The Fall / The Peel Sessions

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Artist

The Fall

Album Title:

The Peel Sessions

Album Cover:

Primary Genre

Alternative & Punk: Old School Punk

Format

Released

01/25/1999

Label

Strange Fruit

Catalog No

SFRSCD048

Bar Code No

6 022630 007284

Packaging

Jewelcase

Tracks

1.	Rebellious Jukebox (2:57)
2.	Mess Of My (3:12)
3.	New Face In Hell (5:01)
4.	Winter (8:00)
5.	Smile (5:11)
6.	Middlemass (3:56)
7.	2x4 (4:15)
8.	Cruisers Creek (5:47)
9.	What You Need (5:51)
10.	Athlete Cured (4:46)
11.	Dead Beat Descendant (2:17)
12.	Black Monk Theme (4:06)
13.	Idiot Joy Showland (3:47)
14.	Free Range (4:07)
15.	Strychnine (2:53)
16.	A Past Gone Mad (4:36)
17.	M5 (3:12)

Date Acquired

11/23/2004

Personal Rating

Acquired from

Amazon

Purchase Price

21.98

Web Links

All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry:
The Fall online - Discography: singles & albums

Notes

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-12-16 19:49:29

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Analyzed: The Fall / The Peel Sessions
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.10 dB -10.42 dB 2:57 01-Rebellious Jukebox
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.93 dB 3:12 02-Mess Of My
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.23 dB 5:02 03-New Face In Hell
DR13 -0.10 dB -15.32 dB 8:00 04-Winter
DR11 -0.10 dB -12.61 dB 5:11 05-Smile
DR12 -0.10 dB -12.88 dB 3:56 06-Middlemass
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.48 dB 4:16 07-2x4
DR11 -0.10 dB -11.67 dB 5:47 08-Cruisers Creek
DR11 -0.10 dB -12.17 dB 5:52 09-What You Need
DR9 -0.10 dB -9.72 dB 4:47 10-Athlete Cured
DR9 -0.10 dB -10.35 dB 2:18 11-Dead Beat Descendant
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.09 dB 4:07 12-Black Monk Theme
DR10 -0.10 dB -10.65 dB 3:47 13-Idiot Joy Showland
DR8 -0.10 dB -9.39 dB 4:07 14-Free Range
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.56 dB 2:53 15-Strychnine
DR9 -0.10 dB -10.14 dB 4:36 16-A Past Gone Mad
DR10 -0.10 dB -10.78 dB 3:13 17-M5
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Number of tracks: 17
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 880 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews

Mark Prindle Review:

* The Peel Sessions - Strange Fruit 1999. *

10 out of 10

If anybody in the English-speaking world is capable of putting together the absolute pinnacle of Fall compilationism (I disqualify non-English speakers only because we're all tired of hearing how much Idi Amin loves Room To Live), that fellow just might be the band's former bassist Steve Hanley. And this is what he statefully did back in early '99, pacifically scrounging through 17 different John Peel radio sessions conducted by various conjugations of the verbose band between 1978 and 1993 (not surprisingly, Marky "Ramone" Smith is the only band member to appear on every track). The result is both haunting, amazing, trendy, leftover, finicky, true and dreams.
Can long-time fans enjoy this? They already DID! FUCK YOU!
Sorry, my right brain ate too much pizza earlier. This is the absolute finest collection of Fall material ever assembled. And by "finest," I mean (a) representative of the greatest number of Fall eras -- it features tracks from FOURTEEN different Fall albums!, (b) exciting to both new bees and longtime Fallers -- these are brand new alternative recordings! These are NOT the studio versions you know by feart - they're brand DIFFERENT studio versions! And GREAT! BOY, is he singing off-key in "Rebellious Jukebox"! And somebody's playing a bONGO! And "Cruisers Creek" has a stronger, louder lead guitar battling against the repetitive rhythm riff! , (c) full to busting with unbelievably great classic Fall songs -- "Athlete Cured"! "M5"! "New Face In Hell"! "What You Need"! "Dead Beat Descendent"! "Free Range"! "Middlemass"! "Smile"! Others"!", and (d) including a couple of tracks that U ain't gonna find NOWHERE else except bootlegs and an earlier Peel Session release (angular, scratchy original "Mess Of My" and bit-too-clean-but-fun-anyway cover of the Sonics' "Strychnine").
Seventeen tracks good, with NO two songs coming from the same Peel Session, tracking the band from Dragnet through Middle Class Revolt (and yes, they've recorded seven studio albums since that one, but this is still the most far-reaching and all-encompassing of any existing Fall compilation that I've ever smelled with my eye).
(my SMELL-eye, that is)
If you're curious about the band and want to get a good jist of what they're all about, come visit their many, many colours on the high-flying bird called The Peel Sessions!
(perhaps you could visit them on my SMELL-eye).
Best,
Jack O'Rourke
CEO, Janitor
SMELL-eye Bakery and Snuff Films

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