458489 A Sides

by The Fall

458489 A Sides cover art

Chronologicalizing the band's incredibly prolific tenure on the Beggars Banquet label, this compilation offers a concentrated blast of The Fall's most accessible, yet still highly abrasive, material. Mark E. Smith's sardonic, stream-of-consciousness poetry is backed by repetitive, jagged art-punk structures that playfully flirted with mainstream pop conventions. It serves as arguably the finest single-disc introduction to the notoriously massive and intimidating catalog of the Manchester post-punk legends.

Genres

  • Post-Punk

Tracklist

  1. Oh! Brother
  2. C.R.E.E.P.
  3. No Bulbs 3
  4. Rollin’ Dany
  5. Couldn’t Get Ahead
  6. Cruiser’s Creek
  7. L.A.
  8. Living Too Late
  9. Hit the North, Part 1
  10. Mr. Pharmacist
  11. Hey! Luciani
  12. There’s a Ghost in My House
  13. Victoria
  14. Big New Prinz
  15. Wrong Place, Right Time No. 2
  16. Jerusalem
  17. Dead Beat Descendant