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The Fall
Released 1985

Spoilt Victorian Child
04:13
961 plays

Barmy
05:20
898 plays

Mansion
01:21
865 plays

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- 1
- Mansion
- 01:21
- 865 plays

- 2
- Bombast
- 03:08
- 840 plays

- 3
- Barmy
- 05:20
- 898 plays

- 4
- What You Need
- 04:49
- 689 plays

- 5
- Spoilt Victorian Child
- 04:13
- 961 plays

- 6
- L.A.
- 04:09
- 598 plays

- 7
- Vixen
- 04:01
- 503 plays

- 8
- Couldn't Get Ahead
- 02:36
- 411 plays

- 9
- Gut Of The Quantifier
- 05:15
- 453 plays

- 10
- My New House
- 05:15
- 577 plays

- 11
- Paint Work
- 06:38
- 533 plays

- 12
- I Am Damo Suzuki
- 05:41
- 670 plays

- 13
- To Nk Roachment: Yarbles
- 01:22
- 354 plays

- 14
- Petty (Thief) Lout
- 05:20
- 404 plays

- 15
- Rollin' Dany
- 02:23
- 335 plays

- 16
- Cruisers Creek
- 04:15
- 374 plays

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album review

"Feel the wrath of my Bombast!" exhorts Smith on this follow-up to their groundbreaking Wonderful and Frightening World of... the Fall, and this collection is ample proof of the pure confidence the group had at this time. Stompers like "Barmy," "What You Need," and the mighty "Gut of the Quantifier" are all led by Brix Smith's twanging lead hooks, filled by distorted guitars and bludgeoning drums, on top of which Smith rants with conviction. But it's the departures from this sound that mark the real interest here: The synth-driven "L.A." looks ahead to the Fall's experiments with electronica; "Paint Work" is an impressionist piece interrupted by Smith accidentally erasing over some of the track at home; and "I Am Damo Suzuki," a tribute to Can's lead singer, which borrows its arrangement from several of that group's songs. The Fall sound mysterious, down-to-earth, and hilarious all at the same time. The CD reissue adds the singles "Cruiser's Creek" and "Couldn't Get Ahead" as well as their B-sides making this an essential purchase. ~ Ted Mills, All Music Guide