The Infotainment Scan

Day 70 The only time I ever saw The Fall live, Mark E Smith performed the entire show with a massive piss stain down the front of his trousers, was fucking hilarious. 7/10 Highlights Lost in Music Glam-Racket Paranoia Man…

Well, what do you know, there are some decent bops on this! The band are doing some heavy lifting here though. Even Mark E’s vocals work on this style. What is his obsession with Spangles though?

Fun but it’s given “but dad I want to go to fashion school”

If you can get past Mark E Smith's vocal stylings (Which I admit can be a struggle that I also go through) you can find some fun art/post-punk here.

Decent album

65

Another band I have never heard or heard of, I believe, one song did kind of sound familiar. The Fall is like new-wave/post-punk but in the 90s. It’s almost like everyone moved on to grunge, but these guys liked ’80s rock. Musically, they are pretty good. They have the same kind of guitars as U2 circa the Joshua Tree. There’s just one problem: they’ve got a lead singer singing a different song over the top of the music. This could be another case where i’m a square who can’t pick up on the cool, but lead singer, Mark E. Smith, is barely singing and a lot of times he’s making noises. It’s very weird and quite frustrating at first. But then as you keep listening, the music is good good, you kind of get used to the sounds that are supposed to be lyrics. One of the reviews referred to The Fall’s music as unmarketable and I agree. The lead singer, Smith, was the founding member, so he wasn’t going to fire himself. So, the band was kind of stuck making music that only people doing the 1,001 Albums challenge would even hear. Some of the albums on the 1,001 list have me wondering if the author is kind of playing pranks on the readers every so often. The Fall’s The Infotainment Scan is not dog crap, but it’s not good either. I will say, the song Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room is pretty good. It’s the one I thought I’d heard before, but I have no idea where. Certainly, it wasn’t on the radio back then, maybe it was on 120 Minutes on MTV, but I rarely watched that. I was, of course, a Headbanger’s Ball guy.

Musically a decent album, but the singer’s voice pretty much mumbles his way through the whole thing. Right down the middle of the road for me, didn’t hate it but wasn’t anything great either Standout Songs: Lost In Music It's A Curse Service

The band just needs someone who can sing. Not this talentless idiot.

I would call this post-new wave/alternative more than post punk. Though I got some strong Iggy Pop vibes on the vocals for some of the songs, but I got some strong jangly guitar alternative vibes on some songs too. I thought the "ah" he adds to the end of a lot of lines would be annoying, but for some reason it works. Not bad, I can think of worse ways to spend an hour.

This album is on here?? Not their best at all, Hex Enduction a masterpiece. Why is this here there’s probably so many albums that should take its place.

pretty cool but they sound like the Smiths and the The almost at the same time, clearly their biggest influence - which is prob why I enjoyed most of this record. Not sure who put them on the list though, no breakthroughs here

Some interesting moments musically but those vocals… I use that term generously … the lack of talent makes this hard to listen to. Certainly not a must listen to album.

How this formula manages to work m is one of the great mysteries of modern music. But it did. And does. The sonic tweaks merge the raw energy that is everpresent for The Fall and incorporate elements of the dance boom in the UK - albeit in a very Fall way. Long live Mark E Smith.

Good album just my kinda cup of tea ☕️🔥🔥🔥

I had a few issues with The Fall when I was younger, "Slates" was a particular annoyance, but .... Holy Shoot. This works. Admittedly, it sounds like the backing band (tight a flick) and vocalist met only at the mixing desk, but that odd "Chalk and Cheese" mixture actually works. This is definitely going on my Favourites List.

I can't work out if this album is taking the piss or it really is this bad - it's not one of those albums that is so bad, it's great. I totally agree with Kenny Everett's assessment of "I'm Going to Spain" being one of the worst songs ever - I wish that they'd gone to Spain and never made this album. And how they can say that the riff in "The League of Bald-Headed Men" isn't a rip-off of Led Zeppelin is beyond me.

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I loathed the previous Fall album I listened to with the fire of a thousand suns But I didn’t hate this! Mark E Smith obviously can’t sing but the band can play! Not awful

quite strange covers

Soms een rare Dire Straits-ripoff, er komt wat punk langs en een gekke cover, en dan waggelen ze weer een soort Prodigy-hoekje in. Ze hebben er ongetwijfeld lol aan beleefd, maar de luisteraar blijft achter met de vraag wat hij hiermee moet.

Dit werd volgens wiki gezien als hun meest toegankelijke album. Dan weet je eigenlijk al wat je krijgt. Ja hoor, post-punk. Met heel de tijd diezelfde luie en valse 'zang'. Het verpest alles. Althans op het einde gaat de band ineens wel variëren. Dan wordt de beat nog eens wat aangedikt en past alles iets beter. Dat moet natuurlijk niet, dus na één zo'n nummer zorgen ze voor een extra doffe opname...

The Fall in Boktober, hoe toepasselijk. In onze geliefde lijst staat een entry uit de 70s, een uit de 80s en deze uit de 90s. Genoeg om een goed beeld te krijgen van het blijkbaar rijke oeuvre van de band. Van het debuut uit de 70s was ik op zijn zachtst gezegd niet onder de indruk. Mijn vernietigende review was nog net goed voor 2 sterren, maar zo te lezen was dat op het nippertje. Dit album begint een stukje beter. Het klinkt naar muziek, al doet de zanger nog steeds niet heel erg zijn best. Vervolgens krijgen we een hele luie cover van Lost in Music. De zanger vindt zichzelf zo te horen wel heel erg goed, maar het is meer een beetje zangpraten wat hij doet. Als hij dan gaat zingen (althans, is dat dezelfde persoon is?) op track 4, dan staan de haren op je armen gelijk overeind. Holy shit zeg, hoe vals kan het zijn. Het deed me wat denken aan Pete Doherty, die van top tot teen onder de dope zat. Het stomme is, dat de muziek hier allemaal zonder de zanger best wel ok is. Ik kan me alleen niet over dat stomme gebrabbel heen zetten. Via deze snoblijst weet ik inmiddels dat the Fall wel een bepaalde reputatie heeft als grondlegger of weet ik veel wat, ik kom ze in ieder geval vaker tegen in de wiki. Terwijl ik hiervoor nog nooit van de hele band gehoord had. Ook niet van dit album uit de 90s. Maar ik heb er weinig aan gemist zo te horen. Wederom een 2, maar wel een betere 2 dan dat debuutalbum van ze.

