The Fall / Discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the English rock band The Fall , which have been released since 1979 (release date in England in brackets).
Discography
Singles and EPs
- Bingo-Master's Break-Out (August 11, 1978)
- It's The New Thing (November 1978)
- Rowche Rumble (July 30, 1979)
- Fiery Jack (January 1980)
- How I Wrote Elastic Man (July 11, 1980)
- Totally Wired (September 1980)
- Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul (November 13, 1981)
- Look, Know (April 19, 1982)
- The Man Whose Head Expanded (June 27, 1983)
- Kicker Conspiracy / Wings (September 19, 1983)
- Marquee Cha-Cha (November 1983)
- Oh! Brother (June 8th 1984)
- creep (August 24, 1984)
- Call For Escape Route (October 12, 1984)
- Couldn't Get Ahead / Rollin 'Dany (June 14, 1985)
- Cruiser's Creek (October 11, 1985)
- Living Too Late (July 7, 1986)
- Mr. Pharmacist (September 1, 1986)
- Hey Luciani (December 8, 1986)
- There's A Ghost In My House (April 27, 1987)
- The Peel Sessions EP (June 1987)
- Hit The North (October 19, 1987)
- Victoria (January 11, 1988)
- Bremen Night Run Out (February 29, 1988)
- Jerusalem / Big New Prince (November 7, 1988)
- Cab It Up (June 5, 1989)
- Telephone Thing (January 15, 1990)
- Popcorn Double Feature (March 12, 1990)
- White Lightning / The Dredger EP (August 13, 1990)
- High Tension Line (December 1990)
- So What About It (Remixes) (Promo) (1991)
- Free Range (March 2, 1992)
- Ed's Babe (June 22, 1992)
- The Re-Mixer (February 15, 1993)
- Kimble (March 8, 1993)
- Why Are People Grudgeful? (April 5, 1993)
- Behind The Counter (December 13, 1993)
- 15 Ways (April 18, 1994)
- The Chiselers (February 12, 1996)
- Masquerade (February 9, 1998)
- Touch Sensitive (March 22, 1999)
- F-'Oldin 'Money (August 16, 1999)
- Rude (All The Time) (August 2001)
- The Fall vs 2003 (December 2, 2002)
- (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas (December 8, 2003)
- Theme from Sparta FC # 2 (June 28, 2004)
- 2 Librans (Demo) (July 2004)
- Rude (All The Time) EP (February 28, 2005)
- I Can Hear The Grass Grow (September 26, 2005)
- Reformation! The Single (April 9, 2007)
- Slippy Floor (November 16, 2009)
- Bury! (April 17, 2010)
- The Remainderer (EP) (December 9, 2013)
- Wise Ol 'Man (EP) (February 19, 2016)
Studio albums
- Live at the Witch Trials (March 16, 1979)
- Dragnet (October 26, 1979)
- Grotesque (After the Gramme) (November 17, 1980)
- Slates (EP) (April 27, 1981)
- Hex Enduction Hour (March 8, 1982)
- Room to Live (Undilutable Slang Truth!) (September 27, 1982)
- Perverted by Language (December 12, 1983)
- The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall (October 8, 1984)
- This Nation's Saving Grace (September 23, 1985)
- Bend Sinister (September 29, 1986)
- The Frenz Experiment (February 29, 1988)
- I Am Kurious, Oranj (October 24, 1988)
- Extricate (February 19, 1990)
- Shift-Work (April 22, 1991)
- Code: Selfish (March 23, 1992)
- The Infotainment Scan (April 26, 1993)
- Middle Class Revolt (May 3, 1994)
- Cerebral Caustic (February 27, 1995)
- The Light User Syndrome (June 10, 1996)
- Levitate (September 29, 1997)
- The Marshall Suite (April 19, 1999)
- The Unutterable (November 6, 2000)
- Are You Are Missing Winner (November 5, 2001)
- The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) (October 27, 2003)
- Fall Heads Roll (October 3, 2005)
- Reformation! Post TLC (February 12, 2007)
- Imperial Wax Solvent (April 28, 2008)
- Your Future, Our Clutter (April 26, 2010)
- Replacement GB (November 2011)
- Re-Wed (May 2013)
- Sub-Lingual Tablet (May 2015)
- New Facts Emerge (July 2017)
Live albums with studio / demo recordings
- Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never) (May 5, 1980)
- Seminal Live (June 1989)
- The Twenty-Seven Points (July 7, 1995)
- 2G & 2 (June 10, 2002)
- Interim (November 1, 2004)
Live albums
- Live at Acklam Hall, London 1980 (tape, February 16, 1982)
- A Part of America Therein, 1981 (March 8, 1982)
- Fall In a Hole (August 21, 1982)
