The Fall discography
The Fall discography | |
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The Fall in Hamburg, 13 April 1984 | |
Studio albums | 32 |
Live albums | 32 |
Compilation albums | 40 |
EPs | 13 |
Singles | 46 |
Part studio, part live albums | 5 |
Mark E. Smith | 2 |
Rock band the Fall have released a large number of recordings since their inception in 1976, often inviting use of the tag 'prolific'. Their first release as a group was the EP Bingo-Master's Break Out! (1978), and they have released a studio album at a rate of almost one a year since 1979.
The Fall's debut release was on a compilation album: "Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus" Two Tracks Were Included Stepping Out And Last Orders. Recorded live at the Electric Circus, Manchester, on the 1st and 2nd October 1977 And Released by Virgin Records in 1978 On 10 Inch Blue Vinyl.
Albums
Studio albums
Year | Title | Chart positions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [1][2] |
UK Indie [3] |
NZ [4] | |||
1979 | Live at the Witch Trials
|
– | – | – | |
Dragnet
|
– | – | – | ||
1980 | Grotesque (After the Gramme)
|
– | 1 | 38 | |
1982 | Hex Enduction Hour
|
71 | 2 | 11 | |
Room to Live
|
– | 4 | – | ||
1983 | Perverted by Language
|
– | 1 | – | |
1984 | The Wonderful and Frightening World Of...
|
62 | – | – | |
1985 | This Nation's Saving Grace
|
54 | – | – | |
1986 | Bend Sinister
|
36 | – | – | |
1988 | The Frenz Experiment
|
19 | – | – | |
I Am Kurious Oranj
|
54 | – | – | ||
1990 | Extricate
|
31 | – | – | |
1991 | Shift-Work
|
17 | – | – | |
1992 | Code: Selfish
|
21 | – | – | |
1993 | The Infotainment Scan
|
9 | – | – | |
1994 | Middle Class Revolt
|
48 | – | – | |
1995 | Cerebral Caustic
|
67 | – | – | |
1996 | The Light User Syndrome
|
54 | – | – | |
1997 | Levitate
|
117 | – | – | |
1999 | The Marshall Suite
|
84 | – | – | |
2000 | The Unutterable
|
136 | – | – | |
2001 | Are You Are Missing Winner
|
– | 43 | – | |
2003 | The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
|
156 | 13 | – | |
2005 | Fall Heads Roll
|
115 | 13 | – | |
2007 | Reformation! Post-TLC
|
78 | 1 | – | |
2008 | Imperial Wax Solvent
|
35 | – | – | |
2010 | Your Future Our Clutter
|
38 | 1 | – | |
2011 | Ersatz GB
|
88 | 9 | – | |
2013 | Re-Mit
|
40 | 9 | – | |
2015 | Sub-Lingual Tablet
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58 | 8 | – | |
2017 | New Facts Emerge
|
35 [5] |
3 | – | |
"–" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Part studio, part live albums
Year | Title | Chart positions | |||
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UK [1][2] |
UK Indie [3] |
NZ [4] | |||
1980 | Totale's Turns
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– | 1 | – | |
1989 | Seminal Live
|
40 | – | – | |
1995 | The Twenty-Seven Points
|
– | – | – | |
2002 | 2G+2
|
116 | – | – | |
2004 | Interim
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– | – | – | |
"–" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Live albums
- Live in London 1980 (1982) UK Indie #7[3]
- A Part of America Therein, 1981 (1982) UK Indie #9[3]
- Fall in a Hole (1983) NZ #47[4]
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1993)
- In the City... (1997)
- 15 Ways to Leave Your Man, Live (1997)
- Live to Air in Melbourne 1982 (1998)
- Live Various Years (1998)
- Nottingham 92 (1998)
- Live 1977 (2000)
- I Am as Pure as Oranj (2000)
- Live in Cambridge 1988 (2000)
- Austurbaejarbio (Live in Reykjavik 1983) (2001)
- Live in Zagreb (2001)
- Liverpool 78 (2001)
- Touch Sensitive... Bootleg Box Set (2003)
- The Idiot Joy Show (2003)
- Live at the Phoenix Festival (2003)
- Live at Deeply Vale (2005)
- Live from the Vaults – Oldham 1978 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults – Retford 1978 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults – Los Angeles 1979 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults – Glasgow 1981 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults – Alter Bahnoff, Hof, Germany 1981 (2005)
- Pearl City (Roskilde 1996) (2005)
- Live at the Knitting Factory, New York 9 April 2001 (2007)
- Live at the Garage, London 20 April 2002 (2007)
- Live at the Knitting Factory, LA 14 November 2001 (2007)
- Live at the ATP Festival 28 April 2002 (2007)
- Last Night at The Palais (2009)
- Live in San Francisco (2013)
- Live Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son (2014)
Two live tracks by the Fall also appeared on the Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus compilation 10" EP, in 1978.
