The Fall - The Real New Fall LP (U.S. version)

1. Green Eyed
2. Mountain
3. Sparta 2XX
4. Contraflow
5. Xralothep
6. Janet vs. Johnny
7. Boxoctosis
8. The Past
9. Mod Mock Goth
10. Protein Protection
11. Mike's Love Hexagon
12. Loop #41/Houston
13. Portugal
14. Recovery Kit #2

Word spread of this blog apparently because I posted "Country On The Click," which was the original version of this album. When those versions leaked onto the internet originally back before the album's release, Mark E. Smith decided not to release any of those versions and the band went right back into the studio and re-did the whole album. The result was two extra versions of the same album. Well, more like one and a half versions. A few of the songs on here are alternate versions from its British counterpart. I personally prefer this version. Check it out HERE!

The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

I figured if I'd be making a comeback after all this time, it'd better be something pretty fuckin' cool. Well, I have exactly that, thanks to a torrent floating around very recently. I have for you fans the BBC documentary made very recently on your favorite frontman and mine, Mark E. Smith. It's more about The Fall than anything and its various incarnations, but obviously there's only one way to really do that. It's damn good for being as short as it is. I wish I could claim credit for the above Lego likeness of Mr. Smith, but alas, I found it floating around on the internet. Pretty cool, huh? Enough of that, check out the documentary RIGHT HERE!!!

Mark E. Smith - The Post Nearly Man

1. Horror In Clay
2. Shad Segment
3. Caterer
4. I'm Bobby, Pt. 1
5. The CD In Your Hand
6. Enigrammatic Dreams
7. Visit Of An American Poet V. 1
8. Segment
9. Visitation Of An American Poet
10. Visit Of An American Poet V. 2
11. I'm Bobby, Pt. 2
12. Typewriter
13. Dissolute Singer
14. Lot In A Name

All right you Fall fans, I'm sure some of you have been hunting for this one. Well, search no more. Oh, and put your wallets down, this is going for over $50 on Amazon and... I hate to say it, but it's not worth it. That is, unless you are Super Ultimate Fall Collector Man. If I had more money I might be that, but I am very very poor. The words in this are even more out there than almost any Fall lyrics I've ever heard and it is odd hearing him speak at the speeds and tones that he does on this. It makes for a very odd listen. I can't exactly recommend it, though I do encourage you to give it a try. I would really like a transcript of the whole thing. Does one exist? I think I'd rather be able to read Mr. Smith's words in this instance than hear them, because I can't seem to get into this album no matter how hard I try. I love spoken word albums, but this one just went miles over my head. Well, here it is for you now. Get it HERE!

The Fall - The Unutterable

1. Cyber Insect
2. Two Librans
3. W.B
4. Sons Of Temperance
5. Dr. Buck's Letter
6. Hot Runes
7. Way Round
8. Octo Realm/Ketamine Sun
9. Serum
10. Unutterable
11. Pumpkin Soup and Mashed Potatoes
12. Hands Up Billy
13. Midwatch 1953
14. Devolute
15. Das Katerer

After a period went by in the 1990s where the quality of the work by Mr. Smith was not quite up to standard, people were saying that The Fall had lost their edge and had no more creative momentum. Some even predicted the end of The Fall entirely. Then this album came out and basically ripped to shreds all naysayers who said that the good days of the band were over with. This album, out as recently as 2000, just goes to show that Mr. Smith still has it in him to blow us away when we least expect it. Get this amazing piece of work RIGHT HERE!

The Fall - Fall Heads Roll

1. Ride Away
2. Pacifying Joint
3. What About Us
4. Midnight Aspen
5. Assume
6. Assume Reprise
7. Blindness
8. I Can Hear the Grass Grow
9. Bo Demmick
10. Yawanner
11. Clasp Hands
12. Early Days of Channel Fuehrer
13. Breaking the Rules
14. Trust In Me

Another hotly-debated album as to how good it is. I can understand those who don't like it, it doesn't measure up in artistic virtuosity like The Unutterable... but then again, what does? This is not The Fall trying to blow anybody away with amazing lyrics or particularly amazing music, this is a pop album in its essence. Not your typical pop album, this is pop music done Fall style, which essentially makes it unplayable on mainstream radio, despite how catchy or wonderful it really is. I happen to be one that loves this album and makes no apology for it. I love The Fall when they blow me away like they do with Live At The Witch Trials or The Unutterable, but I also love The Fall just trying to have fun like with The Marshall Suite or this album. So get up and get into it, but first get it RIGHT HERE!