Yeah, no, I don't really get it. I kinda thought maybe I did when it got quite frantic but then actually, no, I didn't.

Surprisingly good songs and hypnotic riffs. I must admit I was expecting some bland 90s British rock, but it is indeed a good record.

I can’t think of another band that comes with the reputation of The Fall, but where I don’t think I knew a single song. They are the type of band that I absolutely want to hear as a result of the 1001 album challenge, regardless of whether I like them or not, but it just so happens that I have enjoyed this, which pleases me because of their Manchester roots. Listening to this album, I don’t know if this is the best entry point of their 31 studio albums, but presumably it’s a pretty good introduction, and one I have enjoyed. It’s clearly influenced some bands, such as LCD Soundsystem and I’m sure there are a bunch of artists that will cite them as influences, but it was during the track Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh**t Room that it made me think immediately of Hurricane Laughter by Fontaines DC and made me wonder if they had listened to The Fall. The last few tracks on this album seem to go a bit off the scale in some form of electronic weirdness, but all in all, there is some danger in this album I quite like.

Tgis isvwhat 1994 sounded like, but you just never heard these songs.

Man, I really struggle to pin down The Fall. They're great and amateurish at the same time. Their style changes so much that the only possible categorization for their music is "post punk", for all its possible meanings. The style changes go hand in hand with the constant changes in line up, suggesting that the band is not quite anchored in any one sound. The one and only constant is vocalist Mark E Smith, and (let's be honest) he's not much of a vocalist. But that's all part of the appeal isn't it? Nobodies with no talent subverting expectation, and having a great (and angry) time doing it. What could be more punk? "The Infotainment Scan" sees The Fall mixing post punk with the electronic-influenced Madchester scene. Imagining what that should sound like, it just feels like a mess and it's not that far off. I have to confess that during the first track I thought "This is probably not their best work." But "Lost in Music" got my attention. "I'm Going to Spain" almost loses me again with vocals that sound like they'd been recorded at a karaoke bar. But the album really picks up and dives into dancier songs soon after. It really feels like it shouldn't work but there's a definite charm.

1990s Fall is no one's idea of a vast landscape of scattered gems. The Infotainment Scan helps to change that perspective. Crafting a crude sketch of barely hanging on by a thread post-punk and electronics, aided by a cover song or two, it showed that Mark E. Smith could still pack a ferocious bite and send shivers down the backs of those who didn't know better whilst stepping up to him. He may have retreated a bit to the shadows but, whenever possible, he'll always remind those of his understandably lofty reputation. Favorites: Ladybird (Green Grass), Lost in Music, I'm Going to Spain, Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room, The League of Bald-Headed Men, A Past Gone Mad, Why Are People Grudgeful?, League Moon Monkey Mix.

I regret this entire 45 minutes.

I will take this over the talking heads any day. Argue with your mom

This one is new to me. I don’t think I would’ve been into this one when it came out but I’m digging it now. Kind of a cross between Blur and Iggy Pop. Some of the songs go on a bit too long but over all I enjoyed this one. 3.5

The Fall was a great TV series. I can't say I recall hearing the group. This music and vocals are not for me. It's A Curse was ok, but the vocals ruin it. This album is a big ole 2.

It's a no for me dawg. Too much talk singing.

Some weird songs but mostly alright.

eh, not really for me.

Absolutely could not stand the lead voice, he ruined every track for me with his lazy vocal style

Album 914 of 1089 The Fall - The Infotainment Scan (1993) Rating : 2.5 / 5 Seems like the album generator has decided to shove post-punk down my throat these past three days, with two of them being from The Fall. This one didn’t impress me any more than the last. It had some ok moments here and there, but overall it was just more “meh” than memorable. An alright listen in the background, but nothing that stuck with me once it was done.

Mark e smith can do no wrong uh huh

Interesting. Wasn't sure what to expect, but was way better than I thought it would be. Some were quite boppy, good beats.

Wow, the vocals on this make it almost unlistenable. Whatever musical ideas are here get buried under a delivery that's closer to nails-on-a-chalkboard.

I thought this album was kind of lame. I'm sure he is pushing the envelope or whatever but it just isn't my thing. I don't really like the lyrical style, but the music isn't terrible. Overall I don't care to listen to it again.

The band wasn't bad but the singer was. One example that comes to mind was a song where he actually tried to sing rather than talk through the lyrics and it made my ears bleed. In no world was this a must hear album.

Always thought the fall where for art students or people that where just trying to be cool but I actually enjoyed this album

I'd rate the first half of the album 1 and the second - 3 out of 5

Maybe my mood and the record just weren't in the same place, but I found this really tiresome.

Amazing tunes and players. Insufferably bad singer. Wanted to love this. But after 4 songs I can’t take this leader « singer » anymore.

Everyone else is right, drunk nonsense lyrics but his voice is interesting

arguably the post-punk band's most approachable album, the progressive and tense sound to the bands music contains a tense and driving atmospheric sound that keeps you on edge for most of the listen.

nice

Not bad by any means, but honestly pretty boring. No real standouts or anything

I don't always find it super-easy to get into The Fall but this has excellent energy. Even some experiments with housey breakbeats. Offputting cover art, on a great record.

Very bad. Barely listeneable with the annyoing and hobad lyrics and delivery. Instrumentals were mediocre. Light 2

1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die [in random order]: 17: THE FALL: The Infotainment Scan (1993) I've tried to get into The Fall a few times, but Mark E. Smith's bored and uninspiring rambling [because its no singing] has always proven to be a key deterrence. Unfortunately, the band's 1993 effort, 'The Infotainment Scan', is no exception. Interestingly, The Fall is often heralded as one of the most important bands to hail from Manchester in the United Kingdom, often uttered in the same breath as Oasis, The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order and The Stone Roses, and their sound has plenty of that tasty post-punk edge synonymous with many of their contemporaries. But I just can't do Mark E. Smith's vocals. The lack of melody and flair offered by his vocals brings the entire album down. Melody isn't always necessary, bands such as Sonic Youth and Talking Heads were famous for eschewing traditional melody but were still able to make their songs memorable. The Fall just can't do it for me, and 'The Infotainment Scan', not unlike 'This Nation's Saving Grace' (considered their best album), is simply 40 minutes of nonchalant rambling over the top of admittedly solid musicianship. What this band could've been with a better singer. 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

mixed bag but mostly pretty good

The instrumentals are genuinely interesting for most of the record, but Smith pours cold water on everything by sounding like a drunk yelling into a dustbin. For those who dig the sound, I get it - it's dark, edgy, and moody in a fun way - but I can safely say it's not for me... This was not the right album for the website to give me on my first day back of returning to the office at my job.

