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St. Arkansas is the 12th studio album by Pere Ubu, released in 2002.[7][8]

St. Arkansas
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	2002
Studio	Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio
Genre	Post-punk, experimental rock
Label	Glitterhouse[1] SpinART[2]
Producer	David Thomas
Pere Ubu chronology
The Shape of Things (2000) St. Arkansas (2002) Why I Hate Women (2006)
David Thomas chronology
Surf's Up! (2001) St. Arkansas (2002) 18 Monkeys on a Dead Man's Chest (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
The Guardian	[5]
Pitchfork	8.5/10[6]

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that the album "is one of Pere Ubu's best works, displaying the kind of intelligence and imagination that gives the avant-garde a good name."[9] AllMusic wrote that the band's "lyrical and musical creativity is undiminished by time."[3] Pitchfork called the album "more subdued and less rock-oriented, relying more on beat-style spoken-word storytelling and found sound."[6] The East Bay Express called it "consistently fine" and "full of spidery electric guitar, wry, deadpan singing, and loping, haunted, and haunting rhythms."[10] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the band "remains a challenging but rewarding listen, uncannily able to move forward while preserving its unmistakable vibe."[11]

Track listing

1. "The Fevered Dream of Hernando DeSoto" – 2:45
2. "Slow Walking Daddy" – 4:52
3. "Michele" – 3:11
4. "333" – 3:59
5. "Hell" – 5:12
6. "Lisbon" – 3:30
7. "Steve" – 2:48
8. "Phone Home Jonah" – 2:39
9. "Where's the Truth" – 3:25
10. "Dark" – 9:16

Personnel

Pere Ubu

• David Thomas - vocals
• Tom Herman - guitar, organ, backing vocals
• Robert Wheeler - EML synthesizer, theremin, piano
• Michele Temple - bass, piano, organ
• Steve Mehlman - drums, organ

with:

• Jim Jones - organ, guitar

Technical

• Paul Hamann - engineer
• John Thompson - design

References

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