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| Label = [[Artful Records|Artful]]
| Label = [[Artful Records|Artful]]
| Producer = [[Mark E Smith]] and Steve Hitchcock
| Producer = [[Mark E Smith]], Steve Hitchcock and Bernard MacMahon
| Last album = ''[[Levitate (The Fall album)|Levitate]]''<br />(1997)
| Last album = ''[[Levitate (The Fall album)|Levitate]]''<br />(1997)
| This album = ''The Marshall Suite''<br />(1999)
| This album = ''The Marshall Suite''<br />(1999)
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'''''The Marshall Suite''''' is a 1999 album by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]. The album builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor ''[[Levitate (The Fall album)|Levitate]]'' (1997), while also returning to a more [[rockabilly]] influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups. The end result are songs like the primitive, catchy "Touch Sensitive", and the strange, complex, thumping [[Drum and bass|jungle]] beats of "Crying Marshall" occurring in equal measure. The album was long out of print, but a new 3 disc edition was released in the summer of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004PHPZC2 |title=The Marshall Suite: The Fall: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref>
'''''The Marshall Suite''''' is a 1999 album by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]. The album builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor ''[[Levitate (The Fall album)|Levitate]]'' (1997), while also returning to a more [[rockabilly]]-influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups. The end result has songs like the primitive, catchy "Touch Sensitive", and the strange, complex, thumping [[Drum and bass|jungle]] beats of "Crying Marshall" occurring in equal measure. The album was long out of print, but a new 3-disc edition was released in the summer of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004PHPZC2 |title=The Marshall Suite: The Fall: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref>


''The Marshall Suite'' was made immediately after a scandal during an American tour during which [[Mark E. Smith]] had an onstage fight with members of the band and was arrested following an altercation with keyboardist [[Julia Nagle]]. While the remaining band members quit and returned to England, leaving Smith in [[Riker's Island]], Nagle chose to stay in the band, helping to assemble a new line-up of the group. This new line-up was still taking shape during the recording of the album; the group shed a drummer before recording could even begin and the album features two different bassists. As such it is something of a patchwork; out of 13 tracks, "On My Own" is a reworking of the previous album's "Everybody But Myself", three tracks are covers, two are sound collages and "The Crying Marshal" is a remix by producer Steven Hitchcock of a Smith collaboration with the Filthy Three ("Real Life of the Crying Marshal"). Two songs use some of the same lyrics (a 14th track, "Tom Raggazzi" - a reggae-tinged reprise of "Anecdotes..." - was included on the vinyl version). Nevertheless, the album was well received.
''The Marshall Suite'' was made immediately after a scandal during an American tour during which [[Mark E. Smith]] had an onstage fight with members of the band and was arrested following an altercation with keyboardist [[Julia Nagle]]. While the remaining band members quit and returned to England, leaving Smith in [[Riker's Island]], Nagle chose to stay in the band, helping to assemble a new line-up of the group. This new line-up was still taking shape during the recording of the album; the group shed a drummer before recording could even begin, and the album features two different bassists. For these reasons, it is something of a patchwork: out of 13 tracks, "On My Own" is a reworking of the previous album's "Everybody But Myself", three tracks are covers, two are sound collages, and "The Crying Marshal" is a remix by producer Steven Hitchcock of a Smith collaboration with the Filthy Three ("Real Life of the Crying Marshal"). Two songs use some of the same lyrics (a 14th track, "Tom Raggazzi" - a reggae-tinged reprise of "Anecdotes..." - was included on the vinyl version). Nevertheless, the album was well received.


Around the time of release, rumours circulated that ''The Marshall Suite'' was a [[concept album]] about "The Crying Marshall". Smith stopped short of denying this, telling ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' that "I thought it would be good to do it as the story of his life, a themed LP, with a thread running through it. It's such an unhip thing to do". An unpublished section of the interview, later placed on the magazine's website, suggested Smith was not yet finished with his creation: "I do want to continue the Marshall theme, develop it. Maybe a five sided thing next, the return of the Marshall".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/unpublished/mark_e_smith.html|title=Wire-Adventures in Sound and Music|publisher=Thewire.co.uk|accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> However, he does not appear to have returned to the theme on any subsequent Fall album.
Around the time of its release, rumours circulated that ''The Marshall Suite'' was a [[concept album]] about "The Crying Marshall". Smith stopped short of denying this, telling ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' that "I thought it would be good to do it as the story of his life, a themed LP, with a thread running through it. It's such an unhip thing to do". An unpublished section of the interview, later placed on the magazine's website, suggested Smith was not yet finished with his creation: "I do want to continue the Marshall theme, develop it. Maybe a five-sided thing next, the return of the Marshall".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/unpublished/mark_e_smith.html|title=Wire-Adventures in Sound and Music|publisher=Thewire.co.uk|accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> However, he does not appear to have returned to the theme on any subsequent Fall album.


