When Mark E Smith died in January 2018, an era ended with him. The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many lineup changes, with vocalist and founder Smith as the only constant member. First associated with the late 1970s punk movement, the Fall's music underwent numerous stylistic changes, often concurrently with changes in the group's lineup. Nonetheless, their music has generally been characterised by an abrasive, repetitive guitar-driven sound, tense bass and drum rhythms, and Smith's caustic lyrics, described by critic Simon Reynolds as 'a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny, voiced through a unique, one-note delivery somewhere between amphetamine-spiked rant and alcohol-addled yarn.' They were always at their best on stage, and this collection captures them in full flow.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Intro

The Fall

2.Victrola

The Fall

3.Strychnine

The Fall

4.Hot Cake

The Fall

5.Sir William Wray

The Fall

6.Hittite Man

The Fall

7.Bury

The Fall

8.I've Been Duped

The Fall

9.Loadstones

The Fall

10.Theme from Sparta F.C.

The Fall

11.Sparta

The Fall

12.Kinder of Spine

The Fall

13.Weather Report

The Fall

14.Mr Pharmacist

The Fall

15.Blindness

The Fall

16.White Lightning

The Fall

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