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I understand how this album could be influential. It has some really good ideas and interesting things going on. However though I felt as if the album was too bloated, too long, too repetitive, and just didn’t hook me.
In the first five minutes of putting this album on, I was like "hey, we might be on to something really cool here". But then as the album kept going it just felt... repetitive and lazy. I feel like this was so close to something I could've really liked but they just phoned it in instead... and it kind of seems like the phoning it in instead of genuine effort was their whole artistic statement. Which, fair enough, whatever. But I feel like a disappointed mom/teacher/coach watching a talented kid squander their potential. 6/10
Трудно уловимые нотки сарказма. Но и как постпанк интересные.
You can tell it had some influence in post punk and no-wave at the end of the 80s, that bass is really cranked up and the drums hit really hard, just a shame that a lot of this is uninteresting to me, many songs seem to blow by because they just repate the same elements and the lyrics are rather ambiguous or non-sensical, not that either are really a problem on their own but the execution here makes a couple of this songs bland despite how loud and agressive they are. On top of that, it's really long, and the most interesting and experimental cuts on here seem to be the shortest. Good album, but i don't love this.
It's good but it varies so much sonically that it doesn't form a cohesive album.
Okay I REALLY want to like this. It feels weirdly close. However it's maybe just too uneven? Long? I'm having trouble getting any song to stick with me right now, but it's close.
Great instrumentals, but the album overall was quite ramshackle and didn't really stick with me. This'll need several more listens to live up to the hype for me, I'm afraid.
I was very interested in the beginning of this album but it started to fall apart a little bit after. It went into chaos, but it did not become interesting chaos at any time which disappointed me a bit. EDIT: Having listened to a bunch more post punk in this challenge and more of The Fall, I understand better what they were going for. However. It is still too long. Bumping to a 3.
This album seems to take a lot from the Clash and give a lot to the White Stripes. Likable enough, but I’m in no hurry to play it again.
They seem to be of the mind that if they create some bad music the good will sound even better. They might be right. 2.5
So it was a weird phenomenon...I would check song names because I liked them. Then feeling like a lot of time would go by I would check the next song and somehow only one song had passed. I don't know if it was me or the album. I liked it, but then felt like it went forever. Not sure what that says
The Goth-52s
This was another one I found a little tricky to evaluate. At times it was really good. At other points it was close to terrible. The good parts were far more frequent than the bad ones, but man, those were hard to get through. Musically, I found the compositions interesting. It often felt like the bass was the lead instrument, or that the guitar was playing a bass part. As a result, most of the songs had one consistent groove line persisting the whole way through. While it might seem like this would get old in songs that often lasted over 4 minutes long, the band did a solid job of taking the line to different places as each song went on. Probably the best example of this was Paintwork, which was really good for the entire 6:38 runtime. Of course, it wasn't always a success. Some of the earlier tracks, in my opinion, were bad. I wanted to turn them off/skip them and had doubts about the album as a whole when they were on. I'm not sure if the bad songs were less frequent as the album went on, or if I just got more used to the music as it went on. Either way, I thought the album got stronger after the first few tracks. Other negatives included the vocals and the album length. While some of the tracks felt stronger than others, many times the vocals consisted of barking/weirdly emphasized phrases that didn't add much to the music. With the compositions generally being simpler, it meant there was more room to focus on the vocals and hear those details. Even if they weren't necessarily bad, I didn't think they made the songs better. As to length, the album was pretty long. It's partly because I listened to the extended version running over an hour, but there were definitely songs that felt like they could've been cut to make a better overall record (probably some of the tracks I mentioned above for being notably bad). In sum, this album had some nice highs and some very low lows. There was some stuff in the middle, but the wide variation makes it hard for me to come up with an overall rating. I thought I would rate this lowly early on, but I think it deserves higher having gone the whole way through. Given there was more good than bad on here, I'll put it in good territory. Overall: 3.25/5
It's a nice post-punk record. While an easy listen, it also gets weird at times, and the lyrics are very poignant and eerie at times. Its sound is also very trademark UK post-punk, Smith's singing nails it perfectly. The sound is pretty consistent, which makes for a cohesive record but also a bit repetitive at times. Instrumentally it's pretty interesting, I liked the drumming and how weird the guitar lines get at points, for example at the end of "I Am Damo Suzuki" (which is also one of the weirdest tracks). The way they play with the effects is also nice. I didn't quite like the female vocals, I felt they didn't fit that well. My favourite track was "Couldn't Get Ahead", which brings the energy up and is one of the catchiest of the album.
Mansion 3.3 Bombast 3.4 Barmy 3.3 What You Need 3.3 Spoilt Victorian Child 3 L.A. 3.2 Gut of the Quantifier 3.1 My New House 3 Paint Work 3.2 I Am Damo Suzuki 3 To Nkroachment: Yarbles 3.2 Score: 3.181818182
It's alright I guess. Not super fond of it. Why do we need two albums by The Fall on this list again?
I usually don't like post punk, but that kept it pretty interesting. Some electronics mixed in and performative vocals kept it listenable. Not bad. 2.6/5 - > 3/5
5/10…post punk / madchester
An interesting album but only middle of the road for me.
Early gritty Brit Punk.
Reminds me a bit of the Sex Pistols or the Clash. Not sure how I never heard them back in the 80s. An edgy UK punk vibe. I actually enjoyed it and would probably listen to it again.
I’ve enjoyed discovering new bands. I’ve never heard of this one, but I liked it.
It's actually incredible how he could sing so far off the beat so consistently. Was the rest of the band in the same room? Still kinda rocked though tbh.
The Fall and This Nation’s Saving Grace, better with a female involved. Some weird, some good, some both. Worst song (and it’s not that bad, just too long) is the single Couldn’t Get Ahead. Strong (twofer) finish with Rollin’ Dany and Cruiser’s Creek. Based on how far we’re into the List, how many albums they have, and the fact that it’s compiled by a Brit, I think we’ll be listening to The Fall again. (2.9*s)
If this is the nation's saving grace, then what a repetitive nation it must be. The music is listenable but the songs get boring fast.
A very strange album. Sometimes the repetition works against it, sometimes it is magical. Paintwork is my favorite.
I wasn’t really familiar with The Fall before this, as evidenced by me thinking they were Britpop. Bit of Lou Reed, bit of The Cramps in the guitar. Not bad.
Pretty cool
Fun enough to listen but not something I'd really come back to. I liked some songs here, such as Paintwork and I Am Damo Suzuki. I disliked some others and I felt indifferent about a bunch of them. Its kind of weird that this band is hugely influential yet gets little to no attention from most people. I can admire it for what it's done but it is not something I'll listen to often. Maybe a track here and there.