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (August 2, 1993)
- The Legendary Chaos Tape (November 1, 1996)
- In the City ... (January 27, 1997)
- 15 Ways to Leave Your Man, Live (August 11, 1997)
- Live to Air in Melbourne 1982 (May 4, 1998)
- Live Various Years (August 1998)
- Nottingham 92 (November 1998)
- Live 1977 (March 2000)
- I Am as Pure as Oranj (July 3, 2000)
- Live in Cambridge 1988 (September 21, 2000)
- Austurbaejarbio (Live in Reykjavik 1983) (February 5, 2001)
- Live in Zagreb (June 4th 2001)
- Liverpool 78 (June 4th 2001)
- Touch Sensitive ... Bootleg Box Set (July 14, 2003)
- The Idiot Joy Show (July 14, 2003)
- Live at the Phoenix Festival (September 29, 2003)
- Live at Deeply Vale (June 6, 2005)
- Live from the Vaults: Oldham 1978 ( Aug 8, 2005)
- Live from the Vaults: Retford 1979 ( Aug 8, 2005)
- Live from the Vaults: Los Angeles 1979 ( Aug 8, 2005)
- Live from the Vaults: Glasgow 1981 (October 31, 2005)
- Live from the Vaults: Hof 1981 (October 31, 2005)
- Live at the Knitting Factory, New York April 9, 2004 (January 29, 2007)
- Live at the Garage, London April 20, 2002 (January 29, 2007)
- Live at the Knitting Factory, LA November 14, 2001 (February 19, 2007)
- Live at the ATP Festival April 28, 2002 (February 19, 2007)
- Last Night At The Palais (August 24, 2009)
Compilations
- 77-Early Years-79 (September 1981)
- Hip Priest and Kamerads (March 1985)
- North-West Gas (October 1986)
- The Fall In: Palace of Swords Reversed (December 1987)
- Box One (Japan Import, includes the albums: The Wonderful And Frightening World Of ... , Hip Priests And Kamerads and This Nation's Saving Grace , 1988)
- Box Two (Japan Import, includes the albums: Bend Sinister , The Frenz Experiment , I Am Kurious Oranj and Seminal Live , 1989)
- 458489 A Sides (September 3, 1990)
- 458489 B Sides (December 31, 1990)
- The Collection (March 1993)
- Sinister Waltz (January 22, 1996)
- Fiend with a Violin (February 19, 1996)
- Oswald Defense Lawyer (April 15, 1996)
- The Archive Series (May 1997)
- The Less You Look, The More You Find (July 18, 1997)
- Oxymoron (November 3, 1997)
- Cheetham Hill (December 1, 1997)
- Smile ... It's the Best of The Fall (March 1998)
- Northern Attitude (June 1998)
- The Peel Sessions (January 25, 1999)
- A Past Gone Mad (April 19, 2000)
- Psykick Dancehall (July 11, 2000)
- Backdrop (February 5, 2011)
- A World Bewitched (February 6, 2001)
- Totally Wired - The Rough Trade Anthology (July 15, 2002)
- The Rough Trade Singles Box (July 15, 2002)
- High Tension Line (September 23, 2002)
- Listening In (November 11, 2002)
- Early Singles (December 2, 2002)
- It's the New Thing! The Step Forward Years (March 31, 2003)
- Time Enough At Last (April 28, 2003)
- Words of Expectation - BBC Sessions (May 26, 2003)
- The War Against Intelligence - The Fontana Years (October 20, 2003)
- Rebellious Jukebox (November 10, 2003)
- 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong - 39 Golden Greats (May 31, 2004)
- The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004 (April 25, 2005)
- The Permanent Years - Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room (April 3, 2006)
- The Fall Box Set 1976-2007 (September 10, 2010)
- I've Never Felt Better In My Life - 1979-1982 (July 8, 2008)
- Rebellious Jukebox Volume 2 (September 28, 2009)
- 5 Albums (August 19, 2013)
Various compilations
Only those compilations are listed that contain exclusive Fall songs that are not available anywhere else:
- The Indie Scene 1978 (album, 1991) - Bingo Masters Breakout (live)
- The Indie Scene 1979 (album, 1992) - Rowche Rumble (live Norwich 1984)
- The Fall vs Drome vs Autechre (7 ", 1996, What's That Noise Magazine give away) - US 80's - 90's (live)
- Silver Monk Time - A Tribute to The Monks (album, October 23, 2006) & Higgle-dy Piggle-dy (7 ", 2006) - Higgle-dy Piggle-dy
Mark E. Smith solo albums
- The Post Nearly Man (August 31, 1998)
- Pander! Panda! Tank! (September 23, 2002)
Mark E. Smith vocal collaborations with other bands & artists
(Band, album title, release date in England, song title)
