The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

by The Fall

The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 October 1984
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:11:36
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Karl Burns, Brix Smith, Craig Scanlon, Paul Hanley, Mark E. Smith, Stephen Hanley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Introducing Brix Smith's sharp pop sensibilities into their famously abrasive sound, The Fall achieved a remarkably potent, highly rhythmic balance of art-punk and accessibility. Mark E. Smith delivers surreal, biting, and deeply cryptic social satire over driving, incredibly repetitive post-punk grooves and newly incorporated synthesizers. The album is a highly energetic, sarcastic, and distinctively British underground classic.

Genres

Descriptors: leftfield, repetitive, satirical, abrasive, idiosyncratic, guitars, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Lay Of The Land (5:44)
  2. 2 X 4 (3:37)
  3. Copped It (4:15)
  4. Elves (4:47)
  5. Oh! Brother (4:00)
  6. Draygo's Guilt (4:29)
  7. God-box (3:18)
  8. Clear Off! (4:40)
  9. C.R.E.E.P. (3:08)
  10. Pat-trip Dispenser (3:59)
  11. Slang King (5:20)
  12. Bug Day (4:58)
  13. Stephen Song (3:04)
  14. Craigness (3:03)
  15. Disney's Dream Debased (5:17)
  16. No Bulbs (7:50)

Credits

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