Lost me, started off strong
Classic Mark
Feels like The Fall are a “Mandela Effect” situation for me because I simply did not know they existed until early last year and it seems like they have been around forever and are wildly influential?? No one told me?? Where have I been?? This is good but I can already tell I need to focus up because so much of it is blending together and just feels like one long song haha. Paintwork > L.A. > My New House > Barmy > Couldn’t Get Ahead > Cruisers Creek > Bombast > Pretty Thief Lout > To Nk Roachment Yarbles > What You Need > Rollin Danny > Small Victorian Child > I Am Damo Suzuki > The Vixen > Gut of the Quantifier > Mansion Yea I dig a lot of this but feel maybe The Fall are best served as one song in a nice eclectic playlist as opposed to a whole album because sixteen tracks in a row of the same kinda drum and bass chugging sound is maybe too much? I dunno it's also hard to come into an album cold like this, I need more time to let it grow on me and seep into my bones but sometimes we just don't have that time. But was good. Good album. Thanks.
I'm not sure I've ever heard of or listened to The Fall before, so I'm surprised to see that we have at least two of their albums in this collection (including this one). It'll be interesting to see if their earlier album sounds like this one, but I'm assuming it must have some other hook because this is *not* a particularly entertaining or distinctive set of songs, kind of a garage band version of something like The Clash mixed with maybe Deep Purple and a bit of Iggy Pop sprinkled in? That doesn't really encapsulate them, I know, but I didn't really find myself drawn to their avant-garde-esque quirkiness, I'll admit. It's a bit hard to choose from along the largely undistinguished morass in this album, but I thought "Barmy" and "L.A." stood out a bit, and the occasional tracks (like "Vixen") with Brix Smith's vocals were a nice change of pace; I wanted to enjoy "Paint work", especially given all the accolades and chatter about how it developed/accreted, but other than a certain "Uncle Meat" Zappa-like aspect, it didn't really do much for me. I *did* enjoy reading, though, that James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem fame became obsessed with this album, and it even led him to embrace and appreciate abstract art as a result. I don't think I have the patience to listen to this album enough to have similar revelations, but I can see/hear a bit what he must have meant.
Never listened to the Fall much and liked this one a lot, esp the Valley of the Dolls quote repeated in LA--nice.
Not bad British punk band.
As a fan of punk rock....these songs are to long. I can't stay interested. After a couple of min they loose me. Definitely good, but their was a lot that could have been trimmed off this album
British post-punk is weird. It felt like ‘50s clean guitar phenom Dick Dale went on a Punk bender this was the hangover-next-morning performance. I wanted to dislike it, yet, I found myself vibing it. Songs like What You Need and Spoilt Victorian Child were repetitive, but in a good way. I kept getting flashbacks of watching Dr. Who on PBS as a kid when LA came on (maybe it was played on an episode). The female vocals on Vixon were not unwelcome, and it reminded me of BJM. Couldn’t Get Ahead reminded me of the Zombie rock featured on Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire. Favorite track was the vibey LA. I don’t know how often I would look for this one but I could definitely take this trip again!
I liked this better than the last Fall album — actually wasn't a bad thing they were served so close together. I still wasn't smitten, the repetitive riffs and parts and themes get wearying. One for the "appreciate more than like" list, and it gets to the 3-star thanks to my whimsical mood.
Ik vind dit wel vrolijke muziek met geinige melodietjes. Heel goed te luisteren. ***
Possibly my least favourite fall album so far
As a rear view mirror sentiment the title may have mileage but not for the band on this album. The hallmarks are there but signs of wilting beginning to show.
I liked the opening song quite a bit, and the rest of the album was fine. It didn't wow me but it was alright.
Repetitive and lazy but otherwise tolerable. Sounds like a drunken bar band with an ego as big as their beer tab.
This was fairly entertaining but very odd
I liked this more than I thought I would.
It is almost very good. Might be one to take another listen in a few weeks and see which songs stuck.
It was pretty good. Liked it more than I expected. Don't normally like punk stuff but this was kind of less aggressive. Nice to run to.
3/5
Shitty local bar music
British Punk is such a moment in it's own right. A moment that I think I've moved beyond. ha. Actually, I really liked punk growing up and still do, but it's almost like I'm now too old to try and like new punk music. I enjoyed listening to this, even though I'm not crazy about it. I don't think that I will be returning to it, but this record had a few moments that were fun and a little bit rowdy.
Started strong and got worse as it went along. I guess 3 overall.
Decent
They made punk long and boring. Dishonour on their guitars
Pretty scattered and helter skelter but does just enough to keep the songs on the rails. I hear the B-52's and early 00's dance punk. Highlight(s): Barmy/My New House/Paintwork Lowlight(s): I Am Damo Suzuki
Pretty ok snotty post-punk. Sounds pretty safe by genre standards. Not exactly accusing them of selling out, just not doing a whole lot
Interesting addition of pop sensibilities and hooks to the most angular repetitive band on earth. I love them, I love this, but I also anticipate a bunch of people hating it. Also by the second half the album’s dropped off entirely. Still, I can see that Brix had a HUGE impact on them, and it’s cool to see an already hugely influential band shift direction to influence a whole new set of people.
Never into these guys. But, pretty good.
This album has good energy, some really good instrumentation, but something feels disingenuous about the vocals. Kind of like The Doors. I made it through 2 listens, and enjoyed them. I could picture myself re visiting this album, but it didn't blow my socks off. A couple small moments may have tugged on my socks.
The nation is in peril if this is its saving grace.
Has it’s moments I suppose
Kind of a weird almost punk without all the punk sensibilities genre. Not sure how to classify it. Not for me but it wasn't terrible.
Definitely more “accessible” than some of their albums, but I wouldn’t say it’s poppy. I liked the overall vibe of the album, but not many songs stand out. Some songs are only memorable for the excessive repetition of certain words and phrases (like Spoilt Victorian Child and Couldn’t Get Ahead). Sometimes I liked that and sometimes it was annoying.
Kinda crazy I never listened to the Fall before considering how much I love Post Punk. It's a good time. Not my favourite but I wouldn't turn it off if it came up on shuffle.
This is fucking incredible
Many fun songs, but really not super exciting. I might revisit it though. Favorite songs: “Barmy” “L.A.” “I Am Damo Suzuki”
i think i listened??
Okaish Post Punk.
Production good but the vocals lack luster
Listened Before? N Cool punk album. I like. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: L.A.
Like the music, dont care for the vocals.
This is a hard driving punk album that is perfectly adequate to satisfy our base aggressive needs for edgy rock.
L.A. and Damo Suzuki were moderately interesting. Most of this is all just casual repetitive riffs while beating on instruments and occasional talking in the background.
