Worlds in Collision (album)

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Worlds in Collision
Worlds in Collision cover
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released April 1991
Genre Rock
Label Fontana
Producer(s) Gil Norton
Professional reviews
Pere Ubu chronology
One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams
(1989)
Worlds in Collision
(1991)
Story of My Life
(1993)


Worlds in Collision is Pere Ubu's eighth studio album. The album continues in the glossy pop mold found on their previous studio album, Cloudland. For this album, Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart, Snakefinger, the Residents, the Pixies) takes over from departing original member Allen Ravenstine on synthesizer duties.

This album is currently out-of-print.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Oh Catherine – 2:54
  2. I Hear They Smoke The BBQ – 4:08
  3. Turpentine! – 2:40
  4. Goodnite Irene – 4:10
  5. Mirror Man – 3:32
  6. Cry Cry Cry – 2:45
  7. Worlds In Collision – 3:43
  8. Life of Riley – 2:34
  9. Over The Moon – 3:08
  10. Don't Look Back – 4:05
  11. Playback – 3:30
  12. Nobody Knows – 2:37
  13. Winter In The Firelands – 3:09

[edit] Personnel

  • David Thomas: vocals
  • Jim Jones: guitar, backing vocals
  • Eric Drew Feldman: keyboards, computers & synth
  • Tony Maimone: bass
  • Scott Krauss: drums

with guests:

  • Allen Ravenstine: EML synthesizer on Turpentine!, Life of Riley, Playback & Winter In The Firelands
  • Andy Redhead: percussion
  • John Kirkpatrick: melodeon on Cry Cry Cry, Worlds In Collision & Over The Moon
  • Susie Honeyman: violin on Over The Moon
  • Al Clay: backing vocals