Perverted by Language
by The Fall
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 December 1983
- Label: Rough Trade
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 2:20:16
- Community rating: 4.03/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Adrian Niman, Mark E. Smith, Karl Burns, Brix Smith, Craig Scanlon, Paul Hanley, Marc Riley, Stephen Hanley
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Introducing Brix Smith to the lineup, 'Perverted by Language' finds The Fall refining their abrasive post-punk sound without losing an ounce of their signature, repetitive weirdness. Mark E. Smith鈥檚 highly abstract, incredibly cryptic punk poetry is snarled over grating, dissonant guitar lines and relentless, driving drum beats. The album is a brilliantly sarcastic, raw, and slightly more melodic evolution of their idiosyncratic aesthetic.
Genres
Descriptors: repetitive, satirical, dissonant
Tracklist
Credits
- The Fall - primary artist
- Stephen Hanley - bass, written-by
- Claus Castenskiold - design [front cover]
- Karl Burns - drums, bass, written-by
- Paul Hanley - drums, electronics, written-by
- Brix Smith - guitar, vocals, written-by
- Craig Scanlon - guitar, vocals, written-by
- BilBo - lacquer cut by
- Ron Sumner - photography by [slides]
- Steve Parker - producer
- Mark E. Smith - vocals, piano, violin, written-by
- Marc Riley - written-by
- Heather Hanley - recorded by [live]
- Oz McCormick - recorded by [live]
- Adrian Niman - written-by