- Adult Net : White Night (Single, July 1986) - Naughty But Nice
- Coldcut : What's That Noise (album, April 1989) - (I'm) In Deep
- Tackhead: Dangerous Sex (single, July 1990) - repetition
- Inspiral Carpets : I Want You (single, February 21, 1994), The Singles (album, September 15, 1995), Cool As (album & DVD, May 19, 2003) & Greatest Hits (album, October 27, 2003) - I want you
- Long Fin Killie : Heads of Dead Surfers (single, 1995) & Houdini (album, June 9, 1995) - Heads of Dead Surfers
- DOSE: Plug Myself In (single, March 8, 1996) - Plug Myself In (including various remixes)
- Edwyn Collins : I'm Not Following You (album, September 1, 1997) - Seventies Night
- INCH: Inch (single, February 15, 1999) - Inch (including various remixes)
- The Clint Boon Experience : You Can't Keep A Good Man Down (single, August 9, 1999) - I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live)
- Elastica : Elastica EP (single, August 23, 1999) & Menace (album, April 3, 2000) - How I Wrote Elastica Man & KB
- Mild Man Jan: Fistful Of Credits (single, June 9, 2000) - Fistful Of Credits
- Jon The Postman : Puerile (album, June 17, 2002) - Louie Louie
- Mouse On Mars : Wipe That Sound (single, November 2, 2004) - Cut The Gain & Wipe That Sound
- Ghostigital: In God We Trust (Album, 2005) - Not Clean
- Von Südfed : Fledermaus Can't Get It (single, May 14, 2007) - Fledermaus Can't Get It (including various remixes)
- Von Südfed : Tromatic Reflexxions (Album, May 21, 2007) - Fledermaus Can't Get It , The Rhinohead , Flooded , Family Feud , Serious Brainskin , Speech Contamination , German Fear Of Osterreich , The Young The Faceless And The Codes , Duckrog , Chicken Yiamas , That Sound Wiped , Jbak Lois Lane & Dearest Friends
- Von Südfed : The Rhinohead / Slow Down Ronnie (Single, October 15, 2007) - The Rhinohead , Slow Down Ronnie & The Rhinohead (Pilooski Edit)
- Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney: Transfusion (single, June 28, 2008) - Transfusion & Mettle Claw
- Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney: Real Good Time Together (single, October 6, 2008) - Real Good Time Together & When We Were Young
- Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney: Smith And Blaney (album, October 13, 2008) - Ludite , Real Good Time Together , Durasti , Mettle Claw , No Retreat , Ludite , The Train Pt. 1 , Hustle , The Train Pt. 2 , Transfusion , When We Were Young , Transfusion (Remix)
- Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney: Thr Train Part 3 (album, October 19, 2009) - The Train Part 3
- Gorillaz : Plastic Beach (album, March 3, 2010) - Glitter Freeze
- Shuttleworth: England's Heartbeat (single, June 7, 2010) - Englands Heartbeat (including various remixes)
Chart placements
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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1982 | Hex Enduction Hour |
UK71 (3 weeks) UK |
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1984 | Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall |
UK62 (2 weeks) UK |
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1985 | This Nation's Saving Grace |
UK54 (2 weeks) UK |
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1986 | Bend Sinister |
UK36 (3 weeks) UK |
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1988 | The Frenz Experiment |
UK19 (4 weeks) UK |
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I am Curious Oranj |
UK54 (2 weeks) UK |
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1989 | Seminal Live |
UK40 (2 weeks) UK |
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1990 | Extricate |
UK31 (3 weeks) UK |
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458489 B-Sides |
UK44 (2 weeks) UK |
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1991 | Shift work |
UK17 (2 weeks) UK |
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1992 | Code Selfish |
UK21 (1 week) UK |
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1993 | Infotainment scan |
UK9 (3 weeks) UK |
