50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats

by The Fall

50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 31 May 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:35:39
  • Community rating: 4.32/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Elena Smith, Dave Bush, Karl Burns, Stephen Hanley, Adam Helal, Lucy Rimmer, Tommy Crooks, Martin Bramah, Simon Wolstencroft, Paul Hanley, Dave Milner, Una Baines, Craig Scanlon, Tony Friel, Yvonne Pawlett, Marc Riley, Spencer Birtwistle, Simon 'Dingo' Archer, Marcia Schofield, Tom Head, Brix Smith, Kay Carroll, Mike Bennett, Brian Fanning, Mark E. Smith, Ben Pritchard, Jim Watts, Simon Rogers, Ed Blaney, Mike Leigh, Julia Nagle, Nev Wilding, Andy Hackett

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An incredibly ambitious attempt to distill the famously prolific, notoriously abrasive catalog of Mark E. Smith's post-punk institution into a single, cohesive double album. Spanning their jagged late-70s origins to their mid-2000s renaissance, the compilation navigates their constantly shifting lineups and stylistic detours. The tongue-in-cheek title nods to the infamous Elvis Presley compilation, cementing the band's status as fiercely independent cult legends.

Genres

Descriptors: compilation, talk-singing, eccentric, uncompromising, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. Repetition (4:56)
  2. Industrial Estate (1:41)
  3. Rowche Rumble (4:01)
  4. Fiery Jack (4:45)
  5. How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' (4:20)
  6. Totally Wired (3:25)
  7. New Face In Hell (5:41)
  8. Prole Art Threat (1:57)
  9. Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul (3:10)
  10. The Classical (5:17)
  11. Hip Priest (7:45)
  12. The Man Whose Head Expanded (4:25)
  13. Kicker Conspiracy (4:18)
  14. Eat Y'self Fitter (6:35)
  15. C.R.E.E.P. (2:56)
  16. No Bulbs 3 (4:29)
  17. Spoilt Victorian Child (4:13)
  18. Cruiser's Creek (4:17)
  19. U.S. 80's - 90's (4:36)
  20. Mr. Pharmacist (2:21)
  21. Living Too Late (4:30)
  22. Hey! Luciani (3:36)
  23. There's a Ghost in My House (2:37)
  24. Hit the North Part 1 (4:02)
  25. Victoria (2:45)
  26. Telephone Thing (4:10)
  27. High Tension Line (3:46)
  28. Free Range (4:20)
  29. Why Are People Grudgeful? (4:27)
  30. Behind The Counter (3:10)
  31. M5 (3:33)
  32. Feeling Numb (2:46)
  33. The Chiselers (3:13)
  34. Powder Keg (3:17)
  35. Masquerade (3:50)
  36. Touch Sensitive (3:15)
  37. Crop-Dust (5:33)
  38. Susan Vs Youthclub (3:37)
  39. Green Eyed Loco-Man (3:46)

Credits

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