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The Fall discography
The Fall in Hamburg, 13 April 1984
Studio albums31
EPs9
Live albums30
Compilation albums35
Singles41
Part studio, part live albums5
Mark E. Smith2

Rock band The Fall have released a large number of recordings since their inception in 1976, often inviting use of the tag 'prolific'. Their first release as a group was the EP Bingo-Master's Break Out! (1978), and they have released a studio album at a rate of almost one a year since 1979.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Chart Positions
UK
[1][2] 		UK Indie
[3] 		NZ
[4]
1979 Live at the Witch Trials
  • Label: Step Forward
 – – –
Dragnet
  • Label: Step Forward
 – – –
1980 Grotesque
  • Label: Rough Trade
 – 1 38
1982 Hex Enduction Hour
  • Label: Kamera
 71 2 11
Room to Live
  • Label: Kamera
 – 4 –
1983 Perverted by Language
  • Label: Rough Trade
 – 1 –
1984 The Wonderful and Frightening World Of...
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
 62 – –
1985 This Nation's Saving Grace
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
 54 – –
1986 Bend Sinister
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
 36 – –
1988 The Frenz Experiment
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
 19 – –
I Am Kurious Oranj
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
 54 – –
1990 Extricate
  • Label: Phonogram
 31 – –
1991 Shift-Work
  • Label: Phonogram
 17 – –
1992 Code: Selfish
  • Label: Phonogram
 21 – –
1993 The Infotainment Scan
  • Label: Permanent/Matador
 9 – –
1994 Middle Class Revolt
  • Label: Permanent/Matador
 48 – –
1995 Cerebral Caustic
  • Label: Permanent
 67 – –
1996 The Light User Syndrome
  • Label: Jet
 54 – –
1997 Levitate
  • Label: Artful
 117 – –
1999 The Marshall Suite
  • Label: Artful
 84 – –
2000 The Unutterable
  • Label: Eagle
 136 – –
2001 Are You Are Missing Winner
  • Label: Cog Sinister/Voiceprint
 – – –
2003 The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
  • Label: Action
 156 – –
2005 Fall Heads Roll
  • Label: Slogan
 115 – –
2007 Reformation! Post-TLC
  • Label: Slogan
 78 – –
2008 Imperial Wax Solvent
  • Label: Castle
 35 – –
2010 Your Future Our Clutter
  • Label: Domino Records
 38 – –
2011 Ersatz GB
  • Label: Cherry Red Records
 88 9 –
2013 Re-Mit
  • Label: Cherry Red Records
 40 – –
2015 Sub-Lingual Tablet
  • Label: Cherry Red Records
 58 8 –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Part studio, part live albums

Year Title Chart Positions
UK
[1][2] 		UK Indie
[3] 		NZ
[4]
1980 Totale's Turns
  • Label: Rough Trade
 – 1 –
1989 Seminal Live
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
 40 – –
1995 The Twenty-Seven Points
  • Label: Permanent Records
 – – –
2002 2G+2
  • Label: Action
 116 – –
2004 Interim
  • Label: Hip Priest/Voiceprint
 – – –
2014 Live Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son
  • Label: Cherry Red
 – – –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

  1. Live in London 1980 (1982) UK Indie #7[3]
  2. A Part of America Therein, 1981 (1982) UK Indie #9[3]
  3. Fall in a Hole (1983) NZ #47[4]
  4. BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1993)
  5. In the City... (1997)
  6. 15 Ways to Leave Your Man, Live (1997)
  7. Live to Air in Melbourne 1982 (1998)
  8. Live Various Years (1998)
  9. Nottingham 92 (1998)
  10. Live 1977 (2000)
  11. I Am as Pure as Oranj (2000)
  12. Live in Cambridge 1988 (2000)
  13. Austurbaejarbio (Live in Reykjavik 1983) (2001)
  14. Live in Zagreb (2001)
  15. Liverpool 78 (2001)
  16. Touch Sensitive... Bootleg Box Set (2003)
  17. The Idiot Joy Show (2003)
  18. Live at the Phoenix Festival (2003)
  19. Live at Deeply Vale (2005)
  20. Live from the Vaults - Oldham 1978 (2005)
  21. Live from the Vaults - Retford 1978 (2005)
  22. Live from the Vaults - Los Angeles 1979 (2005)
  23. Live from the Vaults - Glasgow 1981 (2005)
  24. Live from the Vaults - Alter Bahnoff, Hof, Germany 1981 (2005)
  25. Pearl City (Roskilde 1996) (2005)
  26. Live at the Knitting Factory, New York 9 April 2001 (2007)
  27. Live at the Garage, London 20 April 2002 (2007)
  28. Live at the Knitting Factory, LA 14 November 2001 (2007)
  29. Live at the ATP Festival 28 April 2002 (2007)
  30. Last Night at The Palais (2009)
  31. Live in San Francisco (2013)

Two live tracks by the Fall also appeared on the Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus compilation 10" EP, in 1978.

