the fall - imperial wax solvent

best fall album in a long long time.

50 year old man is stunning (the same track in three styles with a weird-ass banjo interlude), and the nod to dubstep on exploding chimney is hilarious.

there's another that i am SURE samples/apes/mocks steve miller band's abracadabra, lol

even mark's missus track is great.

does he slur?

he's pretty coherent on this one!

in places.

i picked up 'are you are missing winner' recently and its awful. i'm still buying the old ones so the new one isnt so interesting to me yet. maybe when i'm finished the 70's and 80's and desperate for more mes.

just picked up cerebal caustic (90s i know but it was cheap), room to live and b-sides.

i'd get this one andy. it's hex enduction hour good, maybe, and i don't say that lightly

  iep said:

he's pretty coherent on this one!

its pretty sad to listen to how sharp his voice used to be and how bad it was during the 90s.

i just finished his 'renegade' book. semi interesting read but mostly just "i did this i did that". good story about george best in there.

  kaini said:

i'd get this one andy. it's hex enduction hour good, maybe, and i don't say that lightly

ah but is it perverted by language good?

they printed some quotes in the wire. noel gallagher looking at the labels on his shirts was lol. wanna get that.

also there's a new book on eno out.

yeah some good bits.

theres another fall book i want to get about all the ex band members.

new eno book? link?

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle3986982.ece

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One of the interesting revelations in Sheppard's book, disclosed by Eno's long-term wife, Anthea Norman-Taylor, is that he chooses never to know how much he is being paid for any job commission on the grounds that it might influence the amount of time and attention he pays to it.

eno is the man

  kaini said:

On Some Faraway Beach by David Sheppard

sounds good. i'll wait for the softcover though and get it on my next amazon order.

omg eno (a male man) is interested in girls and sex :O

  awkward said:

  iep said:

he's pretty coherent on this one!

its pretty sad to listen to how sharp his voice used to be and how bad it was during the 90s.

drawl or no drawl, this is some cheeky (sharp?) album!

i recently picked up middle class revolt from 94. it came after the infotainment scam which was apparentely more popular. which is weird coz infotainment is a piece of shit compared to middle class revolt. i also got the one after - 'cerebal caustic' but haven't got into that one yet. also got room to live which is ok but disappointing whnen you think it was created between hex and perverted by lanuage. another album that everyone seems to love is grotesque which has ts moments but overall isnt half as good as dragnet. maybe just need more time with it. still haven't heard the new one. bothered

thissone sfucking awesome

it is scary and awesome

MES is scary and awesome

and coherent on this one

panda!

pander!

panzer!

cant fucking believe someone was complaining about his voice in this thread

you are a dog turn the radio off

i was complaining about his voice on 'are you are missing winner'. still haven't heard this one. i've been listening to middle class revolt alot though

Imperial Wax Solvent is fucking superb album. I wouldn't say it was quite in the same league as Hex or Perverted By Language myself, but it's definitely amongst their best albums. 50 Year Old Man is brilliant. The Fall's lengthy songs usually are.

finally picked this up. just started my first listen. alton towers is great. the sort of track that suits mes modern voice (which i bitched about earlier) to a T.

i also picked up wonderful & frightening world and light user syndrome. yes i didnt own wonderful & frightening. most of the others though. collection nears completion

bring back martin bramah

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i also picked up wonderful & frightening world

goddamn the sound quality on this is awful. isnt it meant to be their pop album? i got the beggars CD not some crappy cog sinister reprint. ugh.

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i also picked up wonderful & frightening world

 

goddamn the sound quality on this is awful. isnt it meant to be their pop album? i got the beggars CD not some crappy cog sinister reprint. ugh.

 

That's the CD I've got. Mine doesn't sound great admittedly, but I got it in about 1988 or sometime though and all CDs from back then seem to sound shit now. Still one of their best albums, especially with all the singles on it.

i was listening on headphones and i think thats the problem. none of the old fall albums sound much good on headphones. but my wife hates the fall so

this album has been growing on me. these tracks sound great live. just listening to their "from the basement" session and its really good, except maybe latchkey kid which i don't care for anyway.