Fall Heads Roll
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Fall Heads Roll is an album by The Fall, released in 2005. It was recorded at Gracieland Studios in Rochdale, UK and Gigantic Studios in New York, NY. The US vinyl edition of the record is pressed on two discs and contains an alternate version of the track "Blindness". (One version of this tune is heard in the 2007 U.S. television ad campaign for the Mitsubishi Outlander
.http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/39675-the-fall-ready-ireformationi-contribute-song-to-car-ad)
Although the group had reissued several earlier albums and their Peel Sessions box set through the Sanctuary group (on their Castle imprint), this was the first album of new material to be released by them, on this occasion appearing on their Slogan label. In the US, the album was their second with Narnack Records.
In a March 2005 interview with Kitchen Sink magazine, Mark E. Smith
cited Heads Are Rolling and If You Assume as two possible titles for the then-unfinished album. The sleeve design and lettering is thought to make reference to the cover of the Van der Graaf Generator
album Godbluff
.
, their most famous fan, was once asked if he would be happy with his life should he "drop dead tomorrow". He replied "Well, yes - but there's a new Fall album out next year so I don't want to drop dead just yet". This was the first album by the band that he never got to hear, as he died around a year before release, although the songs "Blindness", "Clasp Hands", "What About Us" and "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" were performed at the band's final Peel Session
on August 4, 2004.
Additional personnel
Mitsubishi Outlander
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.http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/39675-the-fall-ready-ireformationi-contribute-song-to-car-ad)
Although the group had reissued several earlier albums and their Peel Sessions box set through the Sanctuary group (on their Castle imprint), this was the first album of new material to be released by them, on this occasion appearing on their Slogan label. In the US, the album was their second with Narnack Records.
In a March 2005 interview with Kitchen Sink magazine, Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk band The Fall.-Early life:...
cited Heads Are Rolling and If You Assume as two possible titles for the then-unfinished album. The sleeve design and lettering is thought to make reference to the cover of the Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester. They were the first act signed to Charisma Records. The band achieved considerable success in Italy during the 1970s...
album Godbluff
Godbluff
Godbluff is the first record released by Van der Graaf Generator after they reformed in 1975. It is their fifth disc overall.It features a tighter, more pared-down sound than the band's earlier recordings with John Anthony. Hammill makes extensive use of the Hohner Clavinet D6 electromechanical...
.
Track listing
- "Ride Away" (Poulou/Smith) – 5:01
- "Pacifying Joint" (Smith) – 3:46
- "What About Us?" (Smith/Poulou) – 5:51
- "Midnight in Aspen" (Smith/Trafford) – 3:13
- "Assume" (Smith) – 4:07
- "Aspen Reprise" (Smith/Trafford) – 1:52
- "Blindness" (Smith/Birtwistle) – 7:23 (7:11 on US 2LP)
- "I Can Hear the Grass GrowI Can Hear the Grass Grow"I Can Hear the Grass Grow " is the second single by The Move. It is a psychedelic rock song referring to the synesthetic effects of hallucinogenics. Among the musical references are Chesney Allen's vocal underlines during the middle 8...
" (Wood) – 2:49 - "Bo Demmick" (Smith/Trafford/Birtwistle/Pritchard) – 4:15
- "Youwanner" (Smith/Archer/Pritchard) – 5:02
- "Clasp Hands" (Smith/Trafford) – 2:45
- "Early Days of Channel Führer" (Smith/Pritchard) – 3:48
- "Breaking the Rules" (Walker) – 2:26
- "Trust in Me" (Smith/Trafford) – 3:34
John Peel
The late DJ John PeelJohn Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
, their most famous fan, was once asked if he would be happy with his life should he "drop dead tomorrow". He replied "Well, yes - but there's a new Fall album out next year so I don't want to drop dead just yet". This was the first album by the band that he never got to hear, as he died around a year before release, although the songs "Blindness", "Clasp Hands", "What About Us" and "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" were performed at the band's final Peel Session
The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004
The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 is a 6 CD compilation album released by British avant-rock band The Fall in 2005. It comprises all 24 sessions the group recorded for the late John Peel's radio show. Peel was a fervent supporter of the group from early in their career, and The Fall recorded...
on August 4, 2004.
Personnel
The Fall- 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:...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Ben Pritchard – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Steve Trafford – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
; vocals and guitars on "Youwanner", "Midnight In Aspen", "I Can Hear The Grass Grow", "Clasp Hands", "Early Days Of Channel Führer" and "Trust In Me" - Spencer Birtwistle – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Elena Poulou – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals
Additional personnel
- Simon "Dingo" Archer – production; bass guitar on "Youwanner" and "Trust In Me", banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
on "Clasp Hands", vocals on "Trust in Me" - Billy Pavone – vocals on "Trust in Me", guitar on "Blindness" (Alternate Version)
- Kenny Cummings – vocals on "Trust in Me"
- Phil Schuster – vocals on "Trust in Me"
- Tim Baxter - production