The Fall discography
| The Fall discography | |
|---|---|
 The Fall in Hamburg, 13 April 1984 | |
| Studio albums | 30 |
| Live albums | 32 |
| Compilation albums | 40 |
| EPs | 13 |
| Singles | 46 |
| Part studio, part live albums | 5 |
| Mark E. Smith | 2 |
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
|
– | – | – | |
Dragnet
|
– | – | – | ||
| 1980 | Grotesque
|
– | 1 | 38 | |
| 1982 | Hex Enduction Hour
|
71 | 2 | 11 | |
Room to Live
|
– | 4 | – | ||
| 1983 | Perverted by Language
|
– | 1 | – | |
| 1984 | The Wonderful and Frightening World Of...
|
62 | – | – | |
| 1985 | This Nation's Saving Grace
|
54 | – | – | |
| 1986 | Bend Sinister
|
36 | – | – | |
| 1988 | The Frenz Experiment
|
19 | – | – | |
I Am Kurious Oranj
|
54 | – | – | ||
| 1990 | Extricate
|
31 | – | – | |
| 1991 | Shift-Work
|
17 | – | – | |
| 1992 | Code: Selfish
|
21 | – | – | |
| 1993 | The Infotainment Scan
|
9 | – | – | |
| 1994 | Middle Class Revolt
|
48 | – | – | |
| 1995 | Cerebral Caustic
|
67 | – | – | |
| 1996 | The Light User Syndrome
|
54 | – | – | |
| 1997 | Levitate
|
117 | – | – | |
| 1999 | The Marshall Suite
|
84 | – | – | |
| 2000 | The Unutterable
|
136 | – | – | |
| 2001 | Are You Are Missing Winner
|
– | – | – | |
| 2003 | The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
|
156 | – | – | |
| 2005 | Fall Heads Roll
|
115 | – | – | |
| 2007 | Reformation! Post-TLC
|
78 | – | – | |
| 2008 | Imperial Wax Solvent
|
35 | – | – | |
| 2010 | Your Future Our Clutter
|
38 | – | – | |
| 2011 | Ersatz GB
|
88 | 9 | – | |
| 2013 | Re-Mit
|
40 | – | – | |
| 2015 | Sub-Lingual Tablet
|
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
|
– | 1 | – | |
| 1989 | Seminal Live
|
40 | – | – | |
| 1995 | The Twenty-Seven Points
|
– | – | – | |
| 2002 | 2G+2
|
116 | – | – | |
| 2004 | Interim
|
– | – | – | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Live albums
- Live in London 1980 (1982) UK Indie #7[3]
- A Part of America Therein, 1981 (1982) UK Indie #9[3]
- Fall in a Hole (1983) NZ #47[4]
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1993)
- In the City... (1997)
- 15 Ways to Leave Your Man, Live (1997)
- Live to Air in Melbourne 1982 (1998)
- Live Various Years (1998)
- Nottingham 92 (1998)
- Live 1977 (2000)
- I Am as Pure as Oranj (2000)
- Live in Cambridge 1988 (2000)
- Austurbaejarbio (Live in Reykjavik 1983) (2001)
- Live in Zagreb (2001)
- Liverpool 78 (2001)
- Touch Sensitive... Bootleg Box Set (2003)
- The Idiot Joy Show (2003)
- Live at the Phoenix Festival (2003)
- Live at Deeply Vale (2005)
- Live from the Vaults - Oldham 1978 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults - Retford 1978 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults - Los Angeles 1979 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults - Glasgow 1981 (2005)
- Live from the Vaults - Alter Bahnoff, Hof, Germany 1981 (2005)
- Pearl City (Roskilde 1996) (2005)
- Live at the Knitting Factory, New York 9 April 2001 (2007)
- Live at the Garage, London 20 April 2002 (2007)
- Live at the Knitting Factory, LA 14 November 2001 (2007)
- Live at the ATP Festival 28 April 2002 (2007)
- Last Night at The Palais (2009)
- Live in San Francisco (2013)
- Live Uurop VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son (2014)
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 | |
| The Fall 5 Albums |
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:
- The Post Nearly Man (1998)
- Pander! Panda! Panzer! (2002)
Extended plays
- Bingo-Master's Break-Out! (1978)
- "Psycho Mafia"/"Bingo-Master"/"Repetition"
- Fiery Jack (1980) UK Indie #4[3]
- "Fiery Jack"/"2nd Dark Age"/"Psyckick Dancehall #2"
- Slates (1981)
- CREEP (1984)
- "CREEP"(extended)/"Pat Trip Dispenser"/"Poem"/"CREEP"
- Call for Escape Route (1984)
- "Draygo's Guilt"/"Clear Off"/"No Bulbs"
- (came with free 7") "No Bulbs 3"/"Slang King 2"
- Peel Sessions (1987) UK Indie #3[3]
- "Put Away"/"Mess of My"/"No Xmas for John Key"/"Like to Blow"
- The Dredger (1990)
- "White Lightning"/"Blood Outta Stone"/"Zagreb" (Movements I & II & III)/"Life Just Bounces"
- 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"
- The Fall vs 2003 (2003) UK #64[1]
- "Susan vs Youthclub"/"Janet vs Johnny"/"Susan vs Youthclub" (remix)
- (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"
- Rude (All the Time) (2005)
- "Distilled Mug Art"/"I Wake Up in the City"/"Where's the Fuckin Taxi? Cunt"/My Ex-Classmates' Kids"
- The Remainderer (2013)
- "The Remainderer"/"Amorator!"/"Mister Rode"/"Rememberance R"/"Say Mama/Race With the Devil"/Touchy Pad"
- Wise Ol' Man (2016)
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 2 3 4 5 "Chart Stats – The Fall". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Chart Log UK: Adam F – FYA". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz, 1994–2009. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Indie Hits "F"". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 "charts.org.nz – Discography The Fall". 2006–2010 Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
External links
- Discography at the Fall online formerly: The Official Fall Website (1998 – Feb 2006); The Unofficial Fall Website (February 2006 – October 2007)
- The Fall discography at MusicBrainz
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