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RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2019
- “They are always different; they are always the same.” JOHN PEEL
- The Fall’s first studio album, re-issued as a limited edition red coloured vinyl LP (Also available as a 3CD clamshell box-set). Originally released 16th March 1979.
- Originally released through record label Step-Forward, it was recorded in a single day and mixed by producer Bob Sargeant.
Founded by its only constant member, Mark E Smith, The Fall formed in Manchester in 1976 and has existed ever since. Musically, there may have been several stylistic changes over the years, but it is often characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, always underpinned by Smith's distinctive vocals and often cryptic lyrics.
Mark E Smith’s lyrics include his unique commentary on the music business (‘Music Scene’), poorly paid jobs (‘Industrial Estate’) and drugs (‘No Xmas For John Quays’, ‘Like To Blow’, ‘Frightened’, ‘Underground Medecin’)
Sounds magazine reviewer Dave McCullough gave it five stars at the time of release, writing: "an album of staggeringly rich, mature music, inner questioning hand in hand with rock and roll at its fiercest, its finest, its most honest, rock and roll at its naked, most stimulating”
Featuring the one and only Mark E Smith alongside Martin Bramah, Marc Riley, Karl Burns and Yvonne Pawlett.
