| Artist |
The Fall |
| Album Title: |
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of... |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
Vinyl |
| Released |
10/12/1984 |
| Reissue Date |
06/16/2015 |
| Label |
Beggars Banquet Records, Ltd. |
| Catalog No |
BBQLP 2132 |
| Bar Code No |
6 07618 21321 3 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Lay Of The Land (5:44)
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| A2.
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2 by 4 (3:38)
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| A3.
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Copped It (4:15)
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| A4.
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Elves (4:48)
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| B1.
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Slang King (5:21)
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| B2.
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Bug Day (4:58)
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| B3.
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Stephen Song (3:05)
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| B4.
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Craigness (3:03)
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| B5.
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Disney's Dream Debased (5:18)
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| Date Acquired |
09/26/2017 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Music Direct (Musicdirect.Com) |
| Purchase Price |
11.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide entry:
Discogs entry:
The Fall online - Discography: singles & albums |
Notes |
Notes:
A new reissue with the 2015 catalog number.
℗ 1984 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
© 2014 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
Credits:
Bass, Acoustic Guitar – Stephen Hanley
Drums, Keyboards – Paul Hanley
Drums, Percussion, Bass – Karl Burns
Engineer – Joe Gillingham
Lacquer Cut By – Jonz
Painting [Cover Painting] – Claus Castenskiold
Photography By [The Fall] – Michael Pollard
Producer – John Leckie
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar – Craig Scanlon
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Vocals – Brix Smith
Vocals [A Friendly Visitor] – Gavin Friday (tracks: A3 to B5)
Vocals, Tape – Mark E. Smith
Written-By – Brix Smith (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B5), Craig Scanlon (tracks: B2, B4), Karl Burns (tracks: A3), Mark E. Smith, Paul Hanley (tracks: B1 to B3), Stephen Hanley (tracks: B2, B3, B5)
Companies, etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
Pressed By – MPO
Published By – Minder Music
Lacquer Cut At – Loud Mastering
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 6 07618 21321 3
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side, etched): BBQLP 2132 A JONZ LOUD MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side, etched): BBQLP 2132 B JONZ LOUD MPO
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Ned Raggett
The Fall made the leap to a semi-major label -- Beggars Banquet -- with The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall, hooking up with noted producer John Leckie to create another smart, varied album. Contemporaneous with the slightly friendlier "Oh! Brother" and "C.R.E.E.P." singles without actually including them, Wonderful and Frightening World makes few concessions to the larger market -- every potential hook seemed spiked with the band's usual rough take-it-or-leave-it stance. Mark E. Smith's audible, tape-distorting spit on the descending chord blast of "Elves" -- already spiked with enough vocal craziness as it is -- gives a sense of where the album as a whole aims. Brix Smith co-writes about half the tracks, creating a strong partnership with many highlights. It may start with a semi-low-key chant, but when "Lay of the Land" fully kicks in, it does just that, Craig Scanlon in particular pouring on the feedback at the end over the clattering din. Smith sounds as coruscating and side-splittingly hilarious as ever, depicting modern Britain with an eye for the absurdities and failures (and crucially, no empathy -- it's all about a gimlet eye projected at everyone and everything). Two further standouts appear on the second half -- "Slang King," a snarling portrayal of a cool-in-his-mind dude and his increasingly pathetic life, and the concluding "Disney's Dream Debased." Though unquestionably the most conventionally attractive tune on the album, ringing guitars and all, Smith's lyrics portray a Disneyland scenario in hell, however softly delivered. Elsewhere, Gavin Friday from the Virgin Prunes takes a bow with his own unmistakable, spindly vocals on the trebly Krautrock chug of "Copped It" and the slightly more brute rhythm of "Stephen Song." [The CD version, in an admirable move by Beggars Banquet, contains seven extra tracks to fill the disc out, including "Oh! Brother" and "C.R.E.E.P.," along with associated B-sides and the Call for Escape Route EP.]
Mark Prindle Review:
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall - Beggars Banquet/PVC 1984.
8 out of 10
STUDIO ALBUM #7 - Good guitar rock, but not perfect. Starts real strong with the super-rockers "Lay Of The Land" and "2 By 4," but, aside from two godlike EP tracks that were later added to the album ("C.R.E.E.P." and "No Bulbs"), the only other Fall-worthy song on here is the unfathomably beautiful "Disney's Dream Debased." Without those four other great songs, the album would still deserve an 8 on the power of this song alone. Fairly reminiscent of "Leave The Capitol," but even better. The rest of the album is just OK, sad to say. And, regardless of what Brix says in the liner notes, "Craigness" doesn't even approach "Shimmering violet shimmer, twisting haunts shadow passers veil night time silvery veils swirling rustling sweep. Shining, melodious Drifting." In fact, it's just kinda dopey.
Perhaps she was thinking of "Disney's Dream Debased."
Or maybe she was just a flake.
WAGERS, ANYONE????????
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