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The Fall

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Cog Sinister UK
• ASIN: B00001R3NF
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #538,789 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Classical

2. Jawbone and the Air-Rifle

3. Hip Priest

4. Fortress/Deer Park

5. Mere Pseud Mag.Ed

6. Winter (Hostel-Maxi)

7. Winter 2

8. Just Steps S'ways

9. Who Makes the Nazis

10. Iceland

11. And This Day'

12. Look, Know [*]

13. I'm into C.B. [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Punk, Poetic and Powerful, November 22, 2000

By	Michael Pinto "Anime Fan" (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Perhaps one of the best examples of punk ever created, and yet this album really goes far beyond the genre. Even though it was recorded in the early 80's this collection of songs sounds like it was done yesterday. The song writing here is poetry, and the track "Winter" paints some wonderful pictures. One of my favorites "The Classical" which has a raw energy that few bands have captured before or since. Also featured is "Hip Priest" which has become a trademark for Mark E. Smith, who deserves a bit more credit. You can hear the roots of this album in so many places today - ranging from hip hop to industrial. You will never see the Fall mentioned in those silly VH1 specials, but rest assured this record belongs next to the best of all time.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars and today on the vitamin B..., January 26, 2001

By	Davdi Sutom "kosmonaut" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

One of my favorite Fall records. This one is highly focused throughout, and the chemistry between the instruments is uncanny and highly effective, especially on songs like Hip Priest and Fortress/Deer Park. No one but the Fall could make sense out of songs like that.

Highly recommended!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kraut-rock and VU filtered through the Fall, March 18, 2000

By	"abuttons" (USA) - See all my reviews

One of the band's most important releases, this has a more experimental aspect than the previous SLATES ep. Songs like the 2-part "Winter," "Hip Priest," and "Iceland/Island" are rhythmic and long in a kind of Can way (Mark was a big fan) while "Deer Park" has keyboards via the Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray." This is not to say the songs are inferior. On the contrary, the songs are excellent because they still sound original and like The Fall . The two-drummer lineup works very well on the opener "The Classical," and there is some really catchy material in "Just Step Sideways" and "Who Makes the Nazis?" Problems? Yeah, a 10+ minute problem in the final song, the atrocious "And This Day." Everything else is great, and it beats the hell out of most of this "indie-rock" the kids like these days.