Compilation albums
Year | Title | UK position |
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1981 | 77–Early Years–79 | UK Indie #6[3] |
1985 | Hip Priest and Kamerads | UK Indie #4[3] |
1986 | Nord-West Gas | |
1987 | Palace of Swords Reversed | UK Indie #1[3] |
1990 | 458489 A Sides | |
458489 B Sides | UK #44[1] | |
1993 | The Collection | |
1994 | Backdrop | |
1996 | Sinister Waltz | |
Fiend with a Violin | ||
Oswald Defence Lawyer | ||
1997 | The Archive Series | |
The Less You Look, the More You Find | ||
Oxymoron | ||
Cheetham Hill | ||
1998 | Smile... It's the Best of | |
Northern Attitude | ||
1999 | The Peel Sessions | |
2000 | A Past Gone Mad | |
Psykick Dancehall | ||
2001 | A World Bewitched | |
2002 | Totally Wired – The Rough Trade Anthology | |
The Rough Trade Singles Box | ||
High Tension Line | ||
Listening In | ||
Early Singles | ||
2003 | It's the New Thing! The Step Forward Years | |
Words of Expectation – BBC Sessions | ||
The War Against Intelligence – The Fontana Years | ||
Rebellious Jukebox | ||
Time Enough at Last | ||
2004 | 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong – 39 Golden Greats | UK #117[2] |
2005 | The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 | UK #139[2] (#97 on 2013 re-issue) |
2006 | The Permanent Years – Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room | |
2007 | The Fall Box Set 1976–2007 | |
2008 | I've Never Felt Better in My Life: 1979–1982 | |
2009 | Rebellious Jukebox Volume 2 | |
2010 | Rebellious Jukebox Volume 3 | |
2013 | 13 Killers | |
The Fall 5 Albums |
Mark E. Smith spoken word albums
Mark E. Smith, the Fall's lead singer and only constant member, has also released two albums of solo material:
- The Post Nearly Man (1998)
- Pander! Panda! Panzer! (2002)
Extended plays
- Bingo-Master's Break-Out! (1978)
- "Psycho Mafia"/"Bingo-Master"/"Repetition"
- Fiery Jack (1980) UK Indie #4[3]
- "Fiery Jack"/"2nd Dark Age"/"Psyckick Dancehall #2"
- Slates (1981)
- "Middle Mass"/"An Older Lover"/"Prole Art Threat"/"Fit And Working Again"/"Slates, Slags Etc."/"Leave The Capitol"
- CREEP (1984)
- "CREEP"(extended)/"Pat Trip Dispenser"/"Poem"/"CREEP"
- Call for Escape Route (1984)
- "Draygo's Guilt"/"Clear Off"/"No Bulbs"
- (came with free 7") "No Bulbs 3"/"Slang King 2"
- Peel Sessions (1987) UK Indie #3[3]
- "Put Away"/"Mess of My"/"No Xmas for John Key"/"Like to Blow"
- The Dredger (1990)
- "White Lightning"/"Blood Outta Stone"/"Zagreb" (Movements I & II & III)/"Life Just Bounces"
- Kimble (1993)
- CD: "Kimble"/"Gut of the Quantifier"/"Spoilt Victorian Child"/"Words of Expectation"
- 12": "Kimble"/"C'n'C-Hassle Schmuk"/"Spoilt Victorian Child"/"Words Of Expectation"
- The Fall vs 2003 (2003) UK #64[1]
- "Susan vs Youthclub"/"Janet vs Johnny"/"Susan vs Youthclub" (remix)
- (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas (2003)
- "(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas"/"(We Are) Mod Mock Goth"/"(Birtwistle's) Girl in Shop"/"Recovery Kit #2"
- Rude (All the Time) (2005)
- "Distilled Mug Art"/"I Wake Up in the City"/"Where's the Fuckin Taxi? Cunt"/My Ex-Classmates' Kids"
- The Remainderer (2013)
- "The Remainderer"/"Amorator!"/"Mister Rode"/"Rememberance R"/"Say Mama/Race With the Devil"/Touchy Pad"
- Wise Ol' Man (2016)
- "Wise Ol' Man (Edit)"/"All Leave Cancelled"/"Dedication (Remix)"/"Wise Ol' Man (Instrumental)"/"Venice With Girls"/"Facebook Troll/No Xmas For John Quay"/"All Leave Cancelled (X)"
Singles
Year | Title | Chart positions | |||
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UK [1][2] |
UK Indie [3] |
NZ [4] | |||
1978 | "It's the New Thing" b/w "Various Times" |
– | – | – | |
1979 | "Rowche Rumble" b/w "In My Area" |
– | 31 | – | |
1980 | "Fiery Jack'" b/w "2nd Dark Age" & "Psykick Dancehall #2" |
– | – | ||
"How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'" b/w "City Hobgoblins" |
– | 2 | – | ||
