The Fall - The Fall Box Set 1976-2007 [5CD Box Set] (2007)
Artist: The Fall
Title: The Fall Box Set 1976-2007
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Castle Music [CMXBX1558]
Genre: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 6:12:40
Total Size: 853 mb / 2.39 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: The Fall Box Set 1976-2007
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Castle Music [CMXBX1558]
Genre: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 6:12:40
Total Size: 853 mb / 2.39 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
To get the clichés out of the way first, the Fall are really literate, mumbling curmudgeon leader Mark E. Smith and anyone he chooses. Smith is famous for firing bandmembers, creating a slew of ex-Fall people who almost outnumber the amount of compilations released under the band's name, and most of those compilations are for "hardcore fans only." The final, and probably most accurate, cliché is that there is no Fall fan but a hardcore one, which brings up the question of who this amazing box set is made for. The Fall Box Set covers the band's whole career in five CDs, one featuring "live rarities" for "hardcore fans only" while the other four cover the band's career chronologically with singles, album tracks, and a handful of unreleased numbers. Fans will have most of it, but newcomers who have gotten their feet wet with the two-CD 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong -- the best entry point -- will find less duplication than one would expect, a testament to how deep this band's canon goes or an example of how many ways there are to pare down 30 years of unclassifiable music. Disc one covers the punk years with fiery blasts like "Rowche Rumble" and "Totally Wired" giving way to looser, more difficult music. Disc two represents the surprising pop turn the band took when keystone member -- and Smith's wife at the time -- Brix joined on guitar. Casual listeners who speak of the band are probably talking about the Brix era, making disc two the one to argue about. Pivotal tracks like "No Bulbs" and "Cruiser's Creek" are missing, but if only one disc is allowed for this time period (1984-1989), it's hard to decide what to sacrifice.
Disc three finds electronic touches being added to the group, and thus the remixes begin. The disc picks the appropriate mixes, but disc four makes a horrible choice when it chooses the silly dance mix of "Touch Sensitive" over the single version, sending buyers back to the record store to obtain the Fall's most popular track of the 21st century. The 1998-2007 Fall found on disc four are a strong group often misrepresented on album, and the amount of parentheses on the track list proves it. These demos, remixes, and alternate versions generally beat their album counterparts and do a better job of displaying how vital the group remained in the 2000s. The "live rarities" on disc five are all over the place as far as sound quality, and if there's a gimmicky cover in the archives -- "Brand New Cadillac," "Jet Boy," "Walk Like a Man" -- it can be found here, no matter how sloppy. Consider it a fun bonus and the set rates a B+. What pushes it all the way to A is the booklet, a well-annotated, well-designed, obvious labor of love with track-by-track information, plenty of gig posters, and an amusing "Fall A to Z," as in "P is for Peel, John." Speaking of Peel, the set's packaging is meant to sit nicely next to the 2005 box The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004, an equally great set but with almost no duplication. The Fall Box Set has to play by a different set of rules. Seeing as how it could have simply expanded upon the mighty 50,000, its ground-up construction is not only admirable but creates a unique brick of music from this eccentric band, one that offers the buyer either a well-chosen rediscovery or a massive, convincing argument that Mark E. Smith is an oddball genius and deserves his iconic status.
Disc three finds electronic touches being added to the group, and thus the remixes begin. The disc picks the appropriate mixes, but disc four makes a horrible choice when it chooses the silly dance mix of "Touch Sensitive" over the single version, sending buyers back to the record store to obtain the Fall's most popular track of the 21st century. The 1998-2007 Fall found on disc four are a strong group often misrepresented on album, and the amount of parentheses on the track list proves it. These demos, remixes, and alternate versions generally beat their album counterparts and do a better job of displaying how vital the group remained in the 2000s. The "live rarities" on disc five are all over the place as far as sound quality, and if there's a gimmicky cover in the archives -- "Brand New Cadillac," "Jet Boy," "Walk Like a Man" -- it can be found here, no matter how sloppy. Consider it a fun bonus and the set rates a B+. What pushes it all the way to A is the booklet, a well-annotated, well-designed, obvious labor of love with track-by-track information, plenty of gig posters, and an amusing "Fall A to Z," as in "P is for Peel, John." Speaking of Peel, the set's packaging is meant to sit nicely next to the 2005 box The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004, an equally great set but with almost no duplication. The Fall Box Set has to play by a different set of rules. Seeing as how it could have simply expanded upon the mighty 50,000, its ground-up construction is not only admirable but creates a unique brick of music from this eccentric band, one that offers the buyer either a well-chosen rediscovery or a massive, convincing argument that Mark E. Smith is an oddball genius and deserves his iconic status.