So It’s post punk. I’m pretty into post punk these days. It's tasty, but sometimes more repeititive than average post punk. 3/5
I did listen to it, I think I enjoyed but I'm struggling to remember
mansion- 6 bombast- 5 barmy- 5 what you need- 5 spoilt victorian child- sounds like "smoke victorian child" like its a strain. 5 la- 4 vixen- 4 couldnt get ahead- 6 gut of the quantifier- 5 my new house- 4 no more very boring
I didn't mind this. I liked the hint of mandolin on Bombast and would have loved that to be incorporated on other songs, could have made for more interesting textures. A couple of the songs were kind of grating, like Barmy, but I'd give the whole album another chance. One of my favorites was My New House, which immediately made me think of LCD Soundsytem.
Solid post punk entry. Great sound and solid tracks that aren't too too catchy
Found myself enjoying it more than I thought. A nuce blend of punk, pop, and new wave
The opening instrumental was cool. Digging bombast so far. This sounds like if the punk bands of the 70s had people that could capture what they wanted.
Felt like it was missing something
I did not use a private Spotify session for this one. I have listened to The Fall from time to time, but I don't think I have sat through a full album. After sitting through a full album, I don't think I will do that again. I like The Fall, but maybe just in smaller doses.
I appreciate what they're doing but it's not quite for me.
A lot of songs sound similar. It's okay, but nothing that special
There isn’t much to write home about this one. Not bad, not great.
Unexpectadly cool album, reminds me of the movie Trainspotting
Arty sneery post punk record collector stuff
снова полдня интенсивного прослушивания начисто стёрты ночью. помню что не увлекло, что не поняла зачем там женский вокал
- Schon recht experimentell, aber auch echt cool fand ich. Hat eine gute Balance aus Experiment und eingängigeren melodischen Parts gehabt - Sehr raw und punkig - Das Intro "Mansion" hat mich ich irgendwie direkt reingezogen. Irgendwie düster und auch roh. - Das Album Cover passt super. I like a lot. - Der Sprechgesang gefiel mir auch gut, zumal die Texte recht poetisch sind - Kannte The Fall nur vom Namen und habe bisher nie bewusst etwas von denen gehört - L.A. fand ich mega und gefühlt hab ich das Riff schonmal irgendwo in einem Film vernommen. Wenn nicht, bietet es sich auf jeden Fall für einen Film an. - Bin insgesamt ganz positiv überrascht, kann aber auch verstehen, wenn einen das Album nervt. Ist alles in allem jetzt auch nichts, was ich regelmäßig hören werde, aber für das erstmalige Hörerlebnis auf jeden Fall nicht verkehrt. - Könnte absolut ein Grower werden und ein Underground-Geheimtipp ist es allemal Rating: 3/5
Probably the best The Fall record on the list - which is a fairly low bar. A more accessible post punk record. It does at time feel like a knock off VU cover band.
Okay album
Mark E Smith is the drunk nutter you see shuffling down the street mumbling to himself. But despite my disdain, The Fall does begin to grow on you, to the extent that, in small doses, I quite like it.
I'd been wanting give The Fall a good listen for a while - after all they are (were) from the area where I live now and have a bit of a cult following. So this album was very welcome. I liked it, not loved it. It ticks a lot of boxes for me (as someone who grew up with the Pixies etc.), sounds good but not "polished", and there are some good basslines. But few songs touched me and it's not an album I'd put on very often.
Not what I was expecting, once again. Post punk art rock. Reminded me of instrumental black flag at times. I think I'd have liked this much more when I was younger and may need to come back for a few more listening sessions. I understand why this is in the list but for me to objectively rate it here and now, it'll be a 3, pushing toward 2.
It OK I guess. I liked it but nothing really stuck out to me. Definitely not their best work.
Generally much better than ‘Live at the Witch Trials’. Starts off so, so, but gets going from ‘What You Need’ onwards. Stick to the original released vinyl version and avoid the later, various cassette and CD versions with extra tracks. They add nothing.
in my opinion, Mark E. Smith and Frank Zappa aren't alike in any meaningful way at all, except for a few key ways that matter to me: 1. they both have a constantly cycling roster of musical prisoner monkeys who play what he tells them to play when he wants them to play and for however many gigs they are useful for. this might seem a bit tyrannical, and it is, but offers the benefit of having a constantly evolving sound and incredibly tight instrumentals across your discography. if you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet, these artists are professional velociraptors. 2. they have fanbases (really, more like weird monks bitching over canon) who are always fighting over what the best album to get into Zappa or the Fall is, and the answer is never the same, but the correct answer is also definitely "the one that doesn't feel like the biggest time sink". this was probably a good place to start, seeing as Hex Enduction Hour is 60 minutes long and i didn't really know what to expect. 3. god they're both so fucking obnoxious. i cannot stand Frank Zappa's lyrics about how women's rights are gay or whatever, and i can't stand Mark E. Smith repeating the same few vaguely politically evocative words again and again. it gets old fast. i don't care if it's taking direct inspiration from krautrock -- most krautrock at least knows when to shut the fuck up and let the instruments speak instead. it's not my thing. it was fun for like the first couple of songs, but i think there's only two songs on here i'd actually consider returning to. this album's rating would probably be much lower if i was listening to the extended hour long version. there's three the Fall albums on the "1001 Albums You Need to Hear Before You Die" list and let me tell you right now: i don't need to. i get it. i get why you dweebs like this. but i don't want any more of it.
Its cool stuff. Post punk, kinda in the same vain as that Rattus Norvegicus album. I like punk more than post punk but there are some unmistakable and brilliant qualities of rythmn section proficiency. Lo Fi production is a part of the genre. Quick stroking your ego calling the singer a drunkard mumbler.
Pretty good
Repeating myself again, I want to go back and rate the Sex Pistols higher.
Not super memorable for me but made for some decent October listening tbh! Veers into some gothic sounds here and there… decent but forgettable. Shout out to this for being the only place I’ve heard the word Barmy other than my family’s group chat
Some cool stuff, a lot of plodding around. I respect The Fall much more than I like them. I get they’re super influential within post-punk, and most of my favorite music today most likely wouldn’t exist were it not for them, but this isn’t anything to go super crazy for. It’s alright. I might revisit it but for now my opinion stands.
Again, at least it's better than Metal Box, eh? 3.5 bumped down to 3.
Not sure how this was ranked the 13th best Album of the 1980's by Pitchfork, I mean WTF were they listening to??? How could this be better than AC/DC, Inxs, David Bowie and Judas Priest to name a few? That aside, I actually enjoyed this album, it will be worth a second listen.
This one grew on me with each new listen. Petty (Thief) Lout stood out. I need to give this band a little attention.
Aika hyvä kyyninen pläjäys kasarilta. 3.5/5.