"Totally Wired" b/w "Putta Block" |
– | 2 | 25 | ||
1981 | "Lie Dream of a Casino Soul" b/w "Fantastic Life" |
– | 5 | 17 | |
1982 | "Look, Know" b/w "I'm into C. B.!" |
– | 4 | – | |
"Marquis Cha-Cha" b/w "Room to Live" |
– | – | – | ||
1983 | "The Man Whose Head Expanded" b/w "Ludd Gang" |
– | 3 | 35 | |
"Kicker Conspiracy" b/w "Wings" |
– | 5 | – | ||
1984 | "Oh! Brother" b/w "God Box" |
93 | – | – | |
"C.R.E.E.P." b/w "Pat-Trip Dispenser" |
91 | – | – | ||
"Draygo's Guilt" b/w "Clear Off"/"No Bulbs" (7" package is titled Call For Escape Route) |
99 | – | – | ||
1985 | "Couldn't Get Ahead" b/w "Rollin' Dany" |
90 | – | – | |
"Cruiser's Creek" b/w "Vixen" |
96 | – | – | ||
1986 | "Living Too Late" b/w "Hot Aftershave Bop" |
97 | – | – | |
"Mr. Pharmacist" b/w "Lucifer Over Lancashire" |
75 | – | – | ||
"Hey! Luciani" b/w "Entitled" |
59 | – | – | ||
1987 | "There's a Ghost in My House" b/w "Haf Found Bormann" |
30 | – | – | |
"Hit the North" b/w "Australians In Europe"/"Northerns In Europ"/Hit The North parts 2 through 6 variously |
57 | – | – | ||
1988 | "Victoria" b/w "Tuff Life Booogie" |
35 | – | – | |
"Jerusalem" b/w "Acid Priest"/"Big New Prinz"/"Wrong Place, Right Time" |
59 | – | – | ||
1989 | "Cab It Up!" b/w "Dead Beat Descendant" |
81 | – | – | |
1990 | "Telephone Thing" b/w "British People in Hot Weather" |
58 | – | – | |
"Popcorn Double Feature" b/w "Arms Control Poseur" |
84 | – | – | ||
"White Lightning" b/w "Blood Outta Stone" |
56 | – | – | ||
"High Tension Line" b/w "Xmas with Simon" |
97 | – | – | ||
1992 | "Free Range" b/w "Everything Hurtz" |
40 | – | – | |
"Ed's Babe" b/w "Pumpkin Head Xscapes" / "The Knight, The Devil and Death"/"Free Ranger" |
– | – | – | ||
"Kimble" b/w "Gut of the Quantifier" |
– | – | – | ||
1993 | "Why Are People Grudgeful?" b/w "Glam-Racket" |
43 | – | – | |
"Behind the Counter" b/w "War"/"Cab Driver" |
75 | – | – | ||
1994 | "15 Ways" b/w "Hey! Student"/"The $500 Bottle of Wine" |
65 | – | – | |
1996 | "The Chiselers" b/w "Chilinist" |
60 | – | – | |
1998 | "Masquerade" b/w "Ivanhoes Two Pence"/"Spencer Must Die (Live)"/"Ten Houses of Eve (Remix)" |
69 | – | – | |
1999 | "Touch Sensitive" b/w "Antidote"/"Touch Sensitive (Dance Mix)" |
104 | – | – | |
"F-'oldin' Money" b/w "Perfect Day (New Version)"/"Birthday Song (New Mix)" |
114 | – | – | ||
2001 | "Rude (All the Time)" b/w "I Wake Up in the City" |
– | – | – | |
2002 | "Susan vs. Youthclub" b/w "Janet Vs. Johnny" |
64 | – | – | |
2004 | "Theme from Sparta F.C. #2" b/w "My Ex's Classmate's Kids" |
66 | – | – | |
2005 | "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" b/w "Clasp Hands" |
104 | – | – | |
2006 | "Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy" b/w "Monk Time" B-side performed by Alec Empire/Gary Burger |
– | – | – | |
2007 | "Reformation!" b/w "Over Over"/"My Door Is Never"/"Reformation! (Edit)" |
– | – | – | |
2009 | "Slippy Floor" b/w "Hot Cake – Part 2" |
– | – | – | |
2010 | "Bury!" b/w "Cowboy Gregorie" |
– | – | – | |
2011 | "Laptop Dog" b/w "Cosmo 7"/"Monocard" |
– | – | – | |
2012 | "Victrola Time" b/w /"Taking Off" (7" package is titled Night of the Humerons) |
– | – | – | |
2013 | "Sir William Wray" b/w "Jetplane"/"Hittite Man" |
– | – | – | |
"–" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Chart Stats – The Fall". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Chart Log UK: Adam F – FYA". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz, 1994–2009. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Indie Hits "F"". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 "charts.org.nz – Discography The Fall". 2006–2010 Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums
External links
- Discography at the Fall online formerly: The Official Fall Website (1998 – Feb 2006); The Unofficial Fall Website (February 2006 – October 2007)
- The Fall discography at MusicBrainz