The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B000006491
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #403,365 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Ladybird (Green Grass)

2. Lost in Music

3. Glam Racket

4. I'm Going to Spain

5. It's a Curse

6. Paranoid Man in Cheap Shit Room

7. Service

8. League of Bald-Headed Men

9. Past Gone Mad

10. Light/Fireworks

11. Why Are People Grudgeful? [*]

12. League Moon Monkey Mix [*]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

With 22 albums to his credit since 1977, the question you have to ask about any new release by Mark E. Smith is: How is this Fall album different from all others? The Infotainment Scan is the first release under the strange pact between Matador and Atlantic Records, but there's nothing new or noteworthy about the English group's tuneless drones and Smith's odd monotone vocals (he singsa lika thissa). Smith pursues his usual Kafka/1984 fantasies on songs such as "Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room" and "Ladybird (Green Grass)" as the latest in an ever-changing cast of sidemen dutifully churn along, but it's all been done better before. Try the 1990 compilation 458489 A-Sides. --Jim DeRogatis

Product Description

2 CD set includes 21 total bonus tracks. Details TBA. Castle. 2006. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the greatest, August 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Infotainment Scan (Audio CD)

I do not comprehand the guy who wrote amazon review hence this one. Infotainment was my least favorite Fall, after one month the favorite. This LP was realesed 91, wayyy ahead of anything at the time. Could be realesed 2010 and still would be. It just sounds different from early Fall. But say it is bad(it's not)The worst Fall record would still beat ANYTHING out there, some classical excluded ( B.the 9th, all of Gorecky) "i have forotten what others are still trying to grasp" - Mark E. Smith. Appropriate as far as popular music goes. To the gent who wrote one of the above reviews, NO, you can't sing along to Fall.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, August 28, 2003

By A Customer

It's really bizarre to think that this LP has managed to disappear for the most part under the wealth of The Fall's other work. This is a great record, with inspired covers--particularly of Scratch Perry's "Why are People so Grudgeful?" It's a surprisingly upbeat record; Mark E. Smith even has a quasi-ballad with "I'm Going to Spain." Also recommended (if you can find it), The Fall's LP "Middle Class Revolt", also on Matador Records.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a winner., May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Infotainment Scan (Audio CD)

Boredom here? No way. All the tunes are winners. MES expands on this one. The cover of Chic's "Lost in Music" is excellent. I love "Fireworks" and "Service", on which he just raps away. MES has put out tons of Fall product in the 90s. If you looking for a place to start, why not with this one?