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Shift Work [Original recording reissued]

~ The Fall
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  • Audio CD (30 Sep 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: Cog Sinister
  • ASIN: B00006L6ZM
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 261,720 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A gem of an album, 5 Dec 2003
By Alan P "joalem" (Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
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This album is full of contrasts; you might expect the first since the departure of Brix Smith to lack her poppy input and go back to being a bit more raw and dark like some of the earlier Fall. The musical development of this album is a different evolution again, and shows that you can't put anything past the old dog Mark E Smith.

Released at the height of the "Madchester" rave explosion in 1991, it shows how the Fall have always remained effortlessly in tune with the prevalent tastes of the day, while also surpassing them. "So what about it" and "Shift-work" are driving, dance-inspired proto-pop songs, whilst "Book of Lies", "War against Intelligence" and "You haven't found it yet" use a harder, electronic sound later used to full effect in "The Infotainment Scan" album two years later.

The cranky old MES is there too - "Idiot Joy Showland" is a scathing rant on the commercial transparency of the Madchester scene; "A Lot of Wind" is another rant on the state of television (referring to it as "the tragic lantern").

If there is a romantic bone in your body you will also feel the emotion in two of the songs - "Edinburgh Man" is wistful and poetic on the eponymous city, while "Rose" is a sensitive but unsentimental ode to the departed Brix.

I think this is a special album as it is a great snapshot of a band, and a man, in a period of transition, but coming out most definitely on top.

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Fall's Best, 6 Jun 2007
By F. W. Young (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews
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I'm still listening to my cassette... I said, my CASSETTE of this great album.

Accessible and wonderful and includes one of my favourite Fall tunes. The haunting "Edinburgh Man" is one of those songs that will never leave my mind.

Don't overlook this album when expanding your Fall collection. It has many surprises and rewards repeat listenings.
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