Album · Pere Ubu
Worlds in Collision by Pere Ubu
Worlds in Collision is an album by Pere Ubu, released in 1991. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue”, on 7 lists with a best position of #1758.
Worlds in Collision, Pere Ubu's eighth album, came out on Fontana in 1991, and it finds the Cleveland avant-garage outfit still steering toward the comparatively conventional pop they had started chasing on Cloudland. Gil Norton produced, and the edges are smoothed without being sanded off: David Thomas still yelps and warbles like a man arguing with the radio, Jim Jones's guitar chimes and scrapes, and Tony Maimone's bass and Scott Krauss's drums give the oddness a sturdy, danceable frame.
The big personnel change is on synthesizer. Founding member Allen Ravenstine had stepped away, though he still drops in as a guest, and Eric Drew Feldman, a veteran of Captain Beefheart, Snakefinger, the Residents and the Pixies, takes over the electronic weirdness. "I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue" is the one that has kept turning up on the countdowns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Worlds in Collision on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue | 7 | #1758 | – | 1999–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.