Surprisingly good. Obviously very bad singing. But music is good, some tracks have the potential to become bigger hits if they are covered by the right artist. The original singer is just being himself. Well he can’t really sing, but somehow his voice still works for his own music. At least I can still tell the music is good. And this is probably the best he can do. Imagine if Mariah was the lead vocal, would it actually be a lot better? Probably not if her voice runs from Pacific Ocean to South Africa. And I genuinely think it’s a good complete album. Go and see Spain, not Australia. I like it.

a few decent tracks, but mostly a lot of things i wouldnt really want to hear again. i was fascinated though by how this album progressed. from like a proto-punk to a club remix of a song. it was odd. 1.5 stars, but ill drop it to one because ill never go back to it

Too weird, but some cool beats/riffs

I know this list has changed me because I enjoyed the drum and bass tracks on this album the most. Really enjoyable listen that keeps you on your toes from each song to the next. I could do without a couple songs from just the 12 original tracks, I don’t know why someone would want to listen to five hours of additional content. Either way, not bad but nothing special, keeping The Fall with a three-star personal average.

The music is pretty good, but I really don't like the vocals. This has happened a few times on this list before. The lead singer just really brings everyone else down. I keep going back and forth on if it's better to be boring and generic or unique and unlistenable.

Kinda dug it. Very, very unlikely to ever listen to it again though. Going three for Harrison's sake

Already forgotten

# Album Name: The Infotainment Scan # Artist: The fall # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Its a fucking hell no from me. Some OK sounds but the lyrics are woeful. Barely listenable. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No

Dopey drittete

This was really cool. It was like The Clash but electronic

Fine, gotta respect their output, it sounds like though this really all I've heard from them.

Thought this was late 80s this came out. Still a good album

shit

Mark E. Smith has always fancied himself a curmudgeonly prophet barking through a pub PA, but this time the sermon collapses under its own sneer. His band clatters around with their usual clang-and-drone—discordant, unyielding, and, yes, very Fall—but the detachment is terminal. "Glam-Racket" struts a little, sure, and "Why Are People Grudgeful?" scampers like vintage post-punk on a sugar crash, but by the time we get to Smith croaking through "I'm Going to Spain" like a karaoke dare gone sideways, the shtick's grown thin. "Light/Fireworks"? More like anti-music dadaism for its own sake. Even by their standards, this one's a hard slog. Fans will call it uncompromising. The rest of us might settle for unlistenable.

странно-интересная хуйня, и одновременно непонятная

Hard to get a grasp on this one the first time through but some songs are catchy, didn't mind it but don't love it. Top 3 are ladybird, glam racket and I'm going to Spain

No private session used for this one. I listen to The Fall from time to time, because there music is different, it's raw, different, and mumbly. The Fall has been around for a while, but this probably my favorite incarnation.

Subjectively bad. Repetitive, grating and challenging for me to listen to. I'm sure this is just me, but gah!

This list just keeps getting worse Trying to keep positive but this album was trash

An album ruined by the vocals. The instrumentals are great to be honest, but the I just want to strangle the singer to put him out of his misery. I'll give it 2 stars just for the instrumentals.

took a few listens to appreciate - wasn't familiar with this album

Not for me, just kinda boring

i'm sure i listened to this but i couldn't tell you a thing about it...sorry to this band. actually, that's a lie, i mistakenly listened to the remastered version which had 4 different mixes of the same song for different vinyl sizes so it's seared in my memory now

HOOOORRRRRRIIIIBBBBLLLEEEEEEEEE

Spotify has repeatedly tried to play me stuff by The Fall before and I have never liked it, and this is just more of the same. Fuzzy Britpop rock while the lead vocalist (I wouldn't go so far as to say lead singer) declares statments over the top. All the songs sound the same and none of them interest me, although the punchy drumming of Glam-Racket I enjoyed.

Gear: Focalman Cleardara Artwork: 🦋🪻🤓 Production: 🎧😘🤌 Music: 👁️💔✈️ Rating: 🦋🦋(🦋)/5

So good. While it sounds at times like their disco or new romantics album, it's also crisp and dark, playful and spiky. A hard balance to pull off but as usual with the Fall, they do it with aplomb, humor and a resonant seriousness that puts the likes of most Britpop stars to shame.

Best Song: None. Worst Song: Light/Fireworks. This one is somehow the least "song" of all of these barely songs. Overall: Who likes this? The band is playing utterly ordinary jam music, while this guy just speaks over top of it. And, he neither speaks with even an ounce of musicality, nor does he seem to make any effort to articulate well enough that you can actually understand what he's saying. I doubt that he has much meaningful to say.

Fun at first, but then pretty similar and uninteresting after like the fifth song with the same thing.

skroz kulllll

This album features one of my all-time favorite tracks from The Fall, “Lost In Music,” which really carries the entire album for me. The rest of the album is solid from start to finish, but none of the other tracks come close to topping that one. It’s definitely a more synth and electronic-driven dance rock album for The Fall, though it still has that traditional post-punk edge. It’s not overly polished, but it’s probably one of their more accessible albums.

glazbeno dobro, glas zakazuje. sve u svemu ništa posebno. predzadnja pjesma isticala mi se kao dosta bolja

Even the vocalist doesn’t care about this album

Pretty good music pretty annoying vocals

It's not horrid, just generic background music. Top track: "Ladybird (Green Grass)"

This stinks. Not my bag. outta here.

Things that are cool on this album: Craig Scanlon – guitar Steve Hanley – bass guitar Simon Wolstencroft – drums Dave Bush – keyboards Things that are terrible: Mark E. Smith – vocals At least 'The League of Bald-Headed Men' & 'Why are People Grudgeful?' are fun tracks that Mark E. fails to totally ruin

Obnoxious borderline non-music. If you like this you’re lying.

Conocía a The Fall solo por el nombre y nunca me animé a escuchar nada de ellos hasta hoy. Me han sorprendido, porque sinceramente pensaba que no iba a ser para mí pero últimamente estoy más receptivo a escuchar post punk. No creo que sea su mejor álbum. 3/5

Wasn’t able to finish. Not really my style

The music was very good, complex and interesting, ahead of its time. The vocals and lyrics were not

If I had a nickel for every unnecessary vowel at the end of the singers words, I’d have like fifty bucks. They really spotlighted his singing and punk attitude, which I’m not sure are the strongest parts of the group. Just when I focused in on the music, they leaned into the 90s beats.

