenblatt – rhythm guitar on "Untitled"