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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This was my first 'official' fall album purchase (at 54 years of age), I was listening to a Frank Skinner podcast and he mentioned that The Fall were his favourite band,it sparked an interest so i reviewed a few albums on Amazon and Spotify and shortly afterwards i found i was hopelessly addicted to the totally original sound. Grotesque was my first Amazon download (after carefully considering my options), absolutely fantastic album from start to finish, sadly i have now been 'hooked' and have been secretly downloading as many of their back catalogue as i can get away with, without incurring the wrath of my wife! If it was good enough for John Peel it's good enough for little old me!
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Right. Iam bored at home so im going to review every Fall album i own which is a fair few. so here we go with grotesque.
Definatly one of their best and the beginning of my favorite period for the Fall this is a must for any Fall FAN an a good starter for newbies. Classic Fall. The album you play to people who want to know what they sound like. Pay your rates is the perfect opener MES on top form. English scheme has great lyrics which go on and on over the catchy as hell keyboard melody. C'n'c's Mithering is one of Mark's best rants- all about the music biz and their recent tours of USA. one of my favorite tracks however which i didnt think much of first is Impression of J temperance which is i think, about a dog breeders fondness for his dogs and a birth- of something. Pure horror!
get this version with the reissue extra track malarky and u get the excellent How i wrote elastic man and other great tunes.
the sleevenotes are great too. Bah!
Definatly one of their best and the beginning of my favorite period for the Fall this is a must for any Fall FAN an a good starter for newbies. Classic Fall. The album you play to people who want to know what they sound like. Pay your rates is the perfect opener MES on top form. English scheme has great lyrics which go on and on over the catchy as hell keyboard melody. C'n'c's Mithering is one of Mark's best rants- all about the music biz and their recent tours of USA. one of my favorite tracks however which i didnt think much of first is Impression of J temperance which is i think, about a dog breeders fondness for his dogs and a birth- of something. Pure horror!
get this version with the reissue extra track malarky and u get the excellent How i wrote elastic man and other great tunes.
the sleevenotes are great too. Bah!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A masterpiece. Heard here in his youthful prime, Mark E. Smith is buzzing with ideas, with great torrents of inspired lyrics tumbling out of him over The Fall's perfectly judged angular, awkward, beautiful music. It's no exaggeration to say that at this point in time, Smith had more wit, intelligence and poetry in him than anyone else working in music.
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It takes grace to play the second fiddle well.
Cut to the chase: I've been a Fall fan since the beginning and have the 70s vinyl and t-shirts to prove it. This is the best Fall album there is and that's that. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sophocles
80's non stop party has its posterior pierced by a gatecrasher
Wilfully peverse, the autodidact shows you do not need to be university trained to brim and buckle with ideas. All you need is zest and front. Spare yourself the expense. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2010 by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
This Album = Classic
I first got into The Fall (or F All) listening to the Rough Trade compilation "Totally Wired", and thinking "Oh my God, where has this been all my life!!???". Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2006 by James Archer
If hope springs eternal here's proof!!!!!!!!!!
The re-release of the deluxe version of "Grotesque" is a non-Fall fans and a avis Fall fans wet dream.The album is culled from their early output. Read more
Published on 10 May 2004 by "johnquay23"
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