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| 1. TOUCH SENSITIVE | |||
| 2. F-'OLDIN' MONEY | |||
| 3. SHAKE-OFF | |||
| 4. BOUND | |||
| 5. THIS PERFECT DAY | |||
| 6. (JUNG NEV'S) ANTIDOTES | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. TOUCH SENSITIVE DANCE MIX Touch Sensitive | |||
| 2. ANTIDOTE Touch Sensitive | |||
| 3. THIS PERFECT DAY (new version)F-oldin Money CD single 1 | |||
| 4. BIRTHDAY SONG (new mix) F-oldin Money CD single 1 | |||
| 5. THE REAL LIFE OF THE CRYING MARSHAL (new version)F-oldin Money CD single 2 | |||
| 6. TOM RAGGAZZI (new mix) F-oldin Money CD single 2 | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. SHAKE OFF | |||
| 2. F-'OLDIN' MONEY | |||
| 3. JET BOY | |||
| 4. TOUCH SENSITIVE | |||
| 5. ANTIDOTES | |||
| 6. 10 HOUSES OF EVE | |||
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· The Marshall Suite is a 1999 LP by The Fall, which builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate (1997), while also returning to a more rockabilly influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups. The end result are songs like the primitive, catchy "Touch Sensitive", and the strange, complex, thumping jungle beats of "Crying Marshall" occurring in equal measure...
· Around the time of release, rumours circulated that The Marshall Suite was a concept album about "The Crying Marshall". Smith stopped short of denying this, telling The Wire that "I thought it would be good to do it as the story of his life, a themed LP, with a thread running through it. It's such an unhip thing to do". An unpublished section of the interview, later placed on the magazine's website, suggested Smith was not yet finished with his creation: "I do want to continue the Marshall theme, develop it. Maybe a five sided thing next, the return of the Marshall".
· This reissue of the long out print album, comes with two discs of bonus material, fully annotated booklet with notes by Mojo's Daryl Easlea
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(3CD) New 2011 remastered reissue of 1999 album expanded to a 3CD set with 19 bonus tracks! Disc 2 features 12" & CD single tracks + Peel sessions & disc 3 is a live radio show from 1999.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of those great albums, like the first PiL album or 'Amnesiac' by Radiohead, that, instead of striving for perfection, merely presents a collection of everything the artist could scrape together in the alloted time, containing every available fragment and alternate version just to boost the running time by a few minutes more. The Marshall Suite was the first to be released after the biggest Fall line-up change yet, which saw two long term members replaced by complete unknowns. This album has 13 tracks, two of which are experimental noise collages, three of which are covers, one of which was written by the previous line-up before it disbanded and another one which is basically stolen from the previous album. This leaves you with six bona-fide new songs by the group, two of which share almost the same lyrics, another of which has one one verse repeated over and over, and three of which (Anecdotes, Inevitable and Birthday) are of dubious quality. This may scarcely sound like a recommendation, but honestly, the result is brilliant - the first track, 'Touch Sensitive', manages to be both a rock song of the most basic, thre chord construction, and the most vibrant and original thing you've heard since forever. The first six songs on this record (three of which are those covers I mentioned) would've made an awesome EP - something you need to understand about Fall cover versions is that they are almost never just a verbatim run-through, but more a complete re-write of the song which makes it 10 times better - the version of the Saints' 'This Perfect Day' is a classic. Also there is the poignantly cheesy cod-techno ballad 'On My Own' with some lovely swooping synth noises, and 'The Crying Marshall' - think Meat Beat Manifesto x 12, the most pounding, coolest two part dance-rock song you'll hear with a fantastic cut-up guitar sample.
This record has it all - rockabilly, drum & bass (Shake-Off is awesome!), Led-Zeppelin tributes, dance, techno, meandering wah-wah guitar crap - the fact that it only just manages to cling to it's very existence by the fingernails just makes it that much more exciting. Forget 'Revolver' topping every 'best album ever made' poll - this album is way too messed up to be the best by anybody, and that makes it roughly four-score-and-ten times more fun to listen to.