The Fall - Reformation Post-TLC

1. Over! Over!
2. Reformation!
3. Fall Sound
4. White Line Fever
5. Insult Song
6. My Door Is Never
7. Coaches and Horses
8. The Usher
9. The Wright Stuff
10. Scenario
11. Das Boat
12. The Bad Stuff
13. Systematic Abuse
14. Outro

The most recent album from one of the longest-running bands in the world. Not only a long-running band, but one constantly making new music and producing consistently good work. This band is impressive on so many levels. This is the line-up that was thrown together after the previous band (that made The Real New Fall LP and Fall Heads Roll) left Mark E. Smith in the middle of a U.S. tour. The tour I saw them on, to be exact. Regarding that, Mark E. Smith said in an interview that the title in full is "Reformation, Post Treacherous Lying Cunts." Don't know if he was joking of not, but probably not. This is, by far, not the band's best work, but not the worst either. It was an album somewhat rushed, which it sounds like, and the band had not really been together very long when they went into the studio. The musicians sound like a rockin' jam band experimenting with The Fall's trademarked style, which brings interesting results, some good and some bad. The mix is also interesting on this, the guitars turned down, the bass turned way up, the keyboards turned down, and the backing vocals becoming fairly prominent. Whether you love or hate this album, it really is a departure from the normal Fall Sound, pun intended, and I appreciate the mere fact that they were going for something new. Highlights include "Fall Sound," "White Line Fever," and "My Door Is Never." Get this album RIGHT HERE!

The Fall - Live in Oxford (03/17/2008)

1. intro
2. Is This New
3. Wings
4. Fall Sound
5. Pacifying Joint
6. 50-Year-Old Man
7. Wolf Kidult Man
8. I've Been Duped
9. Latch Key Kid
10. Reformation
11. Tommy Shooter
12. Systematic Abuse
13. White Lightning
14. off stage
15. Blindness

Another day, another Fall show. This satisfies two things: my obsession over this amazing band, and the laws of supply and demand. A good show and a good recording. I've been posting newer shows mainly, because I'm gearing up for the new album that comes out later this month. So this is to hold you and I off. Get it HERE!

The Fall - Live In Bilston (03/04/2008)

1. Exploding Chimney
2. My Door Will Never
3. Pacifying Joint
4. Latch Key Kid
5. Alton Towers
6. Wolve Kidult Man
7. Fall Sound
8. I've Been Duped
9. What About Us
10. Theme From Sparta FC
11. Wings
12. Tommy Shooter
13. Blindness

Yeah yeah, I know, more of The Fall. Some of you are probably tired of seeing this band pop up on here constantly. Well for one, I'm a big fan; but secondly, I've received more compliments on my Fall postings than any other postings. The importance of this one is that it includes at least five songs that will be appearing on their upcoming album, Imperial Wax Solvent. Apparently other gigs have been a lot better than this one (even though I like this one), but I've seen none of those posted, so this is what we've got for an upcoming album preview. If this live show is any real indicator of how the album will sound, I think it will turn around all naysayers against the current line-up and make true believers out of them. I liked Reformation Post-TLC, it's not their best album, but it is sure as hell not their worst, and it was different from any thing else they had done. "Tommy Shooter" and "I've Been Duped" fucking rocked me silly, simple as that, and I officially cannot wait for this album, which will be coming out next month, I believe. The photo above was taken by someone at that show, I was not there unfortunately. Get on it by CLICKING HERE!

The Fall - Live at Logan Square Auditorium 05/30/2006

1. Bo Demmick
2. Pacifying Joint
3. Theme From Sparta FC
4. Mountain Energei
5. Wrong Place, Right Time
6. Systematic Abuse
7. I Can Hear the Grass Grow
8. Reformation
9. Blindness
10. Mr. Pharmacist
11. What About Us?
12. Outtro

This one is rare, good quality, and totally sentimental. I went to this show. It's the only Fall show I've been able to go to. They play all the time in England, but God forbid they come to the states a little more often. I do hope to get to see them again at some point, but for now I'll have to tolerate just having this and my memory and my pictures. I took the photo that's at the top of the page, along with many others. Oh, and the whole band signed my copy of "Live At the Witch Trials." I probably should've just had Mark E. Smith sign it since he was the only member of the current line-up on that album, but I was just too excited to see them. So they all signed it and dated it. Very cool! Visit my brain here!

The Fall - Country On The Click (plus bonus tracks)

1. Theme From Sparta FC
2. Protein Protection
3. Mountain Energei
4. Contraflow
5. Green Eyed Loco Man
6. Last Commands Of Xyralothep
7. Boxoctosis
8. Ho(e)uston
9. The Past
10. Recovery Kit
11. Mike's Love Xexagon
12. Susan v Youthclub
bonus tracks
13. Iodeo (Green Eyed Loco Man demo)
14. Dramatic (COTC outtake)
15. Susan v Youthclub (demo)
16. Green Eyed Loco Man (live at the Echo Club, Los Angeles, 06/20/2003)
17. Mountain Energei (live at Graceland, Seattle, 6/24/2003)

This is the original mix of the album, recorded and mixed in December '02 and January '03. When the mix leaked out onto the internet, Mark E. Smith decided to re-record, remix, and restructure most of it. So here is what The Real New Fall LP almost was. I like the end result much more, personally. Get it by clicking here.