The Fall
Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall
on 1984's 'the wonderful and frightening world of the fall' the band hooked up with noted producer john leckie to create another smart varied album the album makes few concessions to the larger market every potential hook seemed spiked with the band's usual rough takeitorleaveit stance mark e smith's audible tapedistorting spit on the descending chord blast of 'elves' already spiked with enough vocal craziness as it is gives a sense of where the album as a whole aims brix smith cowrites about half the tracks creating a strong partnership with many highlights this cd includes singles 'oh brother and 'creep' plus associated bsides and the 'call for escape route' ep