50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong
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50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong – 39 Golden Greats is a greatest hits
album
released by The Fall in 2004. It was the group's first career-spanning compilation, with a selection of songs from the 1978 EP
Bingo-Master's Break-Out! up to the 2003 album The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
. The selection of songs includes both singles and album highlights. Daryl Eslea compiled the album and wrote the sleevenotes.
The cover and title of the album is a parody of Elvis Presley's
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
(1959).
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
released by The Fall in 2004. It was the group's first career-spanning compilation, with a selection of songs from the 1978 EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Bingo-Master's Break-Out! up to the 2003 album The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
The Real New Fall LP is an album by The Fall. It was released on Action Records in the United Kingdom in 2003, and then on Narnack Records in the United States, with a slightly altered tracklisting, in 2004....
. The selection of songs includes both singles and album highlights. Daryl Eslea compiled the album and wrote the sleevenotes.
The cover and title of the album is a parody of Elvis Presley's
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 2 is the ninth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Victor Records in November 1959. It is a compilation of hit singles released in 1958 and 1959 by Presley, from two recording sessions in June 1958 at RCA Studios in Nashville and...
(1959).
Disc one
- "Repetition" (Una BainesUna BainesUna Baines was best known as the keyboard player in the first line-up of British post-punk/new wave band The Fall. Her strong feminist ideals shaped the band's early political stance and she remains one of the very few Fall members, other than frontman Mark E...
, Martin BramahMartin BramahMartin Bramah is a British musician best known as a founder member of both The Fall, Blue Orchids and Factory Star....
, Karl BurnsKarl BurnsKarl Burns is a British musician best known as drummer for The Fall, featuring in many incarnations of the band between 1977 and 1998....
, Tony Friel, Mark E. SmithMark E. SmithMark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk band The Fall.-Early life:...
) – 4.55- from the Bingo-Masters Break-Out! EP (1978)
- "Industrial Estate" (Friel, Bramah, Smith) – 1.41
- from Live at the Witch TrialsLive at the Witch TrialsLive at the Witch Trials is the debut album by The Fall, first released on 16 March 1979. It is not, despite its title, a live album, but was recorded in the studio in one day and mixed by producer Bob Sargeant the next. In 2004, bassist Marc Riley told the BBC that the group had been booked into...
(1979)
- from Live at the Witch Trials
- "Rowche Rumble" (Marc RileyMarc RileyMarc Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ on BBC 6 Music. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his own record label, In-Tape, and also worked as a record plugger...
, Smith, Craig ScanlonCraig ScanlonCraig Scanlon is a British guitarist, best known as a member of The Fall between 1979 and 1995. During this period he co-wrote over 120 of the group's songs; Mark E. Smith excepted, this tally is unmatched by any other musician to have passed through the group.-Career:Scanlon joined the band...
) – 4.00- 1979 single
- "Fiery Jack" (Steve HanleySteve Hanley (musician)Steve Hanley is an Irish-born English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing bass guitar in The Fall from 1979 to 1998, and afterwards in The Lovers....
, Riley, Scanlon, Smith) – 4.43- 1980 single
- "How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'" (Riley, Scanlon, S. Hanley, Smith) – 4.19
- 1980 single
- "Totally Wired" (Riley, Smith, Scanlon) – 3.24
- 1980 single
- "New Face In Hell" (Riley, Scanlon, Smith) – 5.39
- from Grotesque (After the Gramme)Grotesque (After the Gramme)Grotesque is a 1980 album by The Fall. The music is a departure from that of the previous albums, 1979's Live at the Witch Trials and Dragnet. Marc Riley played organ on several tracks on the album. This was Paul Hanley's first album with the band, having joined earlier in the year aged just 15...
(1980)
- from Grotesque (After the Gramme)
- "Prole Art Threat" (Riley, Smith) – 1.56
- from SlatesSlates (album)Slates is the fourth album by The Fall, first released on the 27th April 1981 on Rough Trade Records. Containing 6 tracks and pressed onto 10" vinyl, it was eligible for neither the single nor album charts, being too long for the former and too short for the latter. However, it was included in the...
(1981)
- from Slates
- "Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul" (Riley, Smith, Paul HanleyPaul Hanley (musician)Paul Hanley is an English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing drums in The Fall and The Lovers.-Career:...
) – 3.07- 1981 single
- "The Classical" (Smith, The Fall) – 3.07
- from Hex Enduction HourHex Enduction HourHex Enduction Hour is a 1982 album by The Fall. It was the first album to feature both Karl Burns and Paul Hanley in a two-drummer lineup and was partly recorded in Iceland during the group's 1981 visit, with the remainder being completed in a disused cinema in Hitchin, England...
(1982)
- from Hex Enduction Hour
- "Hip Priest" (Riley, S. Hanley, P.Hanley, Scanlon, Smith) – 7.43
- same as above
- "The Man Whose Head Expanded" (S. Hanley, Scanlon, Smith) – 4.24
- 1983 single
- "Kicker Conspiracy" (Smith) – 4.17
- 1983 single
- "Eat Y'Self Fitter" (S. Hanley, Smith) – 6.34
- from Perverted by LanguagePerverted by LanguagePerverted by Language is a 1983 album by The Fall. It was the first Fall album to feature Brix Smith, then wife of Mark E. Smith, who performs lead vocals on "Hotel Blöedel"...
(1983)
- from Perverted by Language
- "C.R.E.E.P." (Smith, Brix SmithBrix SmithBrix Smith-Start is an American singer, guitarist and television presenter, best known for being a member of post-punk band The Fall, and as lead singer and songwriter with The Adult Net.-Biography:Brix grew up in Los Angeles and Chicago...
