Why I Hate Women

Why I Hate Women
Studio album by Pere Ubu
Released	September 19, 2006
Genre	Experimental rock
Label	Smog Veil, Glitterhouse
Producer	David Thomas
Pere Ubu chronology
St. Arkansas (2002) Why I Hate Women (2006) Long Live Père Ubu! (2009)

Why I Hate Women is Pere Ubu's thirteenth album. It finds Keith Moliné stepping in for departing longtime guitarist Tom Herman, making this the first Pere Ubu studio album not to feature any of the group's founders (except for David Thomas), either as members or as guests. Explaining the title, David Thomas wrote "Why I Hate Women is based on the Jim Thompson novel he never wrote but would have".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Two Girls (One Bar)" – 2:28
2. "Babylonian Warehouses" – 4:27
3. "Blue Velvet" – 5:51
4. "Caroleen" – 4:21
5. "Flames Over Nebraska" – 2:07
6. "Love Song" – 6:08
7. "Mona" – 2:47
8. "My Boyfriend's Back" – 0:57
9. "Stolen Cadillac" – 6:12
10. "Synth Farm" – 3:02
11. "Texas Overture" – 6:12

Personnel

• David Thomas: vocal
• Keith Moliné: guitar, backing vocals, bass
• Robert Wheeler: EML synthesizer, theremin
• Michele Temple: bass, lead vocal
• Steve Mehlman: drums, clave

and guests:

• Rodolphe Burger: stylophone on "Texas Overture"
• Robert Kidney: lead guitar on "Love Song"
• Jack Kidney: harp on Blue Velvet and tenor saxophone on "Synth Farm"
• Andy Diagram: trumpet on "Mona"

References

1. ubuprojex.net

External links

• Album info at Ubuprojex official site