Grotesque

by The Fall

Grotesque cover art

Subtitled 'After the Gramme', The Fall's third studio album is a brilliantly abrasive, unapologetically challenging milestone of Northern English post-punk. Driven by Marc Riley's rockabilly-tinged guitar riffs and incredibly repetitive rhythms, Mark E. Smith delivers highly manic, deeply sarcastic, and wonderfully cryptic punk poetry detailing grim working-class life.

Genres

  • Post-Punk
  • Art Punk

Tracklist

  1. Pay Your Rates
  2. English Scheme
  3. New Face In Hell
  4. C 'n' C-S Mithering
  5. The Container Drivers
  6. Impression of J. Temperence
  7. In the Park
  8. WMC-Blob 59
  9. Gramme Friday
  10. The NWRA
  11. How I Wrote Elastic Man
  12. City Hobgoblins
  13. Totally Wired
  14. Putta Block (Single Version)
  15. Mark E. Smith Self-Interview 1980