It's alright. There are some really cool soundbites in this record that would be interesting to sample, but for the most part, it dropped the ball with the first half, and picked it back up in the second.

The Fall's catalog is intimidatingly huge, and I had never heard this one, alas. 😭 Weird to say but a great one to start with?

The early 90s was such an interesting time for popular music. Everyone knows about grunge, but its most important legacy in my opinion is how it opened the door for so many others. One of the phenomena was artists that had been interesting in the late 70s/early 80s getting another shot. This record seems to thread that needle of 90s sounds but still capturing the new wave spirit. I like it.

It has been my opinion for a while that the reputation of The Fall exceeds the quality of their music. This album hasn’t changed my mind. Not bad, just not all that good either.

This album came about when Mark E Smith asked Houmous & Chutney how they managed to produce so many studio albums without diluting their market. Len Houmous told him it was about looking across your fan base and finding that balance of information and entertainment! How on earth Len thinks you can look across a fan base that is literally every single person in the world, I’m not sure. I think he was just trying to get him to leave us alone. 3.8 6/10 Paranoia Man In A Cheap Shit Room

It's a Poundland version of David Bowie and Morrissey.

Every song felt like it was building up to something but then nothing happened

Generic 80s/90s synth pop. Wandering nasal vocals. Not my scene.

Slightly more accessible but still the same old mark e smith.

"The Infotainment Scan" is the 15th album by English post-punk band the Fall. Alternative rock, post-punk and alternative dance are the Wiki-listed genres. An odd assortment but fits. The album was well-received critically and, at the time of its release, was cited as their most accessible album. The bandmembers included Mark E. Smith (vocals, tapes, production), Craig Scanlon (guitar), Steve Hanley (bass, backing vocals), Simon Wolstencroft (drums, programming) and Dave Bush (keyboards, programming, backing vocals). The album reached #9 in the UK. Looping sounds open the album and "Ladybird (Green Grass)." A drum beat, deep bass and Smith's vocals enter. Great guitar in this post-punk song. The Fall sounding like the Fall in this coming of age themed song with Smith stressing to get out of town. They change things up next with a cover of Sister Sledge's "Lost in Music." A disco dance beat and a jingly Chic-esque guitar. Oh, Mr. Smith cannot hold back and blasts Britpop and Suede in "Glam-Rock." This song would not be out of place on Blur's "Parklife." The highlight of the album might be "It's a Curse." A driving guitar riff, more deep bass and a rock beat. Hypnotic with a groove going. An echoing piano. He's trying to get over a relationship but its causing him to be mind fucked. The band fuses distorted guitar and a disco beat in the eerie "Paranoid Man in Cheap Sh*t Room." Of course, the title was taken from a "Twilight Zone" episode. The last song on the CD and the only single released is "Why Are People Grudgeful?" A song influenced by two reggae songs (Joe Gibbs, Lee Scratch Perry). More a pop song with a churning guitar and pronounced bass. On this album, the Fall does not do the complete transition that Wire did from their punk 70's style to their 80's electronic phase but they do successfully incorporate disco and pop beats into their post-punk musically base. The songs cover a range of topics (get out of town, dance, Britpop, making fun of a bad song, paranoia, gerontocracy (only old people in control) and dissing the pop past). Mark E. Smith is as cranky, funny, grumpy and droll as ever. Yes, this is a really good album. There's plenty to like here and it's never boring.

It feels like it comes from the 70s and 90s at the same time. Techno mixed with punk-lite.

This actually sucks

I wonder how much effort it takes to sound so oblivious to the music around you? There's a certain charm to the vocals, but mostly it made me smile at how artificial this nonchalant manner is. And it is so in-your-face that one's enjoyment of the album is heavily dependent on whether one finds the vocals pleasant or annoying. In Ladybird I found the sound interesting, but by the end, that interest plummeted. Especially given that the best tracks on the album are the first two.

I love the fall and this album has a couple of funny songs on it, glam rocket and going to Spain for example. I don’t think it’s the best and it’s not in my regular playlist but it’s definitely the Fall. I think if you didn’t already like the fall this might be to long for the average listener.

Ikkje så ille egentlig

Wasn't sure if I was going to like this but, I actually did. Wasn't thrilled with a 2 Hour album but it was really easy to listen to, so I didn't realize I had got to the end.

nope

Great album. Learned about The Fall from this listening series and I'm very happy to have done so.

The Fall is an emotional Rorschach test for me. How I feel about any one of their records is more a reflection of my mood at the time than the music. Today I felt like I liked the spoken word stuff more than the singing and regretted every time he went from the former to the latter.

At long last, the last of The Fall (both chronologically and in this collection)! I kept hoping with each of the two previous albums that I'd figure out how to enjoy them more than I do, but given that this was apparently considered their most accessible album, I think they're just not my cup of tea. The best of the lot for me was probably their cover of Sister Sledge's "Lost in music" and Steve Bent's "I'm going to Spain", largely because they're fairly creative takes on someone else's music (and hilarious that Bent's song was included on a compilation of the world's worst songs, justifiably so). Their original music kind of gets lost in faux-punk-Iggy-Pop-land initially, although I *did* like a couple of song titles, especially the riff off of the Twilight Zone episode "Nervous Man in a Four-Dollar Room", and it almost seemed like the album improved as it went on (peaking perhaps with "Service") and got more techno-oriented. I do wish that Mark Smith's voice wasn't as grating to me; it feels like that's a huge part of my aversion to The Fall, although I suppose his equally abrasive lyrics are another huge part).

I've never knowingly listened to The Fall but once this album started I recognized them as the guys behind Cruisers Creek, which I always kind of liked, kind of got nauseated to, sort of the way I feel about Nick Cave. This album is better than Cruisers Creek--interesting, intellectual, but I don't know if I'll relisten.

Highlight Song/s: Ladybird (Green Grass) and Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room I've heard on the internet Mark E. Smith is a bad singer, having only listened to their cover of "Victoria" (originally by the kinks) which I didn't feel like was representative of their work and sound. Anyways back to the topic, his voice is definitely an acquired taste, I quite liked his singing in the opening song. However on most of the other songs it's a bit too much talking. Not that'd he give a damn or anything, I think at this in point time his singing is just a bit better than Bob Dylan (Mark also sounds a bit like him as well.)

