The Modern Dance

The Modern Dance is the debut album by the American rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in February 1978 through Blank Records. Although commercially unsuccessful, it drew critical acclaim upon release and was later regarded as influential in the development of post-punk.

The album was ranked number 11 by NME on their list of "Best Albums of 1978", number 14 on Spin magazine's list of the "50 Most Essential Punk Records", number 31 by Fact in "The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s", number 34 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" and number 63 on Uncut's "The 100 Greatest Debut Albums". It appears in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

In 2005, a 5.1-surround-sound version was released as the DVD-Audio side of a DualDisc.