I feel like I should love this but it’s just ok. A bit too droning.
average
This album had its moments. I really wanted to like it, as I really like Mark E. Smith's delivery, but I found the effort inconsistent. Liked Songs Added: - What You Need - L.A. - Cruiser's Creek
3☆/5 09.19.2024
Good
For some reason I was initially expecting some Sex Pistols-esque British punk, but I became more hopeful when I read that LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy cites The Fall as a major influence. And my God, it’s evident. It may be heresy to say that ‘older music sounds like newer music’, but all I could think about for most of this is how much it sounds like LCD’s self-titled album. It’s an immersive, frenetic soundscape that still manages to keep time like a standard album would. It’s on-and-off throughout, but the ‘on’s are great, and the ‘off’s are still not bad.
Strangest three-star review ever. Several songs I thought deserved one ("Get Out of the Quantifier," "Damo Suzuki"), and others deserved four ("My New House," "Spoilt Victorian Child").
Not bad, liked “Paintwork”
Not my thing. Okayish British punk rock but nothing really stood out to me and caught my attention. Probably great if this is what you're into but it's not for me.
5/10.
3/5
Pretty good and not a band I can remember listening to before.
Is this a punk rock jam band? Interesting stuff
Barmy was good. The rest was serviceable post punk. High 3.
Really cool and catchy album, I definitely see what they mean about riding a line between niche and marketable on this one. For every cool guitar riff, there is some off putting (though cool) vocal effect.
I don't know what to do with this. I wouldn't voluntarily put it on but it's not exactly unlistenable. 3rd album by this band somehow?
This biggest sin this record committed was being British.
Si bien no es mi estilo favorito, las melodías son pegadizas, hay arreglos muy chulos y suena bastante bien por lo general, a pesar de que suena un poco monótono como album
From the more accessible end of The Fall's catalogue, still with enough weirdness and dread to keep it interesting
Middle of the road average punkish rock. No earth has been shattered with this listening, no new insights gleaned, but it didn’t torture my ears either.
Aight
Usually when the Wikipedia article mentions an album being the band’s most accessible I get worried with this list, but overall that’s a pretty accurate claim. Definitely punk rock, but it’s not in your face and doesn’t fall into that category of punk with a lead singer that wouldn’t be a lead vocalist in any other genre. Solid listen.
This album gives off the feeling of being invited to a house show one night by an acquaintance you don't feel totally comfortable around yet, but you figure this will be fine because there will be other people there too. You can have a few drinks, smoke a little bit, listen to a cool band. But then you get there and as you walk around you notice that the house has no windows. Strange, but, maybe you're just entering through the side door. As you step inside and make your way around, you begin to notice that the partygoers don't have distinguishable faces, and that while you hear conversation, no one's actually moving their mouth. You decide you need a drink, so you make your way to what you think, or maybe hope, is the kitchen, but instead, you slowly realize you're just walking down an endless hallway. The people slowly disappear, and you're alone. After what feels like hours, you finally hear the distant music coming from an unknown source. You walk toward it. Then you get to the band, set up in a dimly lit room whose layout makes no geometrical sense. They're playing this album, and you're entranced, but not sure if that's because this is good music or because it's the only thing that feels somewhat comforting in this place. You begin to dance. The band smiles at you while they play. You're now connected, and that's something. Anyway I had this album appear on the day Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race, so like, fitting title, maybe? Politics amirite.
Everything about this album should light up my brain, so why, after several listens, am I feeling less than illuminated?
I enjoyed it as punk that was more accessible with pop sensibilities. The guitar parts often seemed redundant and stuck in simple loops, but it was a good listen.
OK but unexciting.
Solid - 6/10
I probably need to listen to this a few more times. It has interesting parts and all the make-up of a good and different record, but it's weird at times. "Gut of the Quantifier" (love the title) has a good groove (reminiscent of the Doors' "The Changeling") but weird lyrics/vocals. A bit artsy, I guess, or maybe just purposefully inscrutable. Will come back to this.
MAN, this was a weird listen. I kinda liked it, but I didn't at the same time ya know. It was interesting and had some cool elements to it, but it felt so out of reach for pretty much the whole run time. I was trying to connect to any of it but I just couldn't. Whatever, a 3 it is. Fav songs: - Bombast - Barmy - Paintwork
Liked this quite a bit more than I expected to. Learning to identify post-punk because I'm pretty sure that's what this is, some great riffs and songs though, enough that it's not just reduced to fuzz and background noise for me. Good album. Favorite tracks: Mansion, What You Need, My New House, Paintwork, To Nk Roachment: Yarbles (feel like I'm having a stroke reading and writing that one). Album art: Interesting picture effect going on here, a hyperrealistic depiction of a city scape (not quite a picture thought, is it?) and then a very minimal drawing of the sky with a horse drawn chariot. Don't have time or energy to parse the meaning of this one but it's definitely cool. 3.5/5
Good - need to listen more
Too long but okay. Whatever. Idc
Had its highs and lows it started off decent in the beginning but it quickly started getting subpar. Then it started getting decent again and then it dips again. Overall not bad but I won't be coming back to this anytime soon. Best - Mansion, Spoilt Victorian Child, and Paintwork Worst - Couldn't Get Ahead, Gut Of The Quantifier, and I Am Damo Suzuki 2.75-3.00/5
I'm vaguely familiar with The Fall & Mark E Smith. I get why they are important, this album is nice but it's not my favourite flavor of post-punk.
If the Clash and the B-52's had a baby that was raised by Television (both the band and the household item), it would sound like this.
I love The Fall. I love how every song feels like it's about to come apart at the seams. I live the "singing" style. All that said, I have a hard time listening to a full album by them. In small doses it's wonderful.
2.5/5
Forgettable
Almost a 4. Some really good songs on this one
first listen ugh
Tengo un “soft spot” por el punk, pero este disco solo se deja escuchar.
Entirely way too long of an album. Not that great in my opinion. Kinda makes you go insane a bit.
Mansion - 3 Bombast - 2 Barmy - 3 What You Need - 3 Spoilt Victorian Child - 2 L. A. - 2 Vixen - 2 Couldn't Get Ahead - 3 Gut of the Quantifier - 3 My New House - 2 Paintwork - 2 I Am Damon Suzuki - 3 To NK Roachment Yarbles - 2 Petty (Thief) Lout - 3 Rollin' Dany - 3 Cruiser's Creek - 3
It feels like a rough draft to the punk/pop-punk I enjoy listening to.
Album was fine. Nothing great but nothing bad either. 3/5 Probably won’t listen again
Not bad. For the first few tracks, I wasn't all that impressed. The album picks up though and the more I listened the more I enjoyed it.
English post-punk band. En général, c'est le genre de style que j'affectionne pas mal. Je n'ai pas eu d'effet wow. Quelques chansons intéressantes, mais j'aurais aimé tripper plus.
Interesting album, I can see why some people may like it. Not my jam. Glad it was brought to my attention I never heard of these guys.
Very accessible punk. Like that it wasn't too loud and jarring. If you like the Clash, you'll like this album.