Fand ich nicht so nice. Mal was anderes

trash. nothing particularly worth listening to

Really weird, lots of rambly spoken verse. Not really my kind of thing first listen and I didn't enjoy it all that much. but I can also imagine liking it if i listened to it more.

I really like the music but the vocals aren't my favour. Weak three stars. 2,5

Good english punk, little hard do understand but maybe due to sound system

-meh, this didn’t really do it for me. it felt pretty bland and unmemorable overall, and i wasn’t a big fan of the vocals or drums in particular -the funky dance (?) tracks in the second half were much easier to get into. i liked that part. but this is still something i can very much take or leave -Favorites are Service and Past Gone Mad

To be fair I’m only a bit over 100 albums into this list but as of now this album has without a doubt the worst vocals. Can’t say much about the instruments because this guys voice is so distractingly horrible.

why did i think the fall was a 2000s pop rock band

This is an album about being in your thirties !!!

Day 27 First listen- I really enjoyed listening to the new wave influence but I need to listen to it again for fair judgement. (3/5)

Meh.. this is very much not my thing...

This is the second The Fall album on this list for me. Again, the music is great but Smith's vocals are at a level of cynical that is offensive. Drunk karaoke is not a great sell. There is a way to speak/sing lyrics that sounds like you give a fuck. Actual attempts at singing are even worse. All that said, his being the front man of this pretty good band is a testiment to his force of will. I would have loved the ghost of Ian Curtis to inhabit Smith and guide him to the Promised Land.

Kind of has the vibe of the Velvet Underground if they were a few decades later and electronic. This is not a compliment. The first couple songs weren’t great, but tolerable. Glam Racket on was just awful.

Wasn't that bad but still not in my taste.

Interesting

Given the diverse opinions registered in the global reviews, I was curious about this one and suspected I would hate it, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

Could have been a better score if it wasn’t for the vocals, awful

A jagged, glitchy anti-pop manifesto, delivered by Mark E. Smith while pacing in circles around the concept of “reality.” This album is like if your TV malfunctioned and started insulting you—in iambic verse—with a broken Casio keyboard playing behind it. It’s one part dystopian rave, one part aggressively Northern spoken-word breakdown, and somehow still catchy?? Smith doesn’t rap or sing—he decrees. And you, helpless mortal, are decreed upon. ⸻ 🧃 Rating: 4.4/5

Listened in the truck via YouTube music. Much more fun than the albums I had listened to before. I’ll check out more.

Good listen. The Fall are pretty cool. Probably won't come back to this.

Not for me

Didn't expect post-punk to be so dancey and fun but The Fall really make it work. Reminds me of some LCD Soundsystem stuff, which can't be such a bad thing. Pretty dang solid record! 7/10

Never heard of The Fall before, only knowing Mark E Smith from his collaboration with Gorillaz. This is not the most straightforward record, the vocal style takes a bit of getting used to. The album begins strong, Ladybug and the cover of Lost in Music are early highlights. Later the album increasingly dabbles in electronica, which does not really suit it and that particular style makes those tracks sound incredibly dated. In all though an interesting listen that challenged my usual listening habits which is more praise than I can give to some other records on this list.

Stop with these British hacks! Please, I am not going to make it to the end of this list!!

Not bad at all! I thought it was gonna be in the like boring British music vein but it acc hit pretty hard. I like when British dudes talk over strange instrumentals

Listened through osmosis over a few car rides… forgettable I fear

Very good.

I don’t mind the talk-singing. Kinda reminded me of Spottiswoode… but the weird distortion they put on it coupled with the “-ah” at the end of most words really put me off. The tunes were not good enough to redeem it.

3.5/5

Je ne connaissais pas,une belle découverte 😉

British

Not my bag

Great album, you can se they influenced so many different bands with their style.

This was somewhat enjoyable if you like synthesizer new wave music. Gave me Echo and the Bunnymen vibes. Not my favorite but is listenable.

Ok

Really enjoyed this one 👌

I've never listened to The Fall before this album showed up. I found the album mostly pretty pleasant. Particularly liked "lost in music"' "I'm going to Spain" and "league moon monkey mix" Hard to believe these guys have released 31 albums and that having released that many times I've still barely heard of them. They're pretty good, though! I've gone on and listened to more of their stuff after the album finished, so yeah a good discovery!

I love The Fall. I hate Mark E Smith.

Strong 3. Never heard them. The "singing" gets pretty monotonous after a while, but the music's cool. More varied in genre than I would've thought. Padded with way too much live/b-side stuff, though.

If 80s post punk and 90s rave had a child. Not sure I like the singer’s vocals though

This was ass, I'm sorry. I really liked the instrumentals but the vocals ruin most of the songs. "Service" and "Past Gone Mad" for example, would have worked better as instrumental tracks. "Glam Racket" as well. The only song I can say I liked was "Lost in Music", the rest is not even bad, just generic and didn't leave any impressions in me. Mid overall. 5/10. You don't need to listen to this before you die.

This album sounds like it tries to be something more than what it is. It sounds like it's offering a lot of unique and progressive sounds, but upon closer inspection, it's quite boring. The singer's voice is uninspiring and has me falling asleep. The music, at times, sounds like something that my high school music teacher would try and create - that's not good. I won't be revisiting this one.

This is my rating #250, so that’s something special. Sadly, I didn’t really like this album. Specifically, I didn’t enjoy that the singer isn’t able to sing.

Kinda boring…nothing really stood out

It was quite strange? Some sorts where a lot better than others. Vocals were a little off in some parts.

I couldn't digest this, so I throw up.

Interesting

more danceable talking heads?

I couldn't do this again.

I was not super into this one

I’m not quite sure how I would describe this album, honestly. There was a lot of influences to be heard from this album: Glam-Racket could have been both an LCD Sound System and a late-70s David Bowie song. I’m Going to Spain felt like the Verve’s first album, which definitely tracks on the timeline, but it also feels like late 80s Morrissey (which I know can say I know from this list). Past Gone Mad had a bit of late ‘90s techno/Industrial feel, like the Prodigy, and the League was post-punk with a bit of Lou Reed mixed it. I think I will come back for another listen sometimes but nothing grabbed me as a “I need to hear this again immediately” track. It’s very …British!

Random thoughts: * 1001 is quite tilted to English albums that I've never heard of. I guess maybe this is because the author is English and not American. * Here's another English album and group I've never heard of. * This is a weird mix of music genres here on this album and probably why it is on the list. There is some electronica (aka proto-Fat Boy Slim or Prodigy), 80s synth, maybe a little punk. A little bit like Big Audio Dynamite. * I was reading up on The Fall and someone said they were an influence on LCD Soundsystem. I can totally feel that.

