On spine from left to right.
The fall grotesque vinyl.
Some editions of this album have a 2 3 second gap between c n c s mithering and the container drivers.
The single reached number one the uk independent chart spending 29 weeks on the chart in total.
Grotesque represents the mighty fall at their most grotesquely brilliant.
Anyway it s hard to say that grotesque is just another fine entry in the fall s catalog because it s almost like a transition from the old fall to a newer well more close to music fall but it s also a bunch of insanely enjoyable racket that will drive your neighbors nuts at the proper volume.
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Grotesque after the gramme is the third studio album by english band the fall.
Recorded at cargo studios rochdale and street level studios london mid 1980.
The fall grotesque after the gramme rough trade rough 18.
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Description bursting into the 1980s on a new label the then upstart now legendary rough trade and with an augmented audibly panicked lineup the fall s grotesque is the true pure bred release from the marc riley era.
Anyway it s hard to say that grotesque is just another fine entry in the fall s catalog because it s almost like a transition from the old fall to a newer well more close to music fall but it s also a bunch of insanely enjoyable racket that will drive your neighbors nuts at the proper volume.
Released on 17 november 1980 it was the band s first studio album on rough trade.
180g virgin vinyl in plastic wallet with 12 45rpm disc with tracks from rough trade single rt048 how i wrote elastic man july 1980 on one side and rough trade single rt056 totally wired september 1980 on the other.
Considering this band s immense and immensely impressive catalogue it is hard to single out any particular disc but under duress one would have to admit that this one is up there.
The fall hit their jittery stride on this disc with paranoid post punk anthems like totally wired and how i wrote elastic man they never use more than two chords but mark e.
Other editions run the two tracks together without a gap.
Originally released in 1980.