This seems to be one of the more consistent Fall albums. I have not listened to all 40 or whatever it is, but they seemed to be going through a good spell here. I think the central band of Hanley, Scanlon and Burns is pretty classic and they sound very together in this era. I reckon Brix Smith's pop ideas and catchy (if familiar) riffs help this along nicely. Mark E. Smith is on top cantankerous form and yowls and snarls in trademark style. Yes. Basically a good solid Fall album. I do think acts such as Pixies and Pavement must have been influenced by this band, the dry snarky humour, the refusal to be in any genre or do anything that you would be expected to, just plough your own scatalogical furrow. That said this is hardly earth shattering, and might be quite a hard listen for many, it's not exactly The Carpenters.
3.5
sneary snear snarl bop
An overall decent punk album that had some good tracks, but some that dragged on a little (lot), however in a sea of synth-pop of the mid 80s this would have been a breath of fresh air. Best: Spoilt Victorian Child Worst: Paintwork
Mark E. Smith was a stupid Fuck
The Fall are a British Post-punk band. This is an odd album for sure, but not necessarily terrible, just different. Dudes vocal delivery reminds me of Gord Downie by times. The almost sung-spoken word. Even has a bit of a B-52s vibe to it. Favourite songs: Rollin' Dany, Vixen, My New House, Cruiser's Creek, Barmy, Couldn't Get Ahead Least favourite songs: L.A., I Am Damo Suzuki 3/5
Certainly a more approachable post-punk album than others, a surprising influence to indie and what would eventually be post-rock as well as other venues like Dance a la James Murphy. More important perspective
I dunno, I suppose this is fine. Nothing groundbreaking, nothing that really grabbed my attention. One way or the other. Reminds me of a lot of other forgettable music I was listening to on “community radio” in the 80’s. I’d list some bands, but well…. Forgettable, ya know? 3/5
This album was pretty easy listening. I enjoyed the music, but wouldn't go out of my way to listen to many songs. Reminds me of the Artcic Monkeys if they were around in '85.
Pretty good. Wanted to love this, but I found it a bit too one-note and repetitive.
Sounds like dire straits did grunge. Actually kind of sounds like John Lennon I seriously dont know what these guys are anyway liked it very guitar heavy music Favorite:Barmy Least Favorite: My New House 3/5
It’s fine. Kinda dragged on. 2.75
Parts of this really get going, but it feels weirdly inaccessible to me, despite my long-standing love of post-punk. Not sure why.
jarring and spotty, hometown sloppy genius poetry with some standout moments and some bits you have to fast forward
Maybe original at the time.
Habían pasado muy pocos años de la explosión del punk y sus influencias en The Fall son evidentes. Pero ya mediados los 80 el grupo mancuniano practica un rock experimental y alternativo con personalidad propia. Canciones como "Barmy", "What You Need" o la poderosa "Gut of the Quantifier" invitan a saltar en la pista de baile siguiendo el manual "stomper" animados por una mezcla hilarante de rabia y sátira. En este disco, además, consiguen con "L.A." y su primer experimento con la electrónica uno de sus grandes éxitos.
This was cool — old school, punk, rough around the edges. Did not catch much of the lyrics (listened mostly in the gym) but enjoyed the music.
I have not heard of this band before. I think this is my first time listening to the genre of post punk. I’m not sure I really like it, it was okay. No songs stood out to me on this album; some instrumentals were catchy though. My least favorite songs were: Bombast, and paintwork. I don’t think I will listen again.
Mark E. Smith doing Mark E. Smith things.
Muistaakseni hyvin rönsyilevä kokonaisuus, mutta silti varsin viihdyttävä.
It's fine. Not mind-blowing, but not as bad or annoying as most of the stuff I've heard.
Nothing really stood out here. It was fine. Sounded a little too similar overall.
01) Mansion - 7,0 02) Bombast - 5,0 03) Barmy - 6,5 04) What You Need - 5,0 05) Spoilt Victorian Child - 5,0 06) L.A. - 7,5 07) Vixen - 5,5 08) Couldn't Get Ahead - 6,5 09) Gut of the Quantifier - 5,5 10) My New House - 5,5 11) Paintwork - 7,5 12) I Am Damo Suzuki - 6,5 13) To Nkroachment: Yarbles - 6,5 14) Petty (Thief) Lout - 7,0 15) Rollin' Dany - 5,5 16) Cruiser's Creek - 7,5 TOTAL: 6,22 (62/100) "Hey Mark! You're spoiling all the paintwork!" At the end, I liked it more than I thought I would. Now I feel I rated some albums much higher than this one and liked them less... Best songs, in my opinion, are "LA", "Paintwork" and "Cruiser's Creek".
This Nation's Saving Grace is the eighth album by the English post-punk band the Fall. Widely considered their best album, it sports phenomenal production and catchy guitar hooks. It's more pop-oriented and accessible to the mainstream listener. For the most part, I liked this album. It sounded great and was fun to listen to. Fans of punk or pop music will not be disappointed listening to this album.
Quite liked the riffs n rock. Voice a bit annoying.
Really enjoyed a lot of this. But it needs a few listens
mid
At some point I gotta stop diving in so deep into these, and that might be here. I only got through it once and wasn't as focused as I want to be. That's OK. The album itself was fun, I do love me some early punk and I'm assuming this is pretty foundational. I think the length and lack of cohesion put me off a bit. Some tracks are so strong and others are just there. Maybe another listen would give some more context, but I don't have time for that.
Alguns temes estan bé, però acaba cansant molt ràpid. Totes les cançons sonen molt igual. Expected Lorenzo rating: 3
Not bad! Itt reminded me of the B-52's music
Some catchy riffs. I don't love the vocals, but I feel they're not the main focus, so it's alright. Actually, the vocals are kinda funny sometimes
Slightly poppy, slightly gloomy, post-punk. I liked, but did not love this.
I quite like a bit of post-punk. I enjoyed the raw chaos of the tracks. I really enjoyed the track - paintwork! :-)
The Fall was a prolific post-punk band from England. The Nation's Saving Grace is a collection of punk songs with catchy guitar riffs and strong bass lines - punk with a push toward pop sounds.
It was fine not my vibe
Lieb gemeinte 5 von 10 Punkten weil bestimmt die eine oder andere Band, die ich heute gerne höre, Einfluss von dieser Musik genommen hat und ich die britische Rockmusik sehr schätze. Aber die Lieder sind alle unnötig lang und musikalisch eher unspektakulär. es passiert glaube ich nichts, wenn man diese Platte nicht hört
Kinda dig this. Found it rather enjoyable to listen to. My only big complaint is that the songs were unnecessarily long. I get long songs if you have different themes and they are varied. This just felt like long songs.
It's good. Strangely reminds me of the B-52s. Nothing that outstanding or unique though - everything lately is sort of sounding the same to me. 3 stars.
ehh
Turns out I like The Fall, who knew?
Very 80's classic post-punk sound. Mark Smith's legacy.