TRACKLISTING:
Disc 1 (01:16:55)
1. The Fall – Bingo-Master's Break-Out! (02:23)
2. The Fall – No Xmas For John Quays (04:38)
3. The Fall – Rowche Rumble (Take 4) (03:50)
4. The Fall – Before The Moon Falls (04:33)
5. The Fall – New Puritan (Home Demo) (03:23)
6. The Fall – City Hobgoblins (02:23)
7. The Fall – Totally Wired (03:27)
8. The Fall – New Face In Hell (05:41)
9. The Fall – The Container Drivers (03:08)
10. The Fall – Leave The Capitol (04:04)
11. The Fall – Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul (03:11)
12. The Fall – The Classical (05:18)
13. The Fall – Hip Priest (07:47)
14. The Fall – Look, Know (04:38)
15. The Fall – Marquis Cha-Cha (04:34)
16. The Fall – The Man Whose Head Expanded (04:22)
17. The Fall – Wings (04:27)
18. The Fall – Smile (05:08)
Disc 2 (01:17:57)
1. The Fall – Oh! Brother (04:03)
2. The Fall – Lay Of The Land (05:44)
3. The Fall – Couldn't Get Ahead (02:37)
4. The Fall – Bombast (03:09)
5. The Fall – Paintwork (06:40)
6. The Fall – L.A. (04:12)
7. The Fall – Mr. Pharmacist (02:21)
8. The Fall – Dktr. Faustus (05:34)
9. The Fall – Shoulder Pads 1# (02:57)
10. The Fall – Excerpt From Hey! Luciani Play (03:01)
11. The Fall – There's A Ghost In My House (02:38)
12. The Fall – Hit The North Part 4 (05:56)
13. The Fall – Guest Informant (05:50)
14. The Fall – A Day In The Life (04:24)
15. The Fall – Athlete Cured (05:53)
16. The Fall – Bremen Nacht (LP Version) (07:07)
17. The Fall – Big New Prinz (03:25)
18. The Fall – Dead Beat Descendant (02:26)
Disc 3 (01:18:27)
1. The Fall – Telephone Thing (Alternate Version) (04:38)
2. The Fall – Bill Is Dead (04:32)
3. The Fall – Arms Control Poseur (Single Version) (05:04)
4. The Fall – Theme From Error-Orrori (04:13)
5. Mark E Smith, M Beddington, S Hanley & S Wolstencroft – The Re-Mixer (06:04)
6. The Fall – Free Range (Single Version) (04:19)
7. The Fall – Ed's Babe (03:18)
8. The Fall – Arid Al's Dream (04:50)
9. The Fall – Glam Racket (03:14)
10. The Fall – A Past Gone Mad (Alternate Version) (04:40)
11. The Fall – Behind The Counter (Single Version) (03:11)
12. The Fall – M5 (Single Version) (03:29)
13. The Fall – The Joke (02:52)
14. The Fall – Noel's Chemical Effluence (06:24)
15. DOSE – Plug Myself In (7" Nero Mix) (feat. MES) (03:58)
16. The Fall – He Pep! (03:09)
17. Inch – Inch (feat. MES) (04:04)
18. The Fall – Recipe For Fascism (01:00)
19. The Fall – Ten Houses Of Eve (Remix) (03:42)
20. The Fall – Calendar (01:46)
Disc 4 (01:14:37)
1. Mark E Smith – The Horror In Clay (05:22)
2. The Fall – Touch Sensitive (Dance Mix) (07:11)
3. The Fall – Shake-Off (03:05)
4. The Fall – Tom Raggazzi (02:20)
5. The Fall – Two Librans (Demo) (03:38)
6. The Fall – Dr. Bucks' Letter (05:20)
7. The Fall – Distilled Mug Art (03:35)
8. Mark E. Smith – Pander! Panda! Panzer! (Excerpt) (03:44)
9. The Fall – Susan Vs Youthclub (Remix) (03:54)
10. The Fall – Mike's Love Xexagon (Original Version) (05:14)
11. The Fall – Last Commands Of Xyralothep Via MES (03:20)
12. The Fall – (We Are) Mod Mock Goth (04:43)
13. The Fall – Portugal (03:38)
14. The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C. #2 (03:51)
15. The Fall – I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Slow Version) (03:15)
16. The Fall – Blindness (Alternate Version) (07:54)
17. The Fall – Fall Sound (Alternate Version) (04:33)
Disc 5 (01:04:46)
1. The Fall – Hey! Fascist (02:41)
2. The Fall – Brand New Cadillac (04:12)
3. The Fall – My Condition (04:00)
4. The Fall – Pop Stickers (03:37)
5. The Fall – Session Musician (08:31)
6. The Fall – Middle Mass Explanation (06:18)
7. The Fall – I'm Into C.B. (Stars On 45 Version) (03:13)
8. The Fall – C'n'C-Black Night (05:33)
9. The Fall – Perverted By Language (01:30)
10. The Fall – He Talks (02:47)
11. The Fall – Hey! Marc Riley (03:42)
12. The Fall – Countdown (01:50)
13. The Fall – Race With The Devil (02:30)
14. The Fall – Tunnel (02:14)
15. The Fall – Interferance (02:24)
16. The Fall – Jet Boy (02:40)
17. The Fall – Walk Like A Man (03:45)
18. The Fall – The Boss (03:19)
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