The Infotainment Scan

by The Fall

The Infotainment Scan cover art

Recorded amid the burgeoning UK dance scene, Mark E. Smith's perpetually evolving group integrated contemporary techno rhythms and digital sequencing into their trademark jagged post-punk sound. The result is an uncharacteristically buoyant and successful entry in their vast discography, highlighted by sharp lyrical takedowns of mass media and modern leisure.

Genres

  • Post-Punk
  • Alternative Dance

Tracklist

  1. Ladybird (Green Grass)
  2. Lost in Music
  3. Glam-Racket
  4. I'm Going to Spain
  5. It's a Curse
  6. Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room
  7. Service
  8. The League of Bald-Headed Men
  9. Past Gone Mad
  10. Light / Fireworks
  11. Why Are People Grudgeful?
  12. League Moon Monkey Mix
  13. Ladybird (Green Grass) - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  14. Strychnine - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  15. Service - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  16. Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  17. Glam Racket - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  18. War - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  19. 15 Ways - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  20. A Past Gone Mad - Live, John Peel Session #16, 13/3/93
  21. Why Are People so Grudgeful? - Single Version
  22. Glam Racket - Single Version
  23. The Re-Mixer - Single Version
  24. Lost in Music - Single Version
  25. A Past Gone Mad - Alternate Version
  26. Instrumental Outtake
  27. Service - Instrumental Demo
  28. Glam Racket - Instrumental Demo
  29. Lost in Music - Mix 3
  30. Lost in Music - Mix 7
  31. Lost in Music - Mix 14