Disco de The Fall: “Fall In: Palace of Swords Reversed”

The Fall brought out tons of material, but this may be their best compilation. It consists of singles they brought out on Rough Trade between 80 and 83. We have the great "Prole Art Threat" from their Slates EP, and some of their best singles: "Totally Wired" ("I drunk a jar of coffee, and then I took some of theeese"), "The Man whose head expanded", "Marquis Cha-Cha" and "Kicker Conspiracy". "Wings" was the flipside of the "Kicker Conspiracy" double single and is surely one of the best Fall songs ever. "Neighborhood of Infinity" comes as a great live version which is far superior to the the studio one on "Perverted by Language". This is a great record, most of the tracks are classics you will not find anywhere else. One drawback: the original release of this CD had two more tracks from which I especially miss "City Hobgoblins".

For the 2-disc version.

This is the 1998 Cog Sinister/Voiceprint label reissue (COGVP107CD) of this 1987 compilation

The initial 1,000 copies came with a bonus CD featuring:

01. Look, Know

02. Tempo House

03. I'm Into C.B.

04. Mere Pseudo Mag Editor (Smith)

Tracks 1-4 recorded live at Derby Hall, Bury on 27 April 1982 (although the CD cover says the tracks come from the Band On The Wall, Manchester 1982).

It's really too bad this one is currently out of print (2006). I bought this on LP(!!) and was the first introduction to the Fall, and I've been a big fan since. While most of their early albums are worth picking up, this really is an excellent overview of what I consider their best period (1980-1983. It's very varied and well put together. If you can pick this up at a decent price, definitely get it!

This is ideal for someone just starting to check out this band.

essentially the singer cant sing,the band cant play but this is pure unadulterated punk ethos.its your uncle bob ,the black sheep of the family,lashed out of his mind and his mates wandering into a cheap music shop thrashing about and generally making fools of themselves.and then devine intervention,uncle bob(mark e smith)in his angry mancunian drawling rap,has something to say,i dont know what but im intriged,later fasinated and theyve got you,your a fan,an obsesive.heres the fall in all there glory,its a two fingered salute to all the pretentious musso pretenders.heres a chunk of a kind of reality served up cold smack in your face.hurrah!

the tides begin to shift drastically for the fall after numerous personnel changes, a practice that's as true today as it was then.everything on this compilation points towards the greatness that mark e smith and his crew were about to plunge into. while there are some great songs and wonderful moments on this disc, as there are with even the most jumbled fall releases, i'd have to say that this collection is best as a looking back point for the faithful, as opposed to a primer for the uninitiated, as it seems to have been originally intended.

new to the band? check out the latest and greatest lo-fi-hi-concept cd that can't land a stateside release, "areyouaremissingwinner?", or the already classics, "the infotainment scan", "code-selfish", "shift-work", "the frenz experiment", or even the grand 2000 release, "the unutterable".