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- Date Released: January 1, 1986
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: '80s
- Label: Exit Stencil Recordings LLC / CD Baby
Former and future Ubu members get even weirder.
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We Say...
Ever wished Pere Ubu sounded just a little bit weirder? Welcome to Home & Garden, the band that Ubu-members Scott Krauss and Tony Maimone formed after they left the group, along with future Ubu guitarist Jim Jones and Jeff Morrison, a guy that had nothing to do with the legendary Cleveland proto-punk act at all.
Magazine is an obvious reference point, what with the group's pedigree and a reliance on synthesizer for its creepy atmosphere. But where Magazine loaded its chilly theatrics into a (relatively) pop format, Home & Garden eschew it altogether, leading to tracks like the meandering and melancholic "Bells of Ever and Never" or the sax-led skronk of "Birthday."
Adding to the oddness, Morrison sounds a little bit like the Doors frontman with whom he shares a surname — if the "American Poet" had absolutely no sense of melody and an even greater penchant for the absurd. Or at least that's where you have to imagine a song like "King Penguin" comes from. -
They Say...
As a musical journey, these "post-Pere Ubu" episodes from drummer Scott Krauss and bassist Tony Maimone -- both multi-instrumentalists here -- and the man who would become a latter-day Pere Ubu guitarist, Jim Jones, are a delicious blend of sound and innovation. Conspicuous in its absence is the Dave Thomas voice from the dark cosmos, replaced by a John Cale-ish drawl from vocalist Jeff Morrison. "Monkey Town" is discordant fun and games while "From the Life of King John" is the lost art of new wave searching for its Sky Saxon roots. For those bored with the elitist and overblown music of Mission of Burma, these soldiers are the real deal on this collection of magic restored and enhanced for the new millennium. The 75 minutes of sound and music here are nonstop relentless entertainment. The 18 tracks are so all over the map that it is hard to get a grasp on what is taking place, which works well for repeated spins -- and perhaps the random avant-garde car alarm going off outside your house (if you're so lucky) while this disc is spinning. "Marco Polo: The City of Kin-Sai" is just one such exploration, taking the Velvet Underground's riff from "Lady Godiva's Operation" and bringing it up a notch. On this delightful set of complex minimal music that is inviting and satisfying, Exit Stencil Recordings also includes the How I Spent My Vacation EP and other goodies. History and Geography is a revelation that unveils new secrets every time it is played, the kind of homework high-school teachers ought to seriously consider assigning to their students.
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| 01. |  |
Marco Polo: The Voyage |
3:15 |
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| 02. | |
Marco Polo: The City of Kin-Sai |
5:53 |
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| 03. | |
Holiday |
3:46 |
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| 04. | |
Monkey Town |
4:23 |
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| 05. | |
Big Winter |
2:38 |
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| 06. | |
King Penguin |
3:26 |
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| 07. | |
Bells of Ever and Never |
6:07 |
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| 08. | |
From the Life of King John |
3:38 |
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| 09. | |
Birthday |
3:33 |
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| 10. | |
Marco Polo: The Desert |
3:48 |
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| 11. | |
Geography |
3:42 |
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| 12. | |
Para Uds. |
3:11 |
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| 13. | |
Prairie Sailors |
3:42 |
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| 14. | |
Jazz |
7:01 |
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| 15. | |
Does This Belong to You? |
3:57 |
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| 16. | |
How I Spent My Vacation |
7:12 |
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| 17. | |
(please) Fix My Horn (my brakes don't work) |
3:25 |
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| 18. | |
Where We Left Off |
2:20 |
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18 Total Tracks, 74:57 Total Length
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Credits
- Home and Garden - Main Performer // Scott Krauss - Organ // Scott Krauss - Drums // Scott Krauss - Remixing // Scott Krauss - Reissue Director // Scott Krauss - Tapes // Tony Maimone - Synthesizer // Tony Maimone - Bass // Tony Maimone - Piano (Electric) // Tony Maimone - Prophet 5 // Tony Maimone - Group Member // Byron Miller - Design // Byron Miller - Photography // Byron Miller - Layout Design // Douglas Morgan - Guitar // Pat Ryan - Producer // Paul Hamann - Engineer // Paul Hamann - Remastering // Carlo Wolff - Liner Editor // Mike Decapite - Liner Notes // Mike Decapite - Interviewer // Patrick Morgan - Guitar // Mik Mellen - Art Direction // Mik Mellen - Design // Mik Mellen - Photography // Charlie Watts - Engineer // Jim Jones - Guitar // Jim Jones - Producer // Jim Jones - Mellotron // Jim Jones - String Machine // Jim Jones - Roland TR-808 // Jim Jones - Vox Continental // Jim Jones - Group Member
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