Song of the Bailing Man is the fifth Pere Ubu album, released in 1982.

[10] Anton Fier replaced drummer Scott Krauss for the recording of the album.

[4] The band broke up shortly after producing Song of the Bailing Man.

[11] Trouser Press wrote that "Fier’s lighter, jazzier playing sets the tone for an album that, for all its Euro-prog iconoclasm, never quite ignites.

"[7] In its review of the Architecture of Language 1979-1982 boxset, The Quietus wrote that "Tony Maimone's basslines play a bigger part on this record, making this LP more overtly poppy sounding than its predecessors.