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1994 | Middle Class Revolt |
UK48 (2 weeks) UK |
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1995 | Cerebral Caustic |
UK67 (2 weeks) UK |
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1996 | The Light User Syndrome |
UK54 (1 week) UK |
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1999 | The Marshall Suite |
UK84 (1 week) UK |
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2007 | Reformation Post-TLC |
UK78 (1 week) UK |
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2008 | Imperial Wax Solvent |
UK35 (1 week) UK |
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2010 | Your Future, Our Clutter |
UK38 (2 weeks) UK |
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2011 | Replacement GB |
UK88 (1 week) UK |
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2013 | Re-With |
UK40 (1 week) UK |
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The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004 |
UK97 (1 week) UK |
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2015 | Sub-Lingual Tablet |
UK58 (1 week) UK |
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2017 | New facts emerge |
UK35 (1 week) UK |
Singles
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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1984 | Oh brother |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
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Creep |
UK91 (2 weeks) UK |
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Draygos Guilt |
UK99 (1 week) UK |
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1985 | Rollin 'Dany / Couldn't Get Ahead |
UK90 (2 weeks) UK |
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Cruisers Creek / LA |
UK96 (1 week) UK |
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1986 | Living Too Late / Hot Aftershave Bop |
UK97 (1 week) UK |
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Mr Pharmacist |
UK75 (2 weeks) UK |
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Hey Luciani |
UK59 (2 weeks) UK |
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1987 | There's a ghost in my house |
UK30 (4 weeks) UK |
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Hit the North |
UK57 (5 weeks) UK |
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1988 | Victoria |
UK35 (3 weeks) UK |
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Big New Prince / Jerusalem (EP) |
UK59 (2 weeks) UK |
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1989 | Cab It Up |
UK81 (1 week) UK |
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1990 | Telephone Thing |
UK58 (2 weeks) UK |
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Popcorn Double Feature |
UK84 (2 weeks) UK |
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White Lightning |
UK56 (2 weeks) UK |
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High tension line |
UK97 (1 week) UK |
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1992 | Free range |
UK40 (1 week) UK |
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1993 | Why Are People Grudgeful |
UK43 (1 week) UK |
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Behind the counter |
UK75 (1 week) UK |
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1994 | 15 ways |
UK65 (2 weeks) UK |
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1996 | The Chiselers |
UK60 (2 weeks) UK |
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1998 | Masquerade |
UK69 (1 week) UK |
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1999 | Touch sensitive |
UK90 (1 week) UK |
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F-'Oldin 'Money |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
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2002 | The Fall Vs 2003 (EP) |
UK64 (2 weeks) UK |
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2004 | Theme from Sparta FC # 2 |
UK66 (1 week) UK |
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- ↑ a b The Fall in the Official UK Charts (English)