What are the best 10 Fall tracks of all time then?

How He Wrote Elastic Man? Honestly... hardly qualifies as a fall track. Where's the NOIZU for one?

The Frenz Experiment is curiously underrepresented on these lists.

Frenz? Nah - post-1982-ish Fall is too slick to merit consideration. The true heart of the mighty Fall beats in the gnarled, beer n' woodbines sound of Dragnet and the early singles.

Sterling - are you making an odd Elastica joke or do you genuinely not like 'How I Wrote Elastic Man'? You forget I'm a lyric man.

I love 'The Frenz Experiment'. It got 6/10 in the NME. Idiots.

N. -- dumb Elastica joke.

First 10 that came to mind, so might be my favourites, then again might not:

Totally Wired, U.S. 80s-90s, Guest Informant, Rowche Rumble, The Classical, Athlete Cured, Winter, Bremen Nacht, Kimble, Cab It Up

today's list

The Classical
Various Times
Who Makes The Nazis
New Face In Hell
In The Park
An Older Lover
In My Area
Copped It
Paint Work
Your Heart Out

I forgot No Bulbs!!! and The Man Whose Head Expanded! and ...

I don't understand the fuss about 'The Man Whose Head Expanded'. I really should have had 'New Face In Hell' but that would have made FOUR tracks from Grotesque and that would just be mad.

Archer Prewitt is the king of fall songs. "White Sky" and "In the Sun" being the perfect two.

Jeff W's list matches what I would do the most closely.

My ten favourites in no particular order are English Scheme, C 'n' C- s-Mithering, New Puritan, Slates, Slags etc., Just Step S'Ways, Lie Dream of a Casino Soul, Eat Y'Self Fitter, Wings, Paint Work and Hit the North.

very difficult question, so i will just add that smile and various times should be on any list.

shoulder pads #1 i'm into c.b. kicker consipiracy paintwork wings

these are the first four that come to mind. i mean five. etc.

oh yeah: i'm a mummy creep etc.

i lurve lots of fall stuff but there is still HEAPS i haven't heard or haven't heard enough. my two current faves are "putta block" and "i'm into CB".

Not QUITE my favorite band ever, but they've made more albums I love than any other...

So my top 10:

1) U.S. '80s-'90s 2) Prole Art Threat 3) Totally Wired 4) 4 1/2 Inch 5) Leave The Capitol 6) How I Wrote "Elastic Man" 7) Put Away 8) Wings 9) Black Monk Theme pt. 1 (yes it's a cover) 10) The Container-Drivers

Mark Dixon's list, as you can see, is spookily similar to mine. We are soul brothers.

Dave225 manages to pick a selection of my least favourite tracks. Even spookier.

"The Nose One" by Shoes This High.

Mark Dixon's list is v. good.

Some more I forgot: ....Australians In Europe, Lay Of The Land, Psykick Dancehall, Chicago Now!, Spoilt Victorian Child, Glam-Racket, British People In Hot Weather, Futures & Pasts....

married, 2 kids 500 dollar bottle of wine totally wired chicago, now what you need my new house big new prinz eat y'self fitter shoulder pads ...and the next one i listen to.

I've added up all the replies (I'm anal like that) so according to this thread the most popular Fall tracks (Votes in()) are:

1. Totally wired(5) 1= Wings(5) 3= Paintwork(4) 3= Various times(4) 5= New face in hell(3) 5= Cab it up(3) 5= The classical(3) 5= Winter(3)

Altogether, 84 different tracks were mentioned, mainly from the Dragnet/Slates/Grotesque/Hex period. This probably means that the Fall's musical Canon is slightly bigger than most.

Here's a list of my 10 least favourite tracks (just to labour the thread a bit more) Popcorn double feature, L.A. Haf found Boorman, Dresden dolls, W.M.C. blob59, Fantastic life, The chizlers, Hard life in the country, Lucifer over Lancashire, Hot aftershave bop, Sleep debt snatches.

Still make a better album than the second Elastica one!

Well to start off with, let's say... L...L..L.A.A.A.A Elves Lost In Music (produced by MES... oh, *thats* how music's supposed to sound...) Spector VS Rector, from Totales Turns (our hero goes back into the moun-tains... ahh, quality.. or "that man".. "no xmas"... others...) M5..6..whatever it's called (off Middle Class Revolt) Rowche Rumble High Tension Line right, how many does that leave me? 3: Jawbone & the air rifle Now, 2: It's late, I'm feeling a little the worse for wear, and this is getting hard work, so how about Victoria and There's a Ghost in My House to finish things off? Or no, I've got it: Mollusc in Tyrol? Or that track off Cruisers Creek... "...suburbia holds more than you care for...", or Good Life in Country ("the valley rings with ice - cream - vans")
Coming soon: top ten Adult Net trax...
Hmm, Bill Rosenblatt. ... it seemed so plausible...

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prole art threat, older lover, totally wired, hip priest, Edinburgh Man (bit of a partisan choice, this one)....

Did i mention my mother does a mean MES impression