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

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oh yeah: i'm a mummy creep etc.

Paul Barclay, Tuesday, 12 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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".

di, Tuesday, 12 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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

Douglas, Tuesday, 12 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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.

N., Wednesday, 13 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"The Nose One" by Shoes This High.

duane, Wednesday, 13 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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....

Jeff W, Wednesday, 13 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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.

pauls00, Wednesday, 13 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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!

Kris England, Thursday, 14 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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...

Bill Rosenblatt, Thursday, 14 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Pay Your Rates!!!

electric sound of jim, Sunday, 17 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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

Leigh Morrissey, Monday, 18 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link


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