Lady from Shanghai (album)

Lady from Shanghai is the fourteenth studio album by American band Pere Ubu. It was produced by Pere Ubu's front-man David Thomas and it was released on January 7, 2013, on Fire Records label.[5]

Lady from Shanghai
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	January 7, 2013
Studio	Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio; Nuke India Now, Hove; Urban Iguana, New York City
Genre	Art rock
Length	51:00
Label	Fire
Producer	David Thomas
Pere Ubu chronology
Long Live Père Ubu! (2009) Lady from Shanghai (2013) Carnival of Souls (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
PopMatters	7/10[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pere Ubu.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thanks"	2:14
2.	"Free White"	2:29
3.	"Feuksley Ma'am, the Hearing"	5:11
4.	"Mandy"	7:14
5.	"And Then Nothing Happened"	4:14
6.	"Musicians Are Scum"	3:33
7.	"Another One"	2:47
8.	"The Road Trip of Bipasha Ahmed"	4:13
9.	"Lampshade Man"	6:20
10.	"414 Seconds"	6:48
11.	"The Carpenter Sun"	5:57

Personnel

Pere Ubu

• David Thomas − vocals, piano, organ, Xiosynth, Korg iMS-20, Monotron, Roland 303 synthesizers
• Keith Moliné − guitar, bass
• Robert Wheeler − EML, Grendel Drone Commander, Korg iMS-20, SNM Cacophoner II synthesizers
• Gagarin (Graham Dowdall) − piano, organ, digital electronica
• Michele Temple − bass, guitar, bells
• Steve Mehlman − drums, organ, vocals

with:

• Darryl Boon − clarinet

Technical

• Paul Hamann - engineer
• Alexandre Horne, John Thompson - front cover

References

1. "Lady from Shanghai Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
2. Phares, Heather. "Lady from Shanghai - Pere Ubu". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
3. Tom Hughes (2013-01-03). "Pere Ubu: Lady from Shanghai – review". London: Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
4. Houle, Zachary (2013-01-09). "Pere Ubu: Lady from Shanghai". PopMatters.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
5. "Pere Ubu: Lady from Shanghai". Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.