An edit of the album's opening track "Touch Sensitive" was used in the UK as a soundtrack to an advert for the [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] [[Opel Corsa|Corsa]].
An edit of the album's opening track "Touch Sensitive" was used in the UK as a soundtrack to an advert for the [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] [[Opel Corsa|Corsa]].
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# "On My Own" (Nagle, Smith, Simon Wolstencroft) – 3:12
# "On My Own" (Nagle, Smith, Simon Wolstencroft) – 3:12
# "Tom Raggazzi (Finale)" (Head, Nagle, Smith) – 2.12 *
# "Tom Raggazzi (Finale)" (Head, Nagle, Smith) – 2.12 *
<nowiki>*</nowiki> track is exclusive to the LP edition and 3 disc reissue
<nowiki>*</nowiki> track is exclusive to the LP edition and 3-disc reissue


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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'''Additional personnel'''
'''Additional personnel'''
* Steve Hitchcock - [[record producer|production]], [[stringed instruments|string arrangements]]
* Steve Hitchcock - [[record producer|production]], [[stringed instruments|string arrangements]]
* Bernard MacMahon - [[record producer|production]] (as associate producer)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Fall-The-Marshall-Suite/release/8745 |title=Discogs: Fall, The – The Marshall Suite (CD, Album) |accessdate=2014-05-30}}</ref>
* [[:fr:Pascal Le Gras|Pascal Le Gras]] - [[cover art]]
* [[:fr:Pascal Le Gras|Pascal Le Gras]] - [[cover art]]


Revision as of 10:09, 30 May 2014

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Guardian(favourable)[2]

The Marshall Suite is a 1999 album by The Fall. The album builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate (1997), while also returning to a more rockabilly-influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups. The end result has songs like the primitive, catchy "Touch Sensitive", and the strange, complex, thumping jungle beats of "Crying Marshall" occurring in equal measure. The album was long out of print, but a new 3-disc edition was released in the summer of 2011.[3]

The Marshall Suite was made immediately after a scandal during an American tour during which Mark E. Smith had an onstage fight with members of the band and was arrested following an altercation with keyboardist Julia Nagle. While the remaining band members quit and returned to England, leaving Smith in Riker's Island, Nagle chose to stay in the band, helping to assemble a new line-up of the group. This new line-up was still taking shape during the recording of the album; the group shed a drummer before recording could even begin, and the album features two different bassists. For these reasons, it is something of a patchwork: out of 13 tracks, "On My Own" is a reworking of the previous album's "Everybody But Myself", three tracks are covers, two are sound collages, and "The Crying Marshal" is a remix by producer Steven Hitchcock of a Smith collaboration with the Filthy Three ("Real Life of the Crying Marshal"). Two songs use some of the same lyrics (a 14th track, "Tom Raggazzi" - a reggae-tinged reprise of "Anecdotes..." - was included on the vinyl version). Nevertheless, the album was well received.

Around the time of its release, rumours circulated that The Marshall Suite was a concept album about "The Crying Marshall". Smith stopped short of denying this, telling The Wire that "I thought it would be good to do it as the story of his life, a themed LP, with a thread running through it. It's such an unhip thing to do". An unpublished section of the interview, later placed on the magazine's website, suggested Smith was not yet finished with his creation: "I do want to continue the Marshall theme, develop it. Maybe a five-sided thing next, the return of the Marshall".[4] However, he does not appear to have returned to the theme on any subsequent Fall album.

An edit of the album's opening track "Touch Sensitive" was used in the UK as a soundtrack to an advert for the Vauxhall Corsa.

Track listing

  1. "Touch Sensitive" (Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith) – 3:16
  2. "F-'Oldin' Money" (Tommy Blake, W. S. Stephenson, Carl Belew) – 2:45
  3. "Shake-Off" (Nagle, Smith, Tom Head, Stephen Hitchcock, Karen Leatham) – 3:03
  4. "Bound" (Smith, Wilson Brothers) – 3:19
  5. "This Perfect Day" (Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper) – 2:10
  6. "(Jung Nev's) Antidotes" (Hitchcock, Smith, Neville Wilding) – 3:27
  7. "Inevitable" (Head, Leatham, Nagle, Smith) – 3:51
  8. "Anecdotes+Antidotes in B#" (Nagle, Smith) – 2:59
  9. "Early Life of Crying Marshal" (Hitchcock, Smith, Jason Baron) – 0:50
  10. "The Crying Marshal" (Hitchcock, Smith, Baron, Martin Neary) – 4:39
  11. "Birthday Song" (Nagle, Smith) – 3:38
  12. "Mad. Men-Eng, Dog" (Nagle, Smith, Spencer Marsden) – 2:18
  13. "On My Own" (Nagle, Smith, Simon Wolstencroft) – 3:12
  14. "Tom Raggazzi (Finale)" (Head, Nagle, Smith) – 2.12 *

* track is exclusive to the LP edition and 3-disc reissue

Personnel

The Fall

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ The Guardian review
  3. ^ "The Marshall Suite: The Fall: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  4. ^ "Wire-Adventures in Sound and Music". Thewire.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  5. ^ "Discogs: Fall, The – The Marshall Suite (CD, Album)". Retrieved 2014-05-30.
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