Slates

by The Fall

Slates cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 24 April 1981
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 55:43
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Dave Tucker, Paul Hanley, Geoff Travis, Kay Carroll, Grant Showbiz, Mark E. Smith, Marc Riley, Stephen Hanley, Craig Scanlon, Adrian Sherwood

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Intentionally priced to avoid standard album taxation rules, this release captures Mark E. Smith's sardonic songwriting at its most acerbic and literary. The band utilizes a jagged, two-drummer attack that leans heavily into repetitive, motorik-inspired rhythms. The frantic intellectualism on display significantly influenced the emerging landscape of British independent music.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, noisy, lo-fi, dissonant, satirical

Tracklist

  1. Middle Mass (3:32)
  2. An Older Lover etc. (4:35)
  3. Prole Art Threat (1:57)
  4. Fit and Working Again (2:58)
  5. Slags, Slates Etc. (6:31)
  6. Leave the Capitol (4:02)
  7. Middle Mass (Peel Session 31/3/81) (3:54)
  8. Lie Dream of a Casino Soul (Peel Session 31/3/81) (2:42)
  9. Hip Priest (Peel Session 31/3/81) (9:24)
  10. C 'n' C Hassle Schmuk (Peel Session 31/3/81) (4:11)
  11. Lie Dream of a Casino Soul (7" Version) (3:08)
  12. Fantastic Life (5:20)
  13. Medical Acceptance Gate (3:24)

Credits

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