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The Fall are an English post-punk group, formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976. The group has existed in some form ever since, and is essentially built around its founder and only constant member Mark E. Smith. First associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s, the group's music has gone through several stylistic changes over the years. However, The Fall's music is often characterised by repetition, an abrasive guitar-driven sound, and is always underpinned by Smith's vocals and often cryptic lyrics, described by critic Steve Huey as "abstract poetry filled with complicated wordplay, bone-dry wit, cutting social observations, and general misanthropy (sometimes more implied than clearly stated, but apparent nonetheless). " The group's output is prolific—as of April 2008 they have released 27 studio albums, and more than triple that counting live albums and other releases. They have never achieved widespread public success beyond a handful of minor hit singles in the late 1980s, but have maintained a strong cult following. The band were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and cited The Fall as his favourite band, famously explaining, "They are always different; they are always the same."

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Discography

  • The Wonderful and Frightening World of… The Fall, 1984
  • The Marshall Suite, 1999
  • The Infotainment Scan, 1993
  • Live at the Witch Trials, 2004
  • I Am Kurious Oranj, 1997
  • Extricate, 1990
  • Perverted by Language, 2005
  • Your Future Our Clutter, 2010
  • The Frenz Experiment, 1988
  • Hex Enduction Hour, 2005
  • Grotesque (After the Gramme), 1998
  • Cerebral Caustic, 2006
  • The Light User Syndrome, 2002
  • Are You Are Missing Winner, 2006
  • Imperial Wax Solvent, 2008
  • Levitate, 1997
  • Room to Live, 2005
  • Dragnet, 1999
  • This Nation’s Saving Grace, 1985
  • The Unutterable, 2000
  • Perverted by Language (bonus disc), 2005
  • Country on the Click
  • The Infotainment Scan (bonus disc), 2006
  • Room to Live (bonus disc), 1998
  • The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click), 2003
  • Code: Selfish (bonus disc), 2007
  • Cerebral Caustic (bonus disc), 2006
  • Code: Selfish, 2002
  • Fall Heads Roll, 2005
  • Shift-Work, 1991
  • Middle Class Revolt, 2006
  • Bend Sinister, 1986
  • Levitate (bonus disc), 1997
  • Reformation Post TLC, 2007
  • Middle Class Revolt (bonus disc), 2006
  • Hex Enduction Hour +, 2002

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