Compilation albums

Main article: Compilation albums by the Fall
Year Title UK Position
1981 77–Early Years–79 UK Indie #6[3]
1985 Hip Priest and Kamerads UK Indie #4[3]
1986 Nord-West Gas
1987 Palace of Swords Reversed UK Indie #1[3]
1990 458489 A Sides
458489 B Sides UK #44[1]
1993 The Collection
1994 Backdrop
1996 Sinister Waltz
Fiend with a Violin
Oswald Defence Lawyer
1997 The Archive Series
The Less You Look, the More You Find
Oxymoron
Cheetham Hill
1998 Smile... It's the Best of
Northern Attitude
1999 The Peel Sessions
2000 A Past Gone Mad
Psykick Dancehall
2001 A World Bewitched
2002 Totally Wired – The Rough Trade Anthology
The Rough Trade Singles Box
High Tension Line
Listening In
Early Singles
2003 It's the New Thing! The Step Forward Years
Words of Expectation – BBC Sessions
The War Against Intelligence – The Fontana Years
Rebellious Jukebox
Time Enough at Last
2004 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong – 39 Golden Greats UK #117[2]
2005 The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 UK #139[2] (#97 on 2013 re-issue)
2006 The Permanent Years – Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room
2007 The Fall Box Set 1976–2007
2008 I've Never Felt Better in My Life: 1979–1982
2009 Rebellious Jukebox Volume 2
2010 Rebellious Jukebox Volume 3
2013 13 Killers

Mark E. Smith spoken word albums

Mark E. Smith, the Fall's lead singer and only constant member, has also released two albums of solo material:

  1. The Post Nearly Man (1998)
  2. Pander! Panda! Panzer! (2002)

Extended plays

  1. Bingo-Master's Break-Out! (1978)
    • "Psycho Mafia"/Bingo-Master"/"Repetition"
  2. Fiery Jack (1980) UK Indie #4[3]
    • "Fiery Jack"/"2nd Dark Age"/"Psyckick Dancehall #2"
  3. Slates (1981 - Rough Trade Records)
  4. Call for Escape Route (1984)
    • "Draygo's Guilt"/"Clear Off"/"No Bulbs"
    • (came with free 7") "No Bulbs 3"/"Slang King 2"
  5. Peel Sessions (1987) UK Indie #3[3]
    • "Put Away"/"Mess of My"/"No Xmas for John Key"/"Like to Blow"
  6. The Dredger (1990)
    • "White Lightning"/"Blood Outta Stone"/"Zagreb" (Movements I & II & III)/"Life Just Bounces"
  7. Kimble (1993)
    • CD: "Kimble"/"Gut of the Quantifier"/"Spoilt Victorian Child"/"Words of Expectation"
    • 12": "Kimble"/"C'n'C-Hassle Schmuk"/"Spoilt Victorian Child"/"Words Of Expectation"
  8. The Fall vs 2003 (2003) UK #64[1]
    • "Susan vs Youthclub"/"Janet vs Johnny"/"Susan vs Youthclub" (remix)
  9. (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas (2003)
    • "(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas"/"(We Are) Mod Mock Goth"/"(Birtwistle's) Girl in Shop"/"Recovery Kit #2"
  10. Rude (All the Time) (2005)
    • "Distilled Mug Art"/"I Wake Up in the City"/"Where's the Fuckin Taxi? Cunt"/My Ex-Classmates' Kids"
  11. The Remainderer (2013)
    • "The Remainderer"/"Amorator!"/"Mister Rode"/"Rememberance R"/"Say Mama/Race With the Devil"/Touchy Pad"

