The Fall

‘Your Future Our Clutter’ by THE FALL – Released 10 Years Ago…

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27 April 2020

YOUR FUTURE OUR CLUTTER is the twentieth-eight album – released on 26 April 2010, ten years ago – by the late great infamous Mark E Smith and his ever-changing backing band THE FALL. An overall striking and accessible record with several catchy rockers (O.F.Y.C. Showcase / Bury Pts. 1 + 3 / Hot Cake / Funnel Of Love) and the usual vintage Smith sneers. Not their best, but a classic compared to many other poor releases of that era.

AllMusic said: “This album is going to feature some esoteric references to their previous work along with some other oddball moves that are best appreciated… Too insider to cross over or consider one of their classics, but an otherwise solid Fall effort offering everything fans require.” Full review here

Album in full…

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THE FALL Released Twelfth LP ‘EXTRICATE 30 Years Ago

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21 March 2020

Thirty years ago, on 20 March 1990, turbulent post-punk legends THE FALL, the late
great MARK E SMITH‘s combo, released their 12th album ‘EXTRICATE’. Probably the
only LP where Smith actually tries to sing instead of spitting and sneering and somehow succeeds. It’s also the longplayer with one of their best-known songs ‘Telephone Thing‘.

AllMusic wrote: “Working with producers Rex Sergeant, Craig Leon, and Adrian
Sherwood, the post-apocalyptic sound of the ’70s had been smoothed to a sheen.
There were still moments of anarchy and dissonance, but generally they were
swaddled in synth-driven beats and high-tech production that smoothed out any
remaining rough edges.”Full review here. Score: 4.5/5 .

Full album…

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‘Bend Sinister’ By THE FALL – 9th LP Released In 1986…

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23 January 2020

Band: The Fall
Album: Bend Sinster – the band’s ninth LP
Released: September 1986 – produced by the famous John Leckie
Note: NME ranked it as the seventh best album of 1986

Album in full…

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Back sleeve

THE FALL Released Their Second Album ‘DRAGNET’ 40 Years Ago Today…

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26 October 2019

40 years ago today, on 26 October 1979, THE FALL released their second LP called ‘DRAGNET‘. Probably one of their messiest, rawest, grimmest and most chaotic longplayers ever with the late MARK E. SMITH spitting and sneering viciously and mercilessly from start to finish. Most of the critics loved it despite the minimalistic
and shrill production. Mark E. Smith and Marc Riley were the only two members of the original line-up who remained after the release of debut LP Live At The Witch Trials
which appeared in March of the same year. The beginning of countless different
The Fall line-ups had started.

Stream the recalcitrant album here. Turn up the turmoil and blow up your ears…

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‘Bingo-Master’s Break-Out!’ – Title Track Of Debut EP by THE FALL (1978)

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Sonic knockouts from the past…

4 March 2019

‘Bingo-Master’s Break-Out‘ by THE FALL

This was the title track (and one of the double A-side songs, with ‘Psycho Maffia‘ being
the other one) of the debut EP by Manchester legends The Fall aka the late, great MARK E. SMITH and his army of countless, hired musicians. It was immediately clear that this band was out of the ordinary. Gloriously out of tune vocals and guitars. A crazed chorus and a freaky story. Excellent! The then Buzzcocks manager Richard Boon wanted to release the EP on his New Hormones label, but due to lack of money, he gave the tapes back to the band. The EP remained unreleased for almost a year and it come out in August 1978,
by then half of the group had left. You may yell along right here…

Two swans in front of his eyes
Colored balls in front of his eyes
It’s number one for his Kelly’s eye
Treble-six right over his eye
A big shot’s voice in his ears
Worlds of silence in his ears
All the numbers account for years
Checks the cards through eyes of tears

Bingo-Master’s Breakout!

All he sees is the back of chairs
In the mirror, a lack of hairs
A lighted room, checks fill out
Here the players all shout

Bingo-Master’s Breakout!

A glass of lager in his hand
Silver microphone in his hand
Wasting time in numbers and rhymes
(One hand drug and faces bright)
Bingo-Master’s Breakout!
Came the time he flipped his lid
Came the time he flipped his lid
Holiday in Spain fell through
Players put it down to

Bingo-Master’s Breakout

A hall full of cards left unfilled
He ended his life with wine and pills
There’s a grave somewhere only partly filled
A sign in graveyard on a hill reads

Bingo-Master’s Breakout

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Lyrics Of The Day – Here’s… THE FALL

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‘Living Too Late‘ by THE FALL

Crow’s feet are ingrained on my face
And I’m living too late
Try to wash the black off my face, but it’s ingrained
And I’m living too late
Sleepless, in-control spleen
Agreed ace family
Must have stump tripod in the genes
I’m immune to things
In my dreams
I saw through the trees
O’er the poison river locks
Talk treacherous would beat
But still my heart it is rock
Finally going through old parasite gate
But there’s a 24-hour clock watch
And I’m living too late
Think
Sometimes life is like a new bar
Plastic seats, beer below par
Food with no taste, music grates
I’m living too late
Once talking was my favourite while
But now I know a conversation’s end
Before it’s done
Maybe I’m living too long
The daylight
I see trouble on the streets
Fearing catastrophe to meet
Walk down the devil’s boulevard
But still my heart is hard
They say them cellars [were’t even/were evil] black
But I know they’re wrong
Think it’s one
Been
Living Too Long


From the 1986 album Bend Sinister