Hex Enduction Hour

Hex Enduction Hour
The Fall studio album
Publication (s)	March 8, 1982
Label (s)	camera
Genre (s)	Post punk
running time	60:08
occupation	Mark E. Smith : vocals Marc Riley : guitar , e-organ , piano , background vocals Craig Scanlon: guitar , backing vocals Steve Hanley : Bass , backing vocals Paul Hanley : drums Karl Burns: drums , backing vocals Kay Carroll: percussion , backing vocals
production	Grant Showbiz, Richard Mazda, Mark E. Smith
Studio (s)	Regal Cinema, Hitchin , England Hljóðriti, Reykjavík , Iceland
chronology Slates (EP) (1981) Hex Enduction Hour Room to Live (1982)

Hex Enduction Hour is the fourth studio album by the English rock band The Fall . It was released on March 8, 1982 on the Camera label .

background

Hex Enduction Hour is the group's first album to be recorded with two drummers - a line-up that has been retained for several follow-up albums.

In addition, the band switched with this album from Rough Trade to the camera label .

The songs Hip Priest and Iceland were recorded in a studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, the rest in the "Regal Cinema" studio in Hitchin, England.

Track list

page A

1. The Classical (The Fall) - 5:16
2. Jawbone and the Air-Rifle (The Fall) - 3:43
3. Hip Priest (The Fall) - 7:45
4. Fortress / Deer Park (Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Karl Burns) - 6:41
5. Mere Pseud Mag. Ed. (Smith) - 2:50
6. Winter (Hostel-Maxi) (Smith, Scanlon) - 4:26

Side B

1. Winter 2 (Smith, Scanlon) - 4:33
2. Just Step S'ways (Smith) - 3:22
3. Who Makes the Nazis? (Smith) - 4:27
4. Iceland (Smith, Scanlon, Riley, S. Hanley) - 6:42
5. And This Day (The Fall) - 10:18

Reviews

The album was rated very good by Pitchfork Media with 9.6 out of 10 possible points, and it came in 33rd in the list of the top 100 albums of the 80s.

In the German music press, the Musikexpress was given 5 out of 6 stars.

use

The piece Hip Priest is in the film Silence of the Lambs to hear, but did not appear on the official soundtrack of the film.

Mark E. Smith said the Motown label showed interest in signing the band and gave a label representative the album Hex Enduction Hour to listen to. Nothing came of the record deal, the feedback from Motown was: “We see no commercial potential in this band whatsoever.” (We see no commercial potential in this band at all.) - which was traced back to the opening text of The Classical .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ned Raggett: Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic . In: Allmusic .
2. ↑ Information on the camera music label on Discogs
3. ↑ Information about the label on MusicBrainz
4. ^ The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour . In: Discogs .
5. ↑ David Raposa: The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour . In: Pitchfork .
6. ↑ Top 100 Albums of the 1980s . In: Pitchfork .
7. ↑ Harald Inhülsen : The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour . In: Musikexpress . (Login required)
8. ↑ Information about the music of the film The Silence of the Lambs on IMDB.com
9. ↑ Information on The Classical