New Picnic Time
by Pere Ubu

New Picnic Time by Pere Ubu
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 7,410th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 51 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (112th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,122nd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,410th)

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Pere Ubu bestography

New Picnic Time is ranked 3rd 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 860 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,003.

Pere Ubu album bestography « Higher ranked (3,194th)
Dub Housing
This album (7,410th)
New Picnic Time
Lower ranked (9,556th) »
The Art Of Walking

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Overall rank: 7,410th | 1970s rank: 1,122nd | 1979 rank: 112th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 51 votes)
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03/21/2026 08:46 melisandre  Ratings distribution  26184/100
 
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01/20/2026 18:25 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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11/24/2025 16:24 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,63865/100
 
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11/16/2024 04:43 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35881/100
 
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06/12/2024 23:57 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57669/100

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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 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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From 04/17/2023 06:18 | #296149
Что-то у них с каждым годом всё хуже и хуже. В 75ом очень хорошо стартанули с первых синглов, потом альбомы всё хуже и хуже. Вот так можно упасть с самой вершины на самое дно. Они мне безумно нравятся, но только в начале карьеры, когда они только отпочковались от Rocket from the tombs. Ну зато появился Joy Division, который чем-то напоминал Пере Убу 75го года. А сами Пере Убу куда-то в индастриал заехали
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From 06/10/2021 13:08 | #270516
Underrated album by an underrated band.
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