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions
UK
[1][2] 		UK Indie
[3] 		NZ
[4]
1978 "It's the New Thing"
b/w "Various Times" 		– – –
1979 "Rowche Rumble"
b/w "In My Area" 		– 31 –
1980 "How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'"
b/w "City Hobgoblins" 		– 2 –
"Totally Wired"
b/w "Putta Block" 		– 2 25
1981 "Lie Dream of a Casino Soul"
b/w "Fantastic Life" 		– 5 17
1982 "Look, Know"
b/w "I'm into C. B.!" 		– 4 –
"Marquis Cha-Cha"
b/w "Room to Live" 		– – –
1983 "The Man Whose Head Expanded"
b/w "Ludd Gang" 		– 3 35
"Kicker Conspiracy"
b/w "Wings" 		– 5 –
1984 "Oh! Brother"
b/w "God Box" 		93 – –
"C.R.E.E.P."
b/w "Pat-Trip Dispenser" 		91 – –
"Draygo's Guilt"
b/w "Clear Off"/"No Bulbs"
(7" package is titled Call For Escape Route) 		99 – –
1985 "Couldn't Get Ahead"
b/w "Rollin' Dany" 		90 – –
"Cruiser's Creek"
b/w "Vixen" 		96 – –
1986 "Living Too Late"
b/w "Hot Aftershave Bop" 		97 – –
"Mr. Pharmacist"
b/w "Lucifer Over Lancashire" 		75 – –
"Hey! Luciani"
b/w "Entitled" 		59 – –
1987 "There's a Ghost in My House"
b/w "Haf Found Bormann" 		30 – –
"Hit the North"
b/w "Australians In Europe"/"Northerns In Europ"/Hit The North parts 2 through 6 variously 		57 – –
1988 "Victoria"
b/w "Tuff Life Booogie" 		35 – –
"Jerusalem"
b/w "Acid Priest"/"Big New Prinz"/"Wrong Place, Right Time" 		59 – –
1989 "Cab It Up!"
b/w "Dead Beat Descendant" 		81 – –
1990 "Telephone Thing"
b/w "British People in Hot Weather" 		58 – –
"Popcorn Double Feature"
b/w "Arms Control Poseur" 		84 – –
"White Lightning"
b/w "Blood Outta Stone" 		56 – –
"High Tension Line"
b/w "Xmas with Simon" 		97 – –
1992 "Free Range"
b/w "Everything Hurtz" 		40 – –
"Ed's Babe"
b/w "Pumpkin Head Xscapes" / "The Knight, The Devil and Death"/"Free Ranger" 		– – –
"Kimble"
b/w "Gut of the Quantifier" 		– – –
1993 "Why Are People Grudgeful?"
b/w "Glam-Racket" 		43 – –
"Behind the Counter"
b/w "War"/"Cab Driver" 		75 – –
1994 "15 Ways"
b/w "Hey! Student"/"The $500 Bottle of Wine" 		65 – –
1996 "The Chiselers"
b/w "Chilinist" 		60 – –
1998 "Masquerade"
b/w "Ivanhoes Two Pence"/"Spencer Must Die (Live)"/"Ten Houses of Eve (Remix)" 		69 – –
1999 "Touch Sensitive"
b/w "Antidote"/"Touch Sensitive (Dance Mix)" 		104 – –
"F-'oldin' Money"
b/w "Perfect Day (New Version)"/"Birthday Song (New Mix)" 		114 – –
2001 "Rude (All the Time)"
b/w "I Wake Up in the City" 		– – –
2002 "Susan vs. Youthclub"
b/w "Janet Vs. Johnny" 		64 – –
2004 "Theme from Sparta F.C. #2"
b/w "My Ex's Classmate's Kids" 		66 – –
2005 "I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
b/w "Clasp Hands" 		104 – –
2006 "Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy"
b/w "Monk Time" B-side performed by Alec Empire/Gary Burger 		– – –
2007 "Reformation!"
b/w "Over Over"/"My Door Is Never"/"Reformation! (Edit)" 		– – –
2009 "Slippy Floor"
b/w "Hot Cake – Part 2" 		– – –
2010 "Bury!"
b/w "Cowboy Gregorie" 		– – –
2011 "Laptop Dog"
b/w "Cosmo 7"/"Monocard" 		– – –
2012 "Victrola Time"
b/w /"Taking Off"
(7" package is titled Night of the Humerons) 		– – –
2013 "Sir William Wray"
b/w "Jetplane"/"Hittite Man" 		– – –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Chart Stats – The Fall". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Chart Log UK: Adam F – FYA". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz, 1994–2009. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Indie Hits "F"". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d "charts.org.nz – Discography The Fall". 2006–2010 Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
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