Like many Fall fans (I'm sure) I have spent my time ploughing through that large Fall back-catalogue since Mark passed away but rather than focus on the Brix years I grew up with or the more punky early stuff I also knew I was eager to discover the stuff I'd missed. This being stuff from the second half/later part of The Fall's mighty history. So it almost became like a project or a mission and I went through the last 15 Fall studios one by one but not in order. I was pleasantly surprised and even discovered FALL HEADS ROLL, IMPERIAL WAX SOLVENT and THE NEW REAL FALL LP are infact amazing albums that stand up as classics alongside THIS NATION'S..., DRAGNET, GROTESQUE etc... BUT in all honesty I have also got many favourites such as The Unutterable, Reformation TLC, Sub-Lingual, Missing Winner, Levitate etc....etc... I only really find Ersatz GB hard going. So anyway as a result of all this I made my own compilation album. The title "Fifteen Minus One" stems from the fact I took fifteen albums and selected one tune from each.
I was careful what I picked and was keen to make a compilation that perhaps covers all Fall angles. I chose not to go for singles as you can get Fall singles compilations easy enough which cover this and also avoided obvious choices and biggies like "Blindness" etc.. Cover versions are a plenty through The Fall's history so I've highlighted this with Mark's version of Wanda Jackson's rockabilly classic "Funnel Of Love" and even included an Elena lead-vocal tune to show the diversity of The Fall's music. Some may pick holes and disagree with my selections which is fine but it is interesting people like different stuff from different times and anyway you could always make yer own compilation if you don't like mine! I'd love to see the results! Maybe I should have named this post "Fall Compilation Challenge!"
So here we go.... fifteen songs/one-each from The Fall albums "Cerebral Caustic" in 1995 right through to the final album "New Facts Emerge" in 2017....
VENICE WITH THE GIRLS
BOURGEOIS TOWN
WOLF KIDULT MAN
MASK SEARCH
ASSUME
LIFE JUST BOUNCES
OPEN THE BOXOCTOSIS 2
INTERLUDE/CILINISM
WAY ROUND
FUNNEL OF LOVE
THE WRIGHT STUFF
JETPLANE
THE CRYING MARSHAL
I COME AND STAND AT YOUR DOOR
NINE OUT OF TEN
Was going to write which album each track comes from but got lazy from all the typing towards the end. Can do if anyone requests.
Download the compilation here: https://mega.nz/#F!x98G1DIA!vmO014C5HJxS34AdUYEKbA
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