Fun as a time machine listen, not something I would listen to routinely.
Hey, c’est pas mauvais. Mais ils étirent quand même pas mal la sauce, condensée en 40 minutes et t’aurais un gros point de plus
Simple punk music with nice guitarwork. Initially it made me think that hey, maybe I like britpunk after all, but eventually the songs merged into a indiscernable blob. Stand-out: Barmy
Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: Minutemen - Anchor Julian Cope - Sunspots XTC - Day In Day Out Pylon - No Clocks Kleenex - Split
mark e smith and the twangy bunch
I liked this more than the last The Fall album, but I listened to it a week ago so I can't remember much. I know it was pretty good and I liked it tho.... so 3.5 stars?
mid, 2.6
Post punk blijkt een stuk aangenamer te zijn om naar te luisteren, er zit meestal zelfs muziek in, weinig geschreeuw. Maakt het prima om naar te luisteren, maar zeer zeker niet bijzonder.
Getting some clash vibes.
Okay album, much better than other post punk installments on this list. Very diverse record, good beats and rhythms, going on minutes on end. Still not mu favourite genre, but a positive surprise.
sooo british
Not a huge fan. Probably wavering between a high 2 and a 3. The lazy vocals get old quick. Music behind it is alright.
Unremarkable, some cool ideas, but didn’t really hold my interest.
Сложно сказать. С одной стороны, некоторые песни раздражали. С другой, некоторые мотивы были интересны. Альбом соткан из этих неоднородностей. Пусть будет 3
I enjoyed this album, nothing special but I had a good time listening
fine
file under: Your Favorite Band's Favorite Band. file under: One of the Groups Created After Seeing Sex Pistols in Manchester
Vocal mixing done by a crackhead they found under a bridge. I don't necessarily enjoy The Fall that much, but I definitely respect the crazy feat of releasing so many essential albums over like five decades. Shoutouts to Damo Suzuki.
There are a few (okay, more than a few) albums on this list that I believe you must be a musician to fully appreciate. There are also a few (okay, more than a few) albums on this list that I believe are on the list because they NEED to be on the list, while they are not bad albums, mostly people pretend to like them more than they do. After all, if a person doesn't appreciate X album then that is a personality deficiency. I can't figure out if this album falls in either category. A lot of the reviews mention how it is "messy" and when you listen to it then you realize that music can also be abstract. Sure, this is true, but I also believe calling music "abstract" is a good excuse for explaining why an album isn't that great. I gave the previous Fall album three stars and I prefer this one to that one. There are better riffs and more focus to the songs. So I can't decide if this is an album snotty music heads pretend to like or is actually a great album that I don't fully get. There are some really good tracks on here and a little over half of the album is good. The other tracks are the same continuous riff over nonsensical singing/speaking. Not bad, but I can admit it's not necessarily something I would listen to again.
A mid-eighties release by a 70s band hanging on for dear life trying to remain relevant.
After reading some reviews, I was prepared for industrial punk noise. Happily, a lot of this was pretty melodic and listenable. Not great, but not terrible.
#22. Despite that Spotify told me these guys were the longest lived and most prolific band from the 70s British punk scene, I had never heard of it. I had no real expectations going in, but I found this album to be a fairly enjoyable listen. 3/5: acceptable
I was a little worried about this album after the first scream-y song right up top, but it mellowed out thankfully. That said, it was still a punk rock mess of an album. It’s hard to hear with 2023 ears, but I can imagine at the time in the 80s this sound was really different and hugely influential. I can hear early traces of even Green Day in some of the guitar riffs. And I did enjoy the guitar riffs and melodies, but lyrics were fairly incoherent as typical with post-punk.
I liked this quite a bit more than the last Fall album I had. Spoilt Victorian Child and I Am Damo Suzuki are great songs. Definitely a good album.
Fun and interesting. A bit weird to be an instant classic but I suspect with a few listens it'll grow on me.
2.5 stars. Started off weird but got better as it went on. Punk influences at times, other times pop-y but overall a bit too experimental for me to get into. Standout is "L.A." which is catchy, if repetitive.
Wicked bass. Cool and edgy.
I wanted to like this album more than I did. Not bad by any means, but not amazing either.
HL: "Barmy", "I Am Damo Suzuki", "Cruising Creek" (bonus) hm- that's an acquired taste if I've ever seen one. According to the 1001 Albums book this is meant to be one of the most "pop" Fall albums. I should revisit songs like "L.A." and "Paint Work" after a time, since they're intriguing (and apparently highly regarded) but didn't really land for me. Faust, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and now this: examples of bands whose experiments with sound & distortion sometimes just sound like bad music to me, recorded & sung badly. This is far from a bad album overall though; "What You Need", "Spoilt Victorian Child" and "Vixen" had my head bobbing right off the bat, "Barmy" fascinated me with its oscillation between power pop & darker atonality. "I Am Damo Suzuki" doesn't really sound like anything I've heard, but says on the Wiki it's very inspired by Tago Mago, an album I will hear at some point on this journey. October 17, 2023
It’s fine. This was my first time listening to The Fall and for a band with such a big reputation I expected more I think
incroyable... ensin 90 luku rokkipaska onkin hyvä... nyt 80-luku... the times the y are-a changning. dylanin biisin mukaan. sanat... kannattaa kuunnella...dylania siis...tämän voi skippaa heh.. mutta hyvä oli hyvä oli.... vähän liian kakophoninen meikälle jos ihan toden totta puhutaan hitsiluukkeli sentään. kakofonia vähän nyt yli tässä.. miettikää vähän ennen kun noin kackyfonyaa tuotte noin tähä...hirveetä...muuten hyvä mutta miks niin vitun kakofonia-esque??? tuhoaa koko albumin... paintwork
Peak era Fall with repetitive riffs while MES squarks over the top. Joyous and single minded. Not my fave from the extensive discography ("Wonderful and Frightning") but still good
Punky rock, but not too harsh
Ah yes, some post-punk to kick off this rainy Tuesday. Album opens with a mood-setting instrumental -- meaty bass and some bells almost reminiscent of psych 60's pop. Barmy is an interesting one. The song oscillates between a poppy beach guitar melody and downtempo sludge. Pretty cool. What You Need is a sparse, bass line + bass kick song with shouting over top. Almost feels like something that LCD Soundsystem would have produced earlier in his career. L.A. has a pretty cool psychedelic vibe. Reminds me a bit of the Pixies. I swear I have heard a song that samples Paintwork (something by MF DOOM), but I can't quite place it. Driving me nuts. I really dig I Am Damo Suzuki. Atmospheric and uncomfortable instrumental with some shouted lyrics. Kind of feels a bit like Modest Mouse almost 10 years before they got off the ground. Next couple of songs are fine. While I enjoyed most of the songs on here with a few standouts, I did find it to drag quite a bit -- particularly in the midsection. Maybe I'm not in the right mindset to enjoy this to its fullest, but I found myself tiring of this about halfway through. Today I'm a 3 / 5; perhaps on another I could go 4.
