When Mark E Smith died in January 2018, an era ended with him. The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line up changes, with vocalist and founder Smith as the only constant member. First associated with the late 1970s punk movement, the Fall's music underwent numerous stylistic changes, often concurrently with changes in the group's lineup. Nonetheless, their music has generally been characterised by an abrasive, repetitive guitar-driven sound, tense bass and drum rhythms, and Smith's caustic lyrics, described by critic Simon Reynolds as "a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny, voiced through a unique, one-note delivery somewhere between amphetamine-spiked rant and alcohol-addled yarn." They were always at their best on stage, and this collection captures them in full flow.

Tracklist:

Intro
Houses of Eve
M5
He Pep
The Mixer
Cheetham Hill
Oleano
Mr Pharmacist
The Chiselers 1
Spinetrack 1
Das Vultur 1
Us 80S 90S 1
Behind the Counter 1
The Joke 1
Big New Prinz

UPC: 5056083206025
Label: Cog Sinister
Release Date: 5.8.20
Format: CD

The Fall - Live in Motherwell 1996 (CD)