Story of My Life (album)

Story of My Life
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	April 1993
Genre	Post-punk, experimental rock
Label	Fontana, Imago Records
Producer	Al Clay
Pere Ubu chronology
Worlds in Collision (1991) Story of My Life (1993) Ray Gun Suitcase (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Story of My Life is Pere Ubu's ninth studio album. Eric Drew Feldman left the band prior to recording, reducing Ubu to a quartet. Prior to touring on this album Tony Maimone left as well. According to a conversation between David Thomas and Frank Black included on the b-side of the "Kathleen" single, the album's working title was Johnny Rivers Live At The Whiskey A Go Go.

Though out of print for many years, a reissue was announced in early 2007.^[3]

"Come Home" features prominently in a bar fight scene in Kalifornia (1993), starring Brad Pitt as a psychopathic serial killer.

Track listing

1. "Wasted" – 2:37
2. "Come Home" – 4:49
3. "Louisiana Train Wreck" – 3:20
4. "Fedora Satellite II" – 3:26
5. "Heartbreak Garage" – 3:52
6. "Postcard" – 2:49
7. "Kathleen" – 4:24
8. "Honey Moon" – 2:54
9. "Sleep Walk" – 4:23
10. "The Story of My Life" – 4:06
11. "Last Will & Testament" – 3:48

Personnel

• David Thomas: vocals, melodeon, guitar on "Postcard"
• Jim Jones: guitar, Hammond B3, backing vox, keyboard
• Tony Maimone: bass, EML synthesizer
• Scott Krauss: drums, percussion, keyboard, shortwave

and

• Al Clay: vox calliope, digital keyboard, backing vocals, guitar on "Postcard".

References