Dub Housing
by Pere Ubu

Album
Dub Housing by Pere Ubu
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-11-17
Overall rank: 3,087th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 170 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (57th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (532nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,087th)

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Pere Ubu bestography

Dub Housing is ranked 2nd best out of 25 albums by Pere Ubu on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pere Ubu is The Modern Dance which is ranked number 888 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,958.

Pere Ubu album bestography « Higher ranked (888th)
The Modern Dance This album (3,087th)
Dub Housing Lower ranked (8,655th) »
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Dub Housing rankings

Dub Housing rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,087th | 1970s rank: 532nd | 1978 rank: 57th  Overall chart history
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Dub Housing ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 170 votes)
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 !		10/26/2026 23:37 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,22081/100
 
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 !		06/06/2026 16:19 platus  Ratings distribution  5,89874/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.3.


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Dub Housing forum mentions

This album has been referenced 25 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1970) 2. by by (1965) 4. (1980) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (1959) 8. by by (1985) 10. by (1967) 12. by (1971) 13. by (1959) 14. by (1970) 15. by (1968) 16. by by (1979) 19. by (1966) 20. by (1969) 21. by (1960) 22. by (1959) 23. by…”
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Dub Housing comments

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From 04/17/2016 11:03 | #163996 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album is difficult. Not an easily assessable band this record carries on in the same vein as The Modern Dance. You have to give it several listens to reap the rewards and it's worth it. (Edited)
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From 02/22/2015 21:36 | #135489 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The second Pere Ubu album released in 1978, Dub Housing is a more realized vision than its The Modern Dance, yet it remains overshadowed here. (Edited)
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90/100
From 06/06/2009 19:09 | #4638 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Dark and difficult album, but Pere Ubu are at their best. (Edited)
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70/100
From 02/03/2022 19:51 | #280589 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Agree with most of the comments already posted. A hard list but less so than when I first got the album all those years ago although codex is still a very challenging experience
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60/100
From 01/07/2018 14:28 | #204804 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I want to like music that pushes boundaries, and at times I did enjoy this. But by the end, I was falling asleep.
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