Probeer nog maar eens iets nieuws te melden over post-punk uit de jaren '80. Het begint een klein beetje op te raken bij me. Het is wel aardig. Vrijwel elke track bevat nogal veel herhaling. Het lijken wel loops soms (neem bijv. 'Paintwork'). Dat maakt het geheel langdradiger dan het daadwerkelijk is. De waarschijnlijk ironisch bedoelde verveelde zangstem is wat minder verveeld dan bij andere postpunk die ik hoorde uit die tijd. Dat is een beetje wat ik er van kan maken. 3 zoutloze sterren.
I was aware of The Fall mostly due to seeing interviews with Mark E Smith when I was growing up, couldn’t name one of their tunes though so this was a nice introduction. Not blown away but will check out some of their other work
Another The Fall album which is pretty similar to the other ones on this list. It's raw and basic yet quite listenable. I didn't mind it but I don't get the fuss. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Barmy Date listened: 11/09/23
Some good songs on there but not all of them are.
I think I’m in the Fall this week.
Listening to this you can hear how much bands like The Libertines owe to Mark E Smith
Very listenable, quasi-Clash album. There were some very nice musical hooks to several of the songs. My biggest gripe is that they never really built on the original riff of any one song. It was just wash, rinse, repeat. That made most of the songs get old fast. But they get an extra start for being good when they needed to be good.
a little repetitive
Je pense l'avoir un peu mieux aimé que l'autre album que j'ai eu d'eux. Mais encore une fois c'était pas toujours facile. Il y a certaines pièces que je trouvais beaucoup trop répétitives (ex : My New House). J'ai aucune misère à croire que pour l'époque ça a du avoir un impact important, mais c'est pas tellement ma tasse de thé. 6.5/10
Oh, it's a third Fall album. But fair play; it’s another surprisingly accessible, hook-filled listen. Albeit the music often sounds like it was written for a completely different singer. Is the generator shielding me from their more obtuse output, or were they always actually a bunch of fun-loving popsters at heart?
5/10. Not bad, but not much for me to love either
3. Enjoyable, but not one I'll return to.
I really enjoyed the first song maybe because it was an instrumental. The rest of the album has been very hit or miss for me. The music is louder than than the singers voice at times which is a pet peeve of mine. Overall not bad but could be better.
Kas, kitarakoukut todella toimivat koukkuina - mikä saa myös kertosäkeiden sanavalinnat tuntumaan tarttuvilta. Ansaitsee enemmän kuin satunnaisen viihdekäytön.
Awful lyrics
Never heard of the Fall which seems like it may get be sacrilege in some parts. The most DIY punk production you're likely to hear, was a bit too rough and ready at times. I generally enjoyed it, was off kilter and wry in a gang of four/mclusky sort of way, but I struggle to think of any specific songs I liked. Would listen to other stuff but I don't think I'd progress to being a proper fan.
This is apparently "Post Punk" which I don't think I'm a fan of. Sounded very loose with jangly guitars. Almost like lo-fi punk music. The repetitive lyrics also annoyed me by the end. Their musical sound was interesting enough but nothing stood out to me. I wouldn't listen to it again but there were some enjoyable tracks.
I can see where they influenced other later works - Guided By Voices, Sonic Youth, etc. Pretty good stuff.
3.75
Never really got into The Fall despite giving them quite a bit of time. This and Hex Enduction Hour are probably their best and there are a few highlights here and there but there’s also a lot that’s just very badly put together and difficult to listen to
I loved the riffs and beats. I guess I like more sing along vocals than the mumbling.
Album Notes: - I admire the sounds and production of the album more than whats actually happening - I enjoy the rawness and simplicity (staples of the post-punk genre) - some cool groovy parts but holy cow its so noisy and its hard to really make out much of whats happening most of the time I just cant find a whole lot to grab onto when there isnt an obvious groove - Might need a relisten cuz the spotify version is like 5 tracks longer than the original which really screws up the pacing - when it works it works, and when it doesnt, i find myself spacing out - Might give a relisten but for now I feel like it was interesting but not really for me based on how drowned out and repetitive a lot of tracks are Best Tracks: Mansion, Bombast, Barmy Worst Tracks: Spoilt Victorian Child, Vixen
I have only heard the name and not listed to the music of this band. It was a nice introduction and showed me some history to my current preferred bands and their influences. Overall I see the value in this album, but it didn't move the needle for me.
Fine. I get The Fall but I don’t love The Fall
Earmarks as a really great opening band, likely better than the one you paid for
Generational favourite but in 2023 it’s a bit tired.
Not familiar with this band. Not paying attention to the lyrics at all, but instrumentation is pretty great. Does run a little long, but will definitely give it a relisten as background music while I'm working. 3/5.
Solid post punk, would like to spend more time with it.
As the Fall go this was definitely one of the better ones I've heard. Never managed to crack them but this was fine.
8th album released by the Fall. Genre: Post-Punk First Impression: Nice Looking at the list of the best The Fall songs. The only two songs from this album are not on the Original UK LP: Couldn't Get Ahead and Cruisers Creek. Standouts: Barmy, Paint Work, Others: Mansion, I Am Damo Suzuki Standouts From 1997 CD: Cruisers Creek, Couldn't Get Ahead Rating: 3.5
Very nice. Some catchy tunes in some tracks.
The name of the band might be familiar to me, but I honestly don't know for sure, and I really don't recall having heard their music in the past. I am very glad this project introduced me to them -- this album is superb, and I love their style. I hear a very nice blend of punk and post-punk elements with more accessible pop and rock influences, but it never seems to tilt too much in any one direction. That's not easy to do. Very impressive. I always enjoy reading about the album and the band, and their discography is a lot bigger than most bands. They made a ton of music over the years, which is another impressive thing about them.
Listened to this twice through and I’m just not sure how to describe it? Is it rock? Is it pop? It’s enjoyable enough, and will undoubtedly be right up some people’s street. I’ll not be rushing to add it to my want list but it’s entertaining enough. Maybe come back to it at a later date and see how I feel then. Until then my friends, stay steady with a three star!
This was alright, I did enjoy it
I reckon with twenty minutes lopped off this would be fearsome. Always listenable, sometimes great, often just fine. Strangely stronger on the second side, slightly exhausting - I couldn’t listen to it twice today.
The Fall completely passed me by. This is an enjoyable listen but I doubt I will listen to it again.
