Fall Heads Roll

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Fall Heads Roll
Studio album by The Fall
Released	3 October 2005 (UK) 4 October 2005 (US)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Rock
Length	55:54
Label	Slogan (UK) Narnack Records (US)
Producer	Mark E. Smith, Simon Archer, Tim Gracielands
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Blender [1] Pitchforkmedia (7.8/10) 10 Oct. 2005
The Fall chronology
The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 (2005) Fall Heads Roll (2005) Reformation! Post-TLC (2007)
Alternative cover
Front cover of US issue

Fall Heads Roll is an album by The Fall, released in 2005. It was recorded at Gracielands Studios in Rochdale, UK and Gigantic Studios in New York, NY. The US vinyl edition of the record is pressed on two discs and contains an alternate version of the track "Blindness". (One version of this tune is heard in the 2007 U.S. television ad campaign for the Mitsubishi Outlander.[2])

Although the group had reissued several earlier albums and their Peel Sessions box set through the Sanctuary group (on their Castle imprint), this was the first album of new material to be released by them, on this occasion appearing on their Slogan label. In the US, the album was their second with Narnack Records.

[edit] Track listing

1. Ride Away (Poulou/Smith) – 5:01
2. Pacifying Joint (Smith) – 3:46
3. What About Us? (Smith/Poulou) – 5:51
4. Midnight Aspen (Smith/Trafford) – 3:13
5. Assume (Smith) – 4:07
6. Aspen Reprise (Smith/Trafford) – 1:52
7. Blindness (Smith/Birtwistle) – 7:23 (7:11 on US 2LP)
8. I Can Hear the Grass Grow (Wood) – 2:49
9. Bo Demmick (Smith/Trafford/Birtwistle/Pritchard) – 4:15
10. Youwanner (Smith/Archer/Pritchard) – 5:02
11. Clasp Hands (Smith/Trafford) – 2:45
12. Early Days of Channel Führer (Smith/Pritchard) – 3:48
13. Breaking the Rules (Walker) – 2:26
14. Trust in Me (Smith/Trafford) – 3:34

[edit] Miscellanea

In a March 2005 interview with Kitchen Sink magazine, Mark E. Smith cited The Heads Are Rolling and If You Assume as two possible titles for the then-unfinished album.

[edit] Personnel

• The Fall:
  • Mark E. Smith – vocals
  • Ben Pritchard – guitar
  • Steve Trafford – bass guitar also vocals and guitars on "Youwanner", "Midnight In Aspen", "I Can Hear The Grass Grow", "Clasp Hands", "Early Days Of Channel Führer" and "Trust In Me"
  • Spencer Birtwistle – drums
  • Elena Poulou – keyboards, vocals
• Simon "Dingo" Archer – bass guitar on "Youwanner" and "Trust In Me", banjo on "Clasp Hands", vocals on "Trust in Me"
• Billy Pavone – vocals on "Trust in Me", guitar on "Blindness" (Alternate Version)
• Kenny Cummings – vocals on "Trust in Me"
• Phil Schuster – vocals on "Trust in Me"

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