Song of the Bailing Man

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{{Infobox album

| name = Song of the Bailing Man

| type = Album

| artist = Pere Ubu

| cover = sotbm.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 1982

| recorded = August 1981 – January 1982

| venue =

| studio = Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio

| genre = Post-punk

| length = 36:10

| label = Rough Trade (original release){{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Pere+Ubu|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Pere Ubu|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}
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| producer = Adam Kidron

| prev_title = 390° of Simulated Stereo

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Terminal Tower

| next_year = 1985

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = David Thomas

| type = Album

| prev_title = Vocal Performances

| prev_year = 1981

| title = Song of the Bailing Man

| year = 1982

| next_title = Variations on a Theme

| next_year = 1983

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15038}}

|rev2 = Chicago Tribune

|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-07-13-8902170212-story.html|title=THE WEIRD, WONDERFUL PERE UBU|first=Greg|last=Kot|website=chicagotribune.com|date=13 July 1989 }}

|rev3 = Robert Christgau

|rev3score = B+

|rev4 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=6 |page=483}}

|rev5 = PopMatters

|rev5score = {{rating|7|10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pere-ubu-new-picnic-time-the-art-of-walking-and-the-song-of-the-bailing-man-2495404541.html|title=Pere Ubu: New Picnic Time / The Art of Walking / The Song of the Bailing Man|date=January 10, 2017|website=PopMatters}}

|rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=539}}

|rev7 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

|rev7score = 6/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=291–292}}

}}

Song of the Bailing Man is the fifth Pere Ubu album, released in 1982.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pere-ubu-mn0000838272/biography|title=Pere Ubu | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KPOsu8JOHO8C&dq=Song+of+the+Bailing+Man+pere+ubu&pg=PA178|title=The A to X of Alternative Music|first=Steve|last=Taylor|date=September 27, 2006|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9780826482174|via=Google Books}} It was the final Pere Ubu album until 1988's The Tenement Year.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&dq=Song+of+the+Bailing+Man+pere+ubu+rough+guide+to+rock&pg=PA782|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=December 15, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}}