The best THE FALL album

greedrex · 12.17.2008, 04:09 PM

Hi dOOdz
I get to read a reference to the FALL in just about every thread on the board and i don't know much about them, What i've heard i didn't really get into...
Here is yr mission:

Recommend me THE album to own by THE FALL.
not two, not three, not four
don't give me the usual top 50 list, i'm too broke but i really want to own at least one, get used to the sound and maybe want to dive a little bit more later. That many boardies can't be wrong, so i need to investigate more.
i said
ONE only

I really want my edgy indie rock riffs and really liked the batch of Fall SY covered if that's of any help.

GOGOGOGO

atsonicpark · 12.17.2008, 04:10 PM

grotesque (after the gramme)... it's as good as this:

It's got all their best songs on it... how i wrote elastic man, the nwra, c'n'c's mithering, etc.

Perverted by Language would be my favorite but I'm not a huge eat yourself fitter fan.

noisereductions · 12.17.2008, 04:23 PM

I'm not sure, but I know enough to take Adam's word on The Fall.

Glice · 12.17.2008, 04:28 PM

The starters are 50,000 Fall fans and Hex...

Personally, I'd say Perverted by Language. I started with Levitate, which remains one of my favourites.

MellySingsDoom · 12.17.2008, 04:30 PM

You could do a lot worse that pick up "Imperial Wax Solvent", in me humble opinion - probably one of the better releases by the Gruppe this decade, and it does has the fabulous "50 Year Old Man" on it too...

SuperCreep · 12.17.2008, 04:46 PM

Perverted by Language.

demonrail666 · 12.17.2008, 05:14 PM

I'd go with Perverted by Language too, although This Nation's Saving Grace would be another good starting point.

Although I like it as an album, I don't think Imperial Wax Solvent would work all that well as an introduction. I'd stick with the classic Brix-era albums.

So as you asked for only one:

Glice · 12.17.2008, 05:29 PM

Wow. I've been posting here since 2001, and I think that's the first time that two whole people have agreed with me off the bat.

Yes. Perverted by Language. It's got enough murk and confusion, and enough silly, and enough things to melt the brave souls who take it on.

greedrex · 12.17.2008, 05:32 PM

hey there's consensus here.
will definitely check this one out! Cheers dOOdz
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Hip Priest · 12.17.2008, 05:46 PM

The Unutterable

Derek · 12.17.2008, 05:54 PM

My favourite is strangely Live At The Witch Trials. I don't know why but it just seems so much more interesting than other Fall records (though to call other Fall records uninteresting is a joke in itself).

Glice · 12.17.2008, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hip Priest

The Unutterable

You do still exist here! Huzzah! (I likely said that last time you posted and I was actually reading the thread).

Derek · 12.17.2008, 05:58 PM

I've read through threads on here from when this new version of the board started. And everytime I see Hip Priest post, it ALWAYS seems to be about The Fall. Crazy. Man loves his Fall.

jimbrim · 12.17.2008, 06:14 PM

Dragnet or Live At The Witch Trials

This Is Not Here · 12.17.2008, 06:46 PM

Still think it's The Unutterable

batreleaser · 12.17.2008, 07:23 PM

This Nation's Saving Grace
Grotesque
Perverted by Language
Live at the Witch Trials
Dragnet

I love lots of things, but the Fall more than most.

The Earl Of Slander · 12.17.2008, 07:29 PM

Hex Endunction Hour is stunning. Just amazing. One of the best of the 80s. Buy it. "The Classical" is THE Fall track at least.

Dead-Air · 12.17.2008, 08:25 PM

If I absolutely had to pick only one, Live at the Witch Trials. However, This Nation's Saving Grace and Hex Enduction Hour are incredibly close.

12.18.2008, 02:27 AM

Live at The Witch Trials or This Nation's Saving Grace - 50/50

Dead-Air · 12.18.2008, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Live at The Witch Trials or This Nation's Saving Grace - 50/50

Yeah, each represents one very positive extreme of the band. Witch Trials is significantly lower fidelity and closer to their punk roots (though I shudder to use that word to describe them) while This Nation's Saving Grace takes on the art/prog influences without losing their grounding.

12.17.2008, 04:09 PM	#1
greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	Hi dOOdz I get to read a reference to the FALL in just about every thread on the board and i don't know much about them, What i've heard i didn't really get into... Here is yr mission: Recommend me THE album to own by THE FALL. not two, not three, not four don't give me the usual top 50 list, i'm too broke but i really want to own at least one, get used to the sound and maybe want to dive a little bit more later. That many boardies can't be wrong, so i need to investigate more. i said ONE only I really want my edgy indie rock riffs and really liked the batch of Fall SY covered if that's of any help. GOGOGOGO __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	grotesque (after the gramme)... it's as good as this: It's got all their best songs on it... how i wrote elastic man, the nwra, c'n'c's mithering, etc. Perverted by Language would be my favorite but I'm not a huge eat yourself fitter fan. __________________
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I'm not sure, but I know enough to take Adam's word on The Fall.
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	You could do a lot worse that pick up "Imperial Wax Solvent", in me humble opinion - probably one of the better releases by the Gruppe this decade, and it does has the fabulous "50 Year Old Man" on it too... __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	Perverted by Language. __________________
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I'd go with Perverted by Language too, although This Nation's Saving Grace would be another good starting point. Although I like it as an album, I don't think Imperial Wax Solvent would work all that well as an introduction. I'd stick with the classic Brix-era albums. So as you asked for only one:
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12.17.2008, 05:32 PM	#9
greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	hey there's consensus here. will definitely check this one out! Cheers dOOdz [/end of thread] __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
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Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	The Unutterable __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	My favourite is strangely Live At The Witch Trials. I don't know why but it just seems so much more interesting than other Fall records (though to call other Fall records uninteresting is a joke in itself).
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I've read through threads on here from when this new version of the board started. And everytime I see Hip Priest post, it ALWAYS seems to be about The Fall. Crazy. Man loves his Fall.
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12.17.2008, 06:14 PM	#14
jimbrim expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,308	Dragnet or Live At The Witch Trials
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This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	Still think it's The Unutterable __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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12.17.2008, 07:23 PM	#16
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	This Nation's Saving Grace Grotesque Perverted by Language Live at the Witch Trials Dragnet I love lots of things, but the Fall more than most.
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The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Hex Endunction Hour is stunning. Just amazing. One of the best of the 80s. Buy it. "The Classical" is THE Fall track at least. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	If I absolutely had to pick only one, Live at the Witch Trials. However, This Nation's Saving Grace and Hex Enduction Hour are incredibly close. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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12.18.2008, 02:27 AM	#19
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Live at The Witch Trials or This Nation's Saving Grace - 50/50
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