Determined not to waste the coronavirus lockdown, @Simon1979 & I decided to listen to & rank all The Fall's studio albums (plus selected live ones & MES side projects) & nominate a stand out track from each one.
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43 albums. Original track listing. So sadly no place for classic Fall singles like Kicker Conspiracy, Oh Brother, CREEP, Man Whose Head Expanded or, my personal favourite, How I Wrote Elastic Man.
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The full Fall playlist is here in chronological order and the 43 album ranking begins (in reverse order) with the next tweet.
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43. The worst Fall album is 1996's The Light User Syndrome. It is crap. But the best song on it is The Chisellers. 4/
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42. Seminal Live (1989). Also not good. LA best tune.
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41. Are You Missing Winner (2001) . Bourgeois Town.
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40. Pander! Panda! Panzer! (2002). A solo spoken word album by Mark E Smith. Just one single 45 minute track.
39. Cerebral Caustic (1995).
The Aphid.
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38. A Part of America Therein 1981 (1982). Live album from US tour.
Totally Wired
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37. The 27 Points (1995). Live album.
Hi Tension Line.
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36. Fall in a Hole. Live album from NZ tour. (1983).
Hard Life in the Country
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35. The Marshall Suite. (1999)
Jung Nev's Anecdotes
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34. Reformation Post TLC (2007).
Fall Sound.
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33. The Frenz Experiment (1988).
Hit the North.
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32. The Post Nearly Man (1998). MES solo spoken word album.
The Horror in Clay.
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31. Code Selfish. (1992.)
Married Two Kids.
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30. I am Kurious Oranj (1988)
New Big Prinz
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29. The Infotainment Scam (1993).
Paranoia Man in a Cheap Shit Room.
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28. Last Night at the Palais (2009) Live.
Reformation
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27. Ersatz GB (2011).
Greenway.
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26. Re-Mit (2013)
Hittite Man.
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25. Extricate (1990)
Telephone Thing
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24. Real New Fall LP (2003)
Protein Protection.
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23. Live at the Witch Trials (1979). Debut album. Not live.
Rebellious Jukebox.
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22. Tromatic Reflexxions (2007). by Von Sudenfed (MES side project).
Flooded.
NOTE: from now on all albums scored 8/10 & above.
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21. The Remainderer EP (2013)
Mister Rode.
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20. Wise Ol Man EP (2016)
All Leave Cancelled
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19. Middle Class Revolt (1994)
Hey Student!
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18. Dragnet (1979)
A Figure Walks
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17. Levitate (1997)
Ten House of Eve.
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16. Totale's Turns (1980)
No Xmas for John Quays.
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15. Shift Work. (1991)
Edinburgh Man
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14. Imperial Wax Solvent (2008)
Wolf Kidult Man
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13. Perverted By Language (1983).
I feel Voxish.
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12. The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall (1984). First 9/10 album.
Slang King.
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11. New Facts Emerge (2017)
New Facts Emerge
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10. Grotesque (After the Gramme) (1980)
The NRWA.
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9. Your Future, Our Clutter (2010)
Bury pts 1 +3
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8. Sub-Lingual Tablet (2015)
Venice with the Girls
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7. The Unutterable (2000)
Cyber Insekt.
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6. Room To Live (1986)
Detective Instinct
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5. Slates (1981)
Leave the Capitol
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4. Fall Heads Roll (2005) (10/10)
Blindness
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3. Hex Enducation Hour (1982)
The Classical
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2. This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)
Spoilt Victorian Child
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1. Bend Sinister (1986)
Gross Chapel - British Grenadiers
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