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The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World

1990 studio album by Peter Jefferies

The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World

Studio album by

Peter Jefferies

Released

1990

Recorded

September – October 1989 at Grey St, Port Chalmers, New Zealand

Genre

Post-punk

Length

39:35 (cassette edition)
45:16 (CD edition)

Label

Xpressway (original release)
Ajax Records (1991 reissue)

Producer

Peter Jefferies

Peter Jefferies chronology

At Swim 2 Birds
(1987)

The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World
(1990)

Electricity
(1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	8.4/10^[2]

The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World is a 1990 album by New Zealand pianist Peter Jefferies. It was originally released on the Xpressway label, and reissued in 1992 and 1995 by Ajax Records. The reissue was remastered by Jefferies, and also contained tracks from the "Fate of the Human Carbine" 7", which he recorded with guitarist Robbie Muir. "The Fate of the Human Carbine" was later covered by American singer-songwriter Cat Power on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think. In 2013, the album was re-issued through De Stijl and included "The Fate of the Human Carbine"/"Catapult" 7-inch single with the vinyl edition.^[3]^[2]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Ned Raggett	United States	The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties^[4]	1999	77

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Jefferies

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chain or Reaction"	3:20
2.	"Domestica"	2:18
3.	"On an Unknown Beach"	4:34
4.	"Guided Tour of a Well Known Street"	4:34
5.	"The House of Weariness"	3:53
6.	"Cold View"	2:08
7.	"Likewise"	2:40

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World"	3:16
2.	"While I've Been Waiting"	2:52
3.	"Neither Do I"	2:15
4.	"The Other Side of Reason"	5:59
5.	"Listening In"	3:10

CD Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chain or Reaction"	3:20
2.	"Domestica"	2:18
3.	"On an Unknown Beach"	4:34
4.	"Guided Tour of a Well Known Street"	4:34
5.	"The House of Weariness"	3:53
6.	"Cold View"	2:08
7.	"Likewise"	2:40
8.	"The Fate of the Human Carbine"	3:15
9.	"Catapult"	2:12
10.	"The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World"	3:16
11.	"While I've Been Waiting"	2:52
12.	"Neither Do I"	2:15
13.	"The Other Side of Reason"	5:59
14.	"Listening In"	3:10

Personnel

Musicians

Kathy Bull – bass guitar on "Chain or Reaction"
Peter Jefferies – vocals, piano, drums, percussion, production, mixing, mastering, engineering
David Mitchell – guitar on "Chain or Reaction", "The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World" and "The Other Side of Reason"
Michael Morley – backwards vocals on "The House of Weariness"
Bruce Russell – guitar on "Guided Tour of a Well Known Street", "The House of Weariness" and "Cold View", vocals on "The House of Weariness"
Robbie Yeats – drums on "Guided Tour of a Well Known Street"

Production and additional personnel

Alastair Galbraith – mixing, guitar on "While I've Been Waiting", violin on "Listening In"
Stephen Kilroy – mixing on "The Fate of the Human Carbine" and "Catapult"
Barry McConnachie – mastering
Robbie Muir – guitar and mixing on "The Fate of the Human Carbine" and "Catapult"
Nigel Taylor – mixing, percussion on "Domestica", piano on "The House of Weariness"

References

^ Raggett, Ned. "The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b Stosuy, Brandon (7 June 2013). "Peter Jefferies: The Last Great Challenge in a Dull". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
^ "Peter Jefferies: The Last Great Challenge in a Dull". De Stijl. 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
^ "The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties". Ned Raggett. Retrieved 11 September 2014.