Worlds in Collision is Pere Ubu's eighth studio album. The album continues in the glossy pop mold found on their previous studio album, Cloudland

Cloudland (album)

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. For this album, Eric Drew Feldman

Eric Drew Feldman

Eric Drew Feldman is an American keyboard and bass guitar player. Feldman has worked with Captain Beefheart, Fear, Snakefinger, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Pixies, dEUS, Katell Keineg, Frank Black, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Reid Paley, Charlotte Hatherley, Custard, and PJ Harvey.He was...

 (Captain Beefheart

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, Snakefinger

Snakefinger

Philip Charles Lithman , who performed under the stage name Snakefinger, was an English musician, singer and songwriter. A multi-instrumentalist, he was best known for his guitar and violin work and his collaborations with The Residents.-History:Lithman was born in Tooting, South London, and came...

, the Residents

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, the Pixies) takes over from departing original member Allen Ravenstine on synthesizer duties, though Ravenstine makes some guest appearances.

Though out of print

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 for many years, a reissue was announced in early 2007. http://www.ubuprojex.net/wic.html

Track listing

1. Oh Catherine – 2:54
2. I Hear They Smoke the BBQ – 4:08
3. Turpentine! – 2:40
4. Goodnite Irene – 4:10
5. Mirror Man – 3:32
6. Cry Cry Cry – 2:45
7. Worlds in Collision – 3:43
8. Life of Riley – 2:34
9. Over the Moon – 3:08
10. Don't Look Back – 4:05
11. Playback – 3:30
12. Nobody Knows – 2:37
13. Winter in the Firelands – 3:09

Personnel

• David Thomas
  David Thomas (musician)
  David Lynn Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.He was one of the founding members of the short-lived protopunkers Rocket From The Tombs , where he went by the name of Crocus Behemoth, and of punk group Pere Ubu . He has also released several solo albums...
  
  : vocals
• Jim Jones
  Jim Jones (guitarist)
  James E. Jones, known as Jim Jones, was an experimental music artist, producer, and guitarist in the rock band Pere Ubu. Jones was a founding member of many experimental rock bands of the 70s and 80s including: Easter Monkeys, Foreign Bodies, Mirrors, The Styrenes, Home And Garden, and Terminal...
  
  : guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Drew Feldman
  Eric Drew Feldman
  Eric Drew Feldman is an American keyboard and bass guitar player. Feldman has worked with Captain Beefheart, Fear, Snakefinger, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Pixies, dEUS, Katell Keineg, Frank Black, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Reid Paley, Charlotte Hatherley, Custard, and PJ Harvey.He was...
  
  : keyboards, computers & synthesizer
• Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone is a bass player, producer, and engineer who lives in Brooklyn, New York.He was a member of Pere Ubu from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with drummer Scott Krauss...
  
  : bass
• Scott Krauss: drums

with guests:

• Allen Ravenstine: EML synthesizer on "Turpentine!", "Life of Riley", "Playback" & "Winter In The Firelands"
• Andy Redhead: percussion
• John Kirlpatrick: melodeon on "Cry Cry Cry", "Worlds In Collision" & "Over The Moon"
• Susie Honeyman: violin on "Over The Moon"
• Al Clay: backing vocals