8/1001 :: The Fall - The Infotainment Scan Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: Strong 6, Light 7 Fav Tracks: Lost in Music, It’s A Curse Never heard of this band before let alone this album. I think based on the cover art I guess I thought this was gonna sound like YES or Steely Dan or something… It was of course neither of those things. Frankly I’m shocked this came out in 93. It had a very post punk feel to it. Very Joy Division but more quirky and not as dark. The album seemed to trail off at the end in quality but I also think that I might just need more time with it. Which is also why I said I would revisit. There are similar bands/albums I like better but I also think giving this one some more runs would be good.

Not the best The Fall album but still important art school music. Considering the time it was released if feels like pretty good.

Poppy. Okay

so close! maybe try singing now and then during the songs. hope this helps!

It was incredibly weird and I liked it.

Never heard of the fall, didn't know what to think, but it certainly wasn't that. The music was pretty tight and interesting, the ah vocals ah were certainly ah unique, not great, but didn't drive me insane like some other voices so far.

Intrigued

Well. Mark E. Smith, man. I don't think anything would have prepared me for this, and if I'm transparent for a second, I'm really not sure what to make of it. I've been describing this one as the inverted, evil cousin of Achtung Baby. Seems to serve as a gateway into the Fall's spiraling and strange discography.

Grating

Was ok, felt it was repeating too much

I tried, but no. I really did try. Maybe I can try again later some time...

controversial maybe but i did enjoy this one

I have heard a few The Fall albums before, mainly the stuff from their 80s era but nothing past that, so I was curious to see how they did in the 90s with this one, which was basically most trends Mancunian bands were jumping on in the 90s (techno, alt dance, you name it). For doing something like that this album is actually more creative than some other bands at the time, more adventurous if anything, but it still retains the core Fall sound which is repetition and Mark E Smith doing his thing. Do I love it? No but it's little quirks carry it in a way a lot of others just didn't, but they made better albums for sure

=The Beatles This is far and away the best "post punk" album on this list.

Music is fine if it wasn’t for the bored sounding bob-dylanesque monotone out of tune vocals. Why? What a meme

Weird elevated to idiosyncratic genius (this means you, Mark E.). Even the title is one edge off from expectations--we get to look at the subject as it's drawn out all over the place under withering satire. The nonsinging invites you to hear the droning, driving insistence of the music more clearly. I can't hear enough.

I think with Mark E Smith, you’re either all in or find The Fall impenetrable. Even though I never nowadays willingly spin a Fall record I’m reminded that actually Smith is an unlovable genius and I get sucked in. Those hypnotic repetitive melodies and that monotone is strangely compelling. I’m in.

From the very start, I disliked this album. Then somewhere around the middle I didn’t mind it so much.

I wasn't able to give this the time it warranted, but it was a decidedly better listen than the previous two — if memory serves. But still, not sure it rose up beyond a 3... but maybe?

It's funny. I'm never in the mood for The Fall, and yet, every time I put on one of their records, I'm all in. They kind of defy logic for me. When I read the negative reviews for them on this site, I basically agree with everything people say. The dude not only can't sing, but he has a distinctive delivery that can absolutely drive people insane, and what's more, thanks to his accent, I can barely understand half of what he's saying. On paper, I feel like I should hate this. And yet, somehow I don't. The band keeps things interesting. And Mark E Smith, rather than annoying me, always keeps a smile on my face.

What on Earth was this

Really cool music, grating singer. I think I could enjoy a bunch of these songs on their own, but listening to an hour of him in one go is a lot.

I love The Fall.

I like their instrumentation but I just cannot with the vocals

De Gsang isch scho rächr schräg, aber eigentli na spannend

ladybird hani etz no fun gfunde. er singt lustig. lost in music au no cool, er groovt recht. chic cover findi geil. haha glam racket fangt mitem heavy bassriff ah und denn chunt mega nöd de drumbeat woni erwartet hett. i'm going to spain tönt wie 80er indie? nice? aber er singt chrüzfalsch. mann ey die britische indie bands. paranoia man in cheap shit room isch en rieeese titel. find de song au no geil er redt afoch sache. moll cool. bi service hani etz au no erstuunlich spass. baldheaded au no geil?? hää past gone mad goht au easy dumm mit elektrobeat und gitarre und so? fett geil? haha light fireworks hört afoch uf und en guy brummlet chli ume.

han nöd gwüsst was erwarte aber ich gnüsses eig na bis jz uf wikipedia hends vill quirkier tönt, als sie jz actually töned hahah jaa hii und daa singter chli komisch aber das isch ja no nüt villes isch so gradlinig falls das sinn macht? it's a curse findi recht cool, de rhythmus isch fast scho hypnotisch IT'S A COAAARSE AAA hahaha ich lieb paranoia man in the shit room jaa das repetitive gfalltmer iwie überraschend, vlt will de guy eifach drüber redt unds weg dem en cool kontrast git? weiss nöd uuuuhh past gone mad chli füdli schüttle? light/firework wird sicher nöd min lieblingssong jaa es guets 3? hans meh gnosse alsi denkt han aber nüt weltbewegends

I couldn't get through this, this might be the worst album I've pulled yet.

The Fall heard Television's debut album Marquee Moon and thought "we can do that". They couldn't.

i sollt des mögen aber i kinda dont. 2.5.

This Kicks ass. 4 stars.

Can’t imagine how I might have reacted if it was my first time hearing them! Classic Fall sound. Sounded a bit cleaner and Smith a bit older(?) than other bits I’ve heard. Hadn’t heard ‘Lost in Music’ before and quite a new experience of the fall and identifiable song. Always enjoy the uniqueness of their sound but don’t know if it’s ever an album or songs I’d purposefully go towards. There is something infectious about the vox though. Like a half cut singer fronting a post punk/Brit pop band in a little pub. Quite another experience to just read through the lyrics as the song goes on. And can be quite long too. Enjoy the dance backing on ‘Past Gone Mad’ Probably gets 3.5 for the originality and Marky boy.

Wikipedia states that this is the most accessible album to date for the Fall. Thank fuck I didn’t have yo listen to one of their more challenging ones. Just because synthesizers are capable of playing unusual, diverse and unexpected sounds, doesn’t mean that you have to play all the sounds, all the time. Just felt all over the place.