, P. Hanley, S. Hanley) – 2.54- 1984 single
- "No Bulbs" (Smith, B. Smith) – 4.28
- 1984 single
- "Spoilt Victorian Child" (Simon Rogers, Smith) – 4.11
- from This Nation's Saving GraceThis Nation's Saving GraceThis Nation's Saving Grace is a 1985 LP by The Fall. It reached number 54 in the UK charts. The album is frequently cited as one of the group's strongest and most consistent...
(1985)
- from This Nation's Saving Grace
- "Cruiser's Creek" (Smith, B. Smith, Scanlon) – 4.15
- 1985 single
Disc two
- "U.S. 80's-90's" (Smith) – 4.33
- from Bend SinisterBend Sinister (album)Bend Sinister is a 1986 album by The Fall, released on Beggars Banquet Records. It reached number 36 in the UK charts. Its title is taken from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Bend Sinister . The US version of the album was titled The "Domesday Pay-Off" Triad Plus!.It was the third and last Fall album to...
(1986)
- from Bend Sinister
- "Mr Pharmacist" (Jeff Nowlen) – 2.18
- 1986 single
- "Living Too Late" (Smith) – 4.27
- 1986 single
- "Hey! Luciani" (Smith, S. Hanley, Scanlon) – 3.34
- 1986 single
- "There's A Ghost In My House" (Lamont DozierLamont DozierLamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
, Brian HollandBrian HollandBrian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
, Eddie Holland, R. Dean TaylorR. Dean TaylorR. Dean Taylor is a Canadian singer, most famous as a recording artist, songwriter and record producer for Motown Records company during the 1960s and 1970s...
) – 2.36- 1987 single
- "Hit The North" (Rogers, Smith, B. Smith) – 3.59
- 1987 single
- "Victoria" (Ray DaviesRay DaviesRay Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
) – 2.43- 1988 single
- "Telephone Thing" (Smith, Matt BlackMatt BlackMatt Black is a British DJ and one half of music duo Coldcut .As a college student, he was a member of a band called The Jazz Insects, whose first single was played by John Peel in his radio show...
, Jonathan More)- 4.10- 1990 single
- "High Tension Line" (Smith, Scanlon, S. Hanley) – 3.45
- 1990 single
- "Free Range" (Smith, Simon WolstencroftSimon WolstencroftSimon Wolstencroft is a musician from Manchester, England, best known for playing drums with The Fall between June 1986 and August 1997.Wolstencroft was a member of an early incarnation of The Stone Roses; having previously been a member of The Weeds and The Colourfield. He was also drummer for...
) – 4.18- 1992 single
- "Why Are People Grudgeful?" (Lee Perry, Joel GibsonJoe Gibbs (record producer)Joe Gibbs born Joel A. Gibson was a Jamaican reggae producer.-Biography:Joe Gibbs worked as an electronics engineer in the United States before his career in music started. Gibbs eventually returned to Kingston, Jamaica and opened an electrical repair shop with television repairs and sales as its...
) – 4.27- 1993 single
- "Behind The Counter" (Burns, Smith) – 3.09
- 1993 single
- "M5" (Dave Bush, Wolstencroft, Smith) – 3.31
- from Middle Class RevoltMiddle Class RevoltMiddle Class Revolt is an album by The Fall, released in 1994 on Permanent Records. It spent one week on the UK album chart at number 48, a marked contrast to the top 10 debut of their preceding album The Infotainment Scan. The album's full title is Middle Class Revolt A/K/A The Vapourisation Of...
(1994)
- from Middle Class Revolt
- "Feeling Numb" (Smith, B. Smith) – 2.44
- from Cerebral CausticCerebral CausticCerebral Caustic is an album by The Fall, released in 1995 on Permanent Records. It spent one week on the UK charts at number 67, 19 places lower than its predecessor Middle Class Revolt, marking the end of one of the group's relatively more successful periods.The album was most notable for the...
(1995)
- from Cerebral Caustic
- "The Chiselers" (Smith, Wolstencroft, Burns, S. Hanley, Julia NagleJulia AdamsonJulia Adamson is a composer/musician and current label manager of Invisiblegirl Records. In 1967 her family moved to Manchester, England....
) – 3.13- 1996 single
- "Powder Keg" (Smith, Burns) – 3.16
- from The Light User SyndromeThe Light User SyndromeThe Light User Syndrome is an album by The Fall, released in 1996 on Jet Records. It was preceded by 8 minute, 3-part single "The Chiselers" and was the group's first album to feature keyboard player and guitarist Julia Nagle, It was the last to feature Brix Smith and the group were without Craig...
(1996)
- from The Light User Syndrome
- "Masquerade" (Smith, Nagle) – 3.50
- 1998 single
- "Touch Sensitive" (Smith, Nagle) – 3.15
- 1999 single
- "Crop-Dust" (Spencer Birtwhistle, Smith) – 5.30
- from Are You Are Missing WinnerAre You Are Missing WinnerAre You Are Missing Winner is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc. Since the previous year's release of the critically acclaimed The Unutterable, Fall front man Mark E...
(2001)
- from Are You Are Missing Winner
- "Susan Vs Youthclub" (Dave Milner, Smith) – 3.36
- from The Fall Vs 2003 single (2002)
- "Green Eyed Loco-Man" (Smith, Jim Watts) – 3.46
- from The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)The Real New Fall LP is an album by The Fall. It was released on Action Records in the United Kingdom in 2003, and then on Narnack Records in the United States, with a slightly altered tracklisting, in 2004....
(2003)
- from The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)