Your Future Our Clutter

Your Future Our Clutter
Studio album by The Fall
Released	26 April 2010 (2010-04-26)
Recorded	2009
Genre	Post-punk
Length	48:11 (CD) 60:32 (Vinyl)
Label	Domino Records
Producer	Ross Orton, Mark E. Smith and Simon Archer
The Fall chronology
Imperial Wax Solvent (2008) Your Future Our Clutter (2010) Ersatz G.B. (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The AV Club	A-
BBC	(positive)
Drowned in Sound	(9/10)
One Thirty BPM	(42%)
Pitchfork Media	(8.0/10)
Slant
SPIN
Popmatters	(9/10)

Your Future Our Clutter is an album by The Fall, released in the UK on April 26, 2010. It is the group's twenty-eighth studio album, and their first for independent record label Domino. The album was recorded at The Chairworks, Castleford and Elevator Studios, Liverpool. Publicity for the record describes it as the group's "most rampant, most forward moving, bone shaking best." The album had previously been referred to as Our Future Your Clutter.

As with the group's preceding album, 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent, the line-up consists of Mark E. Smith (vocals), the group's chief songwriter and only constant member, as well as his wife Eleni Poulou (keyboards and vocals), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Peter Greenway (guitar) and Keiron Melling (drums). The album was produced by Ross Orton, Mark E. Smith, and Simon "Ding" Archer, who produced three songs.

Your Future Our Clutter entered the U.K. Album charts at number #38. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" peaked at #94 in France. The album has received favorable reviews, with New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones calling it one of the best albums of the year.

CD Tracklist

1. "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" (Mark E. Smith) - 5:49
2. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" (Smith, David Spurr) - 6:36
3. "Mexico Wax Solvent" (Smith, Peter Greenway) - 6:14
4. "Cowboy George" (Smith, Greenway, Eleni Poulou) - 5:42
5. "Hot Cake" (Smith, Spurr) - 3:18
6. "Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor" (Smith, Poulou, Greenway, Keiron Melling) - 7:42
7. "Chino" (Smith, Spurr) - 5:20
8. "Funnel of Love" (Kent Westberry, Charlie McCoy) - 2:55
9. "Weather Report 2" (Smith, Poulou) - 6:35

Vinyl tracklist

The double vinyl version comes on 180g heavyweight vinyl with two exclusive, non-CD tracks: "986 Generator" and "Get a Summer Song Goin'" and features a re-ordered tracklist. It does not come in a gatefold sleeve.

A1. "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" - 5:49
A2. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" - 6:36
A3. "Hot Cake" - 3:18
B1. "Mexico Wax Solvent" - 6:14
B2. "Y.F.O.C / Slippy Floor" - 7:42
C1. "Chino" - 5:20
C2. "Funnel of Love" - 2:55
C3. "986 Generator" - 8:03
D1. "Weather Report 2" - 6:35
D2. "Get a Summer Song Goin'" - 4:18
D3. "Cowboy George" - 5:42

Personnel

The Fall

• Mark E. Smith - lead vocals, production
• Eleni Poulou - keyboards, bass, backing vocals
• Peter "PP" Greenway - guitar
• Dave "The Eagle" Spurr - bass guitar
• Keiron Melling - drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Ross Orton - production, mixing
• Simon "Ding" Archer - production

External links

• "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with The Fall's Elena Poulou". La Bouche, issue 3. October 2009.
• Mojo excerpt
• Domino Recording Co. Twitter
• The Fall online - latest Fall News
• Your Future Our Clutter press release from Domino