This has lots of ingredients that I usually love - but it just didn't work for me! It felt a bit like a mash up of Joy Division, Iggy Pop and Underworld? Bit of a mess of sounds.

Oh yeah, that’s my jam right there

As a longtime enjoyer of dudes who have annoying singing voices, this guy's voice is too annoying for me.

I listened to this album a couple times and I don't really know what to make of it. Not super familiar with The Fall by any means but I was not expecting this to be as electronic as it was. Anyway, I had repeated listens to try to get it more and more so that's probably a good sign.

Alguna canción un poquito mejor… pero en general un album muy normalito rozando lo mediocre

Love a lot of the music MES inspired but aside from a song or 2 here and there, have never latched onto an entire album. There’s a distinctly artless(?) or amateurish quality to a lot of the actual music, like it’s all presets. Which, if that is all in place as a backdrop to Smith’s voice and lyrics, is OK I suppose, but also doesn’t do a lot for me as *songs*. I’ve read that on other albums he had actual amateur musicians who didn’t really know how to play be his band and that tracks. Further, I’m just not one for obsessively deciphering lyrics be it Destroyer or ATDI, so spending a great deal of time with MES and his affectations isn’t too likely.

The beginning was fine. What the hell happened after that?! Track I kinda liked: Ladybird, I'm going to Spain. Would I revisit this: no.

This album was an easy and engaging listen, saved two songs which feels like a lot. it lost me at the end though

It wasn't a Great album but it was a terrible.

Ugh! The music itself not bad but the vocals are terrible!

I certainly love when an album is described as a band’s “most accessible.”

994 albums into this project I get the Fall. And because I'm 994 albums in I finally 'get' The Fall. In a world of many albums of bland, meandering lack of purpose, every so often you need a kick in the stomach from music.

Post punk and fun. Sounds like the 80s but it's 93.

These guys could be great with a singer, and they'd be pretty good without one.

2 stars feels rough, but there's just much better post-punk albums out there. I'd likely never to listen to this again.

you don't need to listen to this before you die

Patiently waiting for The Fall to click for me. It’s only been about 19 years, so I’m sure it will be any day now.

One of those rare albums here that got me listening a couple of times. There's a danceable quality to almost all the songs, and the vocals are actually pleasantly hypnotic to my ears. Funny how I had never heard of these guys before.

J - 3/5 Best Track - "Lost In Music" F - DNL

Not feeling it. 2.4.

This is a textbook definition of "fine." Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5

I enjoyed this, good energy, great tracks. You could hear how this band might have influenced a lot of post-punk/rock bands.

Musically pretty good and interesting, but vocals and lyrics were a weak link. If the those were even ok this could have been 4 stars…

Awful - shocked that this person got a record deal, let alone an album on the 1001 list.

This is a great one, hadn't listened to it before but I did know the excellent Lost in Music cover. I love the contrast between the really tight band and the absolutely unhinged vocals. Some cool krautrock influences on here too. It gets a bit too meandering towards the end, but still enjoyable.

He does a weird thing with his voice that is fun at first but he does it so much that it gets old. The music is good when it’s not too techno-y. We may not have Viagra Boys without these guys.

Can’t believe I missed this band. Their semi punk, garage sound is reminiscent of early Clash, The The and The Call. Really great stuff with a huge catalog of albums and singles. Again, I don’t know how I missed this band.

This album made me reconsider Post Punk as a whole, as well as killed my enjoyment of a lot of other bands. Because this sucked. Mark E Smith is a pretentious cunt and the vast majority of the music on this couldn't save his horrendous vocal delivery. It kills me that I could hear so many bands I love in this album and rather than like the album I instead questioned my love for other bands. I will give it this, some of the production choices I liked. That was about it. I didn't hate it, but I certainly didn't like a lot of it and as an album it really fell flat for me. Favourites - I'm Going to Spain Least Favourites - Lost in Music, Glam-Racket, It's a Curse, The League of Bald-Headed Men, Past Gone Mad, Light / Fireworks

This is, by fad, the worst album I have ever endured. Very little going on musically, and what little there is - is so buried in the mix that it’s a strain to even make it out. Non-sensical rambling lyrics delivered in the most uninterested, lazy, sloppy manor that if I heard someone talk like this in real life I’d want to physically hurt them to make it stop. If that was what these cunts were going for, bravo. You’ve made something so purposefully shit that it lives in an incredibly fine margin - not ‘so shit that it’s good/funny’, but genuinely, puuuuuure, irredeemable dogshit. Fuck off. Ladybird (Green Grass) (3/10) Lost in Music (2/10) Glam-Racket (1/10) I’m Going to Spain (3/10) It’s a Curse (1/10) Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room (1/10) Service (2/10) The League of Bald-Headed Men (2/10) A Past Gone Mad (1/10) Light/Fireworks (0/10) 1.6/10

Kinda mid honestly, nothing really stood out for me either

Really enjoyed the sound but the vocals/only talking ruined it a bit. I would have loved it if there was more variety with the vocals eg some singing too. Favourites: Parnoia man in cheap room Why are people Grudgeful

Bro that’s not singing

This was bit of a nothing album, pity the singer just talked the whole time

For this one I forgot to write as I listened cause I was driving. I can’t really remember it at all. Indie generic not interesting I suppose. In one ear out the other. I do know it wasn’t bad. I hate that I give these completely average things the same three stars I give things that actually are pretty good.

That was a weird one. I liked the other Fall album that i heard, but this one is just more annoying than good even for me

Meh

So much of this goes absolutely nowhere. Unknown to me, and probably won't revisit. There's some musicianship that I'm occasionally appreciating, but overall, not really connecting with it - particularly the lead singer.

very good. didnt have high hopes cause the only fall song ive listened to is totally wired which is ass but this album surprised me. a lot of people seem to be hating on the vocals of mark e but i dont mind them at all. maybe im weird

The riffs are good but I cannot deal with the singing/talking on every track. It just does nothing for me at all and makes the tracks a chore to get through. I could see myself enjoying it more in a different mood maybe, but generally? No thanks.

Enjoyed this album. Thanks.

Started off well but declined with every song. It had potential but it just wasn't interesting enough to me

Maybe not quite a top 5 Fall album? Still the best thing we've had this week.

Punk/pos punk. Gostei! Vou ouvir mais!

Wish wish wish I had been out of my music hiatus during this era I would have dead-headed these guys across the countryside.

