On spine from left to right.
The fall grotesque vinyl.
Smith s sputtering defiance breathes scathing life into their every move.
Recorded at cargo rochdale street level london 289 9699.
The fall grotesque after the gramme rough trade rough 18.
The fall foundation c o 429b bury new road salford 7.
No vinyl cdr 21 listed for sale.
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.
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.
The single reached number one the uk independent chart spending 29 weeks on the chart in total.
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.
Some editions of this album have a 2 3 second gap between c n c s mithering and the container drivers.
Released on 17 november 1980 it was the band s first studio album on rough trade.
Grotesque represents the mighty fall at their most grotesquely brilliant.
Other editions run the two tracks together without a gap.
Originally released in 1980.
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.
Grotesque after the gramme is the third studio album by english band the fall.
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