This record has it all - rockabilly, drum & bass (Shake-Off is awesome!), Led-Zeppelin tributes, dance, techno, meandering wah-wah guitar crap - the fact that it only just manages to cling to it's very existence by the fingernails just makes it that much more exciting. Forget 'Revolver' topping every 'best album ever made' poll - this album is way too messed up to be the best by anybody, and that makes it roughly four-score-and-ten times more fun to listen to.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Every real woman's dream man Mark E Smith returns in blistering form with a real cracker from the only left-field band to consistantly churn out challenging, innovative, out-there sounds. The Fall's new, baby-faced outfit, fronted, as always, by Manchester's finest miserablist, sound right up for it and here produce a tune filled blaster. Utterly Fall.
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"The Marshall Suite" has been a notable absentee in a back catalogue bursting at the seams with scores of reissues and until recently was selling at ludicrously high sums, so Cherry Red's long-overdue 3 disc edition is to be applauded.
Recorded with a brand new line-up following a monumental onstage bust-up in New York, "The Marshall Suite" proves that the often exasperating meltdowns of Mark E. Smith can sometimes be a welcome clearing of the decks: just compare the tired pre-fallout Peel Session version of "Touch Sensitive" on CD 2 with its triumphant studio counterpart, the opening track on what was the best Fall album in years.
"The Marshall Suite" has aged well and its high points are numerous. "Shake Off" and "(Jung Nev's) Antidotes", all looped strings and crashing drums underpinning Smith's echo-laden rants, sound huge without slipping into bombast; the stomping Rockabilly cover of Tommy Blake's "F-Oldin' Money" is another highlight. "Birthday Song" even finds Smith attempting a bit of balladry in the vein of "Edinburgh Man" / "I'm Going To Spain", to great effect.
The album meanders somewhat towards the end (although "Tom Raggazzi" is a great closer), and the template Smith established here would be used to greater effect on 2003's Country on the Click. But those looking for perfection aren't listening to the right band.
The 2 extra discs on this reissue are fairly disposable. The alternate mixes and B-sides are inessential, the Peel Session tracks (already long available) aren't some of their better BBC moments and the live XFM Radio show on CD 3 suffers from a dead "soundboard" mix. But this is nonetheless a noble attempt to collect everything from the period together in one package. Daryl Easlea's ever-reliable sleevenotes provide welcome continuity with the earlier Castle reissues.
"The Marshall Suite" is a great starting point for anyone keen to dive into the Fall's huge catalogue, and a wonderful testament to Mark E Smith's stubborn brilliance for survival and reinvention.
Recorded with a brand new line-up following a monumental onstage bust-up in New York, "The Marshall Suite" proves that the often exasperating meltdowns of Mark E. Smith can sometimes be a welcome clearing of the decks: just compare the tired pre-fallout Peel Session version of "Touch Sensitive" on CD 2 with its triumphant studio counterpart, the opening track on what was the best Fall album in years.
"The Marshall Suite" has aged well and its high points are numerous. "Shake Off" and "(Jung Nev's) Antidotes", all looped strings and crashing drums underpinning Smith's echo-laden rants, sound huge without slipping into bombast; the stomping Rockabilly cover of Tommy Blake's "F-Oldin' Money" is another highlight. "Birthday Song" even finds Smith attempting a bit of balladry in the vein of "Edinburgh Man" / "I'm Going To Spain", to great effect.
The album meanders somewhat towards the end (although "Tom Raggazzi" is a great closer), and the template Smith established here would be used to greater effect on 2003's Country on the Click. But those looking for perfection aren't listening to the right band.
The 2 extra discs on this reissue are fairly disposable. The alternate mixes and B-sides are inessential, the Peel Session tracks (already long available) aren't some of their better BBC moments and the live XFM Radio show on CD 3 suffers from a dead "soundboard" mix. But this is nonetheless a noble attempt to collect everything from the period together in one package. Daryl Easlea's ever-reliable sleevenotes provide welcome continuity with the earlier Castle reissues.
"The Marshall Suite" is a great starting point for anyone keen to dive into the Fall's huge catalogue, and a wonderful testament to Mark E Smith's stubborn brilliance for survival and reinvention.
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Fantastic album - and more
If you love the Fall, you need this. If you don't know the Fall but keep reading interviews with Mark E Smith and wonder what they sound like, this is a good place to start. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Wood Family
A truly great album by The Fall
For my money this is one of the best albums recorded by The Fall. After the excellent Light User Syndrome a plethora of Fall compilation albums were released in the late 90's then... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2003 by Brum fan
fall-tastic
as a seasoned and hardend fall fan,yet another album to the collection, it never ceases to amaze me, how ths band continues to produce so much of the same yet different quality... Read more
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