Myślę, że to bardziej kwestia mojego nastroju niż tej płyty, ale niezbyt mi się spodobała. Chaotyczna, jakaś niedopracowana, zagubiona. Dużo hałasu, mało muzyki. 4/10 chociaż dopuszczam, że to po prostu wina mojego dzisiejszego nastawienia.

The songs were too long, the album was too long. Too much noise and confusion.

joining the chorus of "this would be fine if not for the singer's voice" bc it really is quite unpleasant!

Weird. Ok.

If it were instrumental it could be a 4

Yikes.

Thought that voice sounded familiar, and it was. Second album featuring Mark E. Smith on this list. Interesting choice. Must say this was off to a better start than the last one with more electronic vibes. But the more I listened to it the more annoyed I got. When I realized Mark finishes ever sentence with ”-ze” or ”-ah”, there was no way to unhear it. So the frustration built up gradually until I couldn’t bear listening to him anymore. Of course he has his own style, which is admirable. And reading about him on Wikipedia he definitely seemed like an interesting character. But I just can’t stand listening to this. Strong 1 for me due to Mr. Smith. Without vocals it might have been something between a 2 and 3.

During the first few songs I really dug the bands playing but had a hard time getting used to the singers voice. It was like listening to a karaoke rendition of a good song. After a few songs I got used to it and even, dare I say, enjoy it. The singing worked with the more punk sound songs like “It’s a Curse” or “The league of Bald-Headed Men” (great song title). Honestly, I like this way more than I was expecting at the start. Sure the last few songs were quite bad but if did have som highlights in there. Punky, spoken-word with a great band. Weak 3.

Had its moments, but not many.

Interesting listen. Definitely more mainstream than their earlier work, but the vocals don't really mesh well with the more refined rock sound. The best songs are the ones where vocals become more sporadic/spoken and let the more polished instrumental work shine through. Decent overall, much stronger 2nd half. Top tracks: Paranoia Man in a Cheap Shit Room, Service, Past Gone Mad

Mixed for me. I really didn't care for the lead singer. But this album isn't about singing, but music, which is often excellent. I love Paranoid Man and League of Bald Headed Men. The rest is somewhere between acceptable and irritating. 3/5

Несмотря на всю мою любовь к пост-панку, инди, и тви в частности, мне с трудом дается The Fall. И дело не в его подаче, но вообще в музыке. Этот альбом отличается от HEX и вообще всего, что я у него слышал, но пока всё это заходит мне с трудом. Лучшая песня - Lost in Music.

Bleh not my thing

Awkward, and charming - The Fall, always changing, always the same

Literally the beginning of every track: "Damn this sounds cool." As soon as the vocals hit: "What the f*ck is this garbage?"

Not bad entertainment

- insgesamt relativ moody, aber so richtig catcht es mich nicht - es ist aber auch kein totaler Reinfall - irgendwo zwischen 2-3/5

3.0 - Ok

This was interesting, there were some great songs and then some which were a bit forgettable, but my biggest take from the album would be Firework...Firework.....

The singer sounds like he is plugging his nose. It's like these guys wrote some underdeveloped 80s tunes and got "a buddy they know" to come in and sing for them. I really think the singer gave 30% effort and only one take. I can forgive bad singing when there is good musicianship/ composition/ etc. but when you layer crap on top of crap you end up with...

An okay album, I liked Lost In Music the most.

This sounds like the band Lou Reed or Iggy Pop would have been in had they lived in Manchester instead of the US. Not bad, but at times grating with its repetitiveness and seemingly stream-of-consciousness lyrics.

The vocals were far too distracting to listen the music. Again, the influence of Reed and Morrissey led to some awful followers.

3* music with 2* lyrics and singing. 2.5* rounding down.

Maybe with a different vocalist, things could have been better? Off time out of tune, sorry punky. The music wasn't too bad.

There’s not much I can tolerate less than a “singer” whose main goal isn’t to sing but to instead be some sort of sly, enlightened, hip shit-cock who babbles atonal drivel over a largely monotonous (and already dated upon release) musical backing. With a couple of decent exceptions, The Infotainment Scan is roughly 40 minutes of just that. Lucky me. 4/10

Music is good and fun, vocals not for me.

Mark E. Smith doing Mark E. Smith things... but this time it's weirdly accessible.

Love the weird vocal style of the singer here, will have to listen to more of their stuff

Cool British alt-rock, with some interesting electronic beats. I enjoyed the listen but probably won't add it to my rotation.

I like the wall of sound this album brings. Feels chaotic but structured. The vocals are silly and fun too. Strong album.

The next day, I couldnt tell you anything remarkable about this album. Run-of-the-mill

норм. местами напомнило джой дивижен и кьюр.

A mildly interesting sound. The formula starts to get depressing around song 4. By the end I didn't want to hear anything by the Fall ever again. Which is too bad, because their earlier stuff was at least relevant.

Its ok

A lot of these British rock bands sound the same

I just don’t think they’re that good

Singer sings out of tune

I mean yeah it was pretty good but it had some weird noises in it I'm not sure I like.

I should like the fall, with the kinda artists I like I REALLY should but I don’t find great amounts of pleasure in listening to their music 2/5

It’s The Fall

Fed nok, men jeg kunne meget bedre lide den sidste vi havde med dem

Dance punk 10 år før genren blev opfundet. Der er nogen bangers men det er lidt rodet

Danceable punk? No Thanks. I hate that they put a shitty cover of Lost In Music as the second song on the album.

The Fall live or die on Mark E Smith's lyrics. To be honest I didn't find much of the music particularly interesting, it's quite loopy and repetitive, but as a basis for his voice it works. The Lost in Music cover has a certain vibe, but i didn't get much from it. Reviews say this is one of their more accessible albums - ironically I'd rather hear something more out there.

Enjoyed this album Not one I’d visit again often but it has some good songs and good sounds. Not sure what everyone was complaining about

It's an album on this list, I guess. 2 stars

6/10

Interesting vibe. It grew on me as I listened, which says a lot. Not sure I really took in the lyrics on a first run-through but I definitely plan to come back.

I went back and forth between 2 and 3 stars on this. At the end of the day I didn't like any of these songs on Spotify and would never come back to this album based on the "singer" alone. Just a terrible shame since the music is actually pretty decent.

I guess it's karma that after getting one of my all time favorite albums ("Tigermilk" by Belle and Sebastian) I've gotten a series of clunkers. This one falls into the category of "did I REALLY need to listen to that before I die?"