Post-punk's hit-and-miss for me, and this one's got plenty of both. It's an interesting reference point for like... There's a spate of psychedelic surf rock groups that cropped up in the 2010s that clearly came from this type of roots, but the journey from here to there is still pretty murky to me
Was there any more prolific post-punk band than The Fall? Between 1979 & 1990, including live albums & compilations, they released close to 30 albums. This was one of their most user-friendly, partly due to the introduction of new member, & Mark E. Smith’s new missus, Brix. I found many of their album’s difficult to listen to, but this one certainly had its moments. I have the single L.A./ Cruiser’s Creek, which is a ripper. Side 2 of the original L.P. is some of the best work the band ever did.
It's good. I like the energy.
This was a pretty challenging album, though the driving energy of the first half of the album carries it pretty far... the lyrics seem pretty sparse, so i'm not sure what to make of them. The latter half of the album seems a bit more experimental and isn't quite as compelling, but overall a pretty interesting album.
Qu'est-ce que tu veux que je te dise Robert ?
On a plus qu'une hâte avec ce générateur, c'est d'en finir.
The Fall are another band I've meant to dig into further so I'm happy it's here. These are some fun, lo-fi post-punk jams. Very much in my wheelhouse. I can see how much a lot of bands I love were probably influenced by them.
Cool post-punk with an Iggy Pop influence on a few tracks. I really like the rough, jangly guitars and the loose style of the band. Some of the songwriting gets repetitive though (there’s a few too many songs that chant a refrain over and over again). I like the sound but I’m not sure the songs drew me in enough for repeat listens.
Angular, funny, stupid, horrible, uncompromising 80s post-punk. It almost gets to a groove but not quite. You listen to this album for a mood not a boogie though
A great post-punk forerunner LP that delivers plenty of brash, heavy guitar, abstruse songwriting, and overall mercurial sonic whirlwind. Points off mainly for being a tad forgettable - I listened to the album first thing this morning and its excitement is nowhere near present here at the end of the day.
This was kind of dreary, but then sometimes very likeable. I waffled between 3 and a 4 for this.
2.5
People often forget that post-punk is not one specific sound. It's often equated with the chorus-reverb'd guitars and pulsing drums of Joy Division or The Cure. No sir, there's a whole world of post-punk to explore, from Mission of Burma to This Heat to The Fall. The Fall's first album, Live at the Witch Trials, didn't sit well with me. Too disjointed and poor production led to me not thinking much of The Fall. Getting to land on a later album in their discography lends some insights. It definitely feels like band has matured and evolved since their debut album, with This Nation’s Saving Grace being more straightforward in their songwriting. Having a more focused a honed sound, The Fall's style of post-punk pulls quite a bit from the tones and riffs of art punk. Some songs will build off a simple groove, such as the arpeggiated synth line on L.A. Notably, lead guitarist Brix Smith would step up for this album and take on more songwriting duties, and her contributions are more than welcome here. Hearing this style of post-punk is refreshing, though not everything here meets the same level of quality. Despite this, I have a lot of respect for the sound that The Fall brings to the table, and I'm glad I got to give them a second chance.
I think I liked this album? Not much resonated with me early, but the album does really hit it's stride as it goes on. Favorite track: Gut of the Quantifier
Prima?? Niet echt iets onthouden maar jur zei dat het een banger was dus I guess goed dat ik het geluisterd heb Ik ben bang dat ik langzaam tot de conclusie moet komen dat punk het echt niet is voor mij maaaaaar we hebben nog zo’n 900 albums te gaan, 2,8!!
The Fall album #2 for me. The first was The Infotainment Scan, which was pretty bad. I gave it a 2 and wish I would downgrade it even more to a 1 if I could edit ratings. Needless to say, there was a sense of dread when this came up. However, I'm pleasantly surprised. The music is fantastic. Energetic. Ubeat. Unique. A little quirky, but in a good way. The vocals were easily the horrific nadir of Infotainment Scan, but the singer manages to not wreck this album. While they are still not a highlight, they complement the album's sound more. I might actually listen to this album again, except for the fear of Spotify throwing any of their dreck tunes into my Daily Mixes (which I quite like).
eu tenho um receio com punk, mas esse album é interessante. a maneira como eles quebram a repetição sem sair do mesmo formato é muito boa. tem uns riffs fodas tambem e passagens com mudanças melodicas que não se ve no punk em geral. spoilt victorian child, petty lout e rollin dany são minhas favoritas
Kind of a weird one. Restrained punk sound with a bit more melody than you would expect.
A workman-like album doing the drill as the Fall - not bad, not excellent - it sounds what an album number 8 of a band would sound like. Not fresh, but right off the production line.
Another record I hadn't heard and it somewhat surprised me because I enjoyed it. Started out strong, but kind of lost me towards the end, but overall, a solid post-punk work by the Fall, one of their better albums.
I quite liked that. Got a bit samey after a while though. Made me re-evaluate the previous days album which should've been a 2.
I’ve already been over this band twice before: don’t like it, don’t get it. This is my least favorite of the three I think, probably because someone else took a significant role in its creation.
When it locks into a good groove, it's great. Can get a little bit lost in the weeds, though. Favorite tracks: "Bombast", "Paintwork", "Cruiser's Creek"
dios santo 6 / 10
Hmm; not super impressed. Wiki says this album was their most acclaimed and at the peak of their accessibility, but I found it all pretty bland, with one or two exceptions. Just ok overall.
Disco extraño. Las mejores son Rollin' Dany y Barmy, rock and roll clásico y rock. De ahí la intro es muy buena y tiene canciones padres pero no terminé de agarrar el estilo del grupo, supongo porque el post-punk brinca mucho entre el rock y el rock and roll. 3 estrellas me parecen suficiente
Interesting post-punk album
Typical lo-fi trash can alcoholic mumblings from The Fall. If you know this band then this album isn't doing anything different from their other albums. It does, however, sound only like itself. Best Tracks: Spoilt Victorian Child; Paintwork; Cruiser's Creek
I expect I would have liked this in 1985 but it sounds dreadfully dated these days.
This gets off to a rocky start, the first two songs being throw aways, IMO. It was tempting to Did Not Listen this one, but I read about how much more assessible they became when Smith’s girlfriend, Brix, joined, co-writing and playing guitar. There are some catchy guitar intros as in Spoilt Victorian Child, which I liked. This is followed by L.A which I remember as A Fall anthem, which I’m happy to get reacquainted with and it will come in handy for indoor cycling.
not really sure what i think, not my favorite album ever, but not my least favorite.
Not bad, but not my thing.
I've never heard of The Fall or any of the music from This Nation's Saving Grace. There were times that the vocal delivery reminded me of the Clash, or the music reminded me of New Order or The Cure. Overall, I wasn't sure why this album is on the 1001 list. "L.A." caught my attention, but "My New House" should have been half as long. I made it through the album.
The Fall go pop. It's alright.
I don’t really know this band but I’m a big fan of the fall season. And like the season, this album was pretty cool! Unlike the season, it was kinda long. This concludes my comparison of this band to the fall season. Thank you.