The Fall released many recordings following their inception in 1976. The band’s debut on vinyl came in June 1978 when "Stepping Out" and "Last Orders" were released by Virgin Records on Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus, a compilation of live recordings made at the Manchester venue The Electric Circus in October 1977 just before it was closed. Their first actual release as a group was the EP Bingo-Master's Break Out! (1978), and they released a studio album at a rate of almost one a year from their debut Live at the Witch Trials in 1979 to their final album New Facts Emerge in 2017.
| The Fall discography | |
|---|---|
 The Fall in Hamburg, 13 April 1984 | |
| Studio albums | 31 |
| EPs | 12 |
| Live albums | 59 |
| Compilation albums | 44 |
| Singles | 49 |
| Video albums | 10 |
| Part studio, part live albums | 6 |
| Box sets | 17 |
Studio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
UK Indie [3] |
NZ [4] | ||
| Live at the Witch Trials |
|
— | — | — |
| Dragnet |
|
— | — | — |
| Grotesque (After the Gramme) |
|
— | 1 | 38 |
| Hex Enduction Hour |
|
71 | 2 | 11 |
| Room to Live |
|
— | 4 | — |
| Perverted by Language |
|
— | 1 | — |
| The Wonderful and Frightening World Of... |
|
62 | — | — |
| This Nation's Saving Grace |
|
54 | — | — |
| Bend Sinister |
|
36 | — | — |
| The Frenz Experiment |
|
19 | — | — |
| I Am Kurious Oranj |
|
54 | — | — |
| Extricate |
|
31 | — | — |
| Shift-Work |
|
17 | — | — |
| Code: Selfish |
|
21 | — | — |
| The Infotainment Scan |
|
9 | — | — |
| Middle Class Revolt |
|
48 | — | — |
| Cerebral Caustic |
|
67 | — | — |
| The Light User Syndrome |
|
54 | — | — |
| Levitate |
|
117 | — | — |
| The Marshall Suite |
|
84 | — | — |
| The Unutterable |
|
136 | — | — |
| Are You Are Missing Winner |
|
— | 43 | — |
| The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) |
|
156 | 13 | — |
| Fall Heads Roll |
|
115 | 13 | — |
| Reformation Post TLC |
|
78 | 1 | — |
| Imperial Wax Solvent |
|
35 | — | — |
| Your Future Our Clutter |
|
38 | 1 | — |
| Ersatz GB |
|
88 | 9 | — |
| Re-Mit |
|
40 | 9 | — |
| Sub-Lingual Tablet |
|
58 | 8 | — |
| New Facts Emerge |
|
35 | 3 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
Part studio, part live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
UK Indie [citation needed] | ||
| Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never) |
|
— | 1 |
| Seminal Live |
|
40 | — |
| The Twenty-Seven Points |
|
— | — |
| 2G+2 |
|
116 | — |
| Interim |
|
— | — |
| Live Uurop VIII-XII Places In Sun & Winter, Son |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [3] |
NZ [4] | ||
| Live in London 1980 |
|
— | 7 | — |
| A Part of America Therein, 1981 |
|
— | 9 | — |
| Fall in a Hole |
|
— | — | 47 |
| BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert |
|
— | — | — |
| In the City... |
|
— | — | — |
| 15 Ways to Leave Your Man |
|
— | — | — |
| Live to Air in Melbourne '82 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live Various Years |
|
— | — | — |
| Nottingham '92 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live 1977 | — | — | — | |
| I Am as Pure as Oranj |
|
— | — | — |
| Live in Cambridge 1988 |
|
— | — | — |
| Austurbaejarbio (Live in Reykjavik 1983) |
|
— | — | — |
| Live in Zagreb |
|
— | — | — |
| Liverpool 78 |
|
— | — | — |
| The Idiot Joy Show |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Phoenix Festival |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at Deeply Vale |
|
— | — | — |
| Live from the Vaults – Oldham 1978 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live from the Vaults – Retford 1979 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live from the Vaults – Los Angeles 1979 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live from the Vaults – Glasgow 1981 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live from the Vaults – Alter Bahnhof, Hof, Germany 1981 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Knitting Factory, New York 9 April 2004 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Garage, London 20 April 2002 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Knitting Factory, LA 14 November 2001 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the ATP Festival 28 April 2002 |
|
— | — | — |
| Last Night at the Palais |
|
— | — | — |
| Live in San Francisco |
|
— | — | — |
| Creative Distortion |
|
— | — | — |
| Yarbles |
|
— | — | — |
| Live in Clitheroe |
|
— | — | — |
| Live 1993 11th October Batschkapp Frankfurt Germany |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at Doornroosje, Nijmegen, 1999 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Assembly Rooms, Derby, 1994 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Astoria Theatre, 1995 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at TJ's, Newport, Wales, 2001 |
|
— | — | — |
| Sheffield Poly 26-11-1986 |
|
— | — | — |
| Sheffield Leadmill 16-12-1989 |
|
— | — | — |
| Sheffield Boardwalk 6-10-2005 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Corn Exchange, Kings Lynn, 1996 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live 1997 30th November Stage Stoke UK |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at the Cedar Ballroom, Birmingham, 1980 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live 23rd June 1981 @ Jimmy's Music Club New Orleans |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ Pavillion Bar Cork 21st July 2012 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ the Soy Festival Nantes 31 October 2013 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Belfast 8th May 2013 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ ICC Hannover 11th April 1984 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at Band on the Wall, Manchester, 1982 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live 1998 Astoria 2 12 August |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ MOHU Manchester 11 November 2009 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ Newcastle Riverside 4th November 2011 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ Brudenel Social Club, Leeds 30th November 2012 |
|
— | — | — |
| Take It Down to the Wire at Clitheroe Castle |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ Tramps, New York, 10th September 1994 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live at St. Helen's Technical College, 1981 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ The Button Factory Dublin August 17th 2013 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live @ Edinburgh Liquid Rooms 10th October 2001 |
|
— | — | — |
| Out Ferroviarios |
|
— | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
UK Indie [3] | ||
| 77–Early Years–79 |
|
— | 6 |
| Hip Priest and Kamerads |
|
— | 4 |
| The Fall |
|
— | — |
| Nord-West Gas |
|
— | — |
| Palace of Swords Reversed |
|
— | 1 |
| The Domesday Pay-Off Triad-Plus! |
|
— | — |
| 458489 A Sides |
|
44 | — |
| 458489 B Sides |
|
— | — |
| The Collection |
|
— | — |
| Sinister Waltz |
|
— | — |
| Fiend with a Violin |
|
— | — |
| Oswald Defence Lawyer |
|
— | — |
| The Fall – Archive Series |
|
— | — |
| The Less You Look, the More You Find |
|
— | — |
| Oxymoron |
|
— | — |
| Cheetham Hill |
|
— | — |
| Smile... It's the Best Of |
|
— | — |
| Northern Attitude – An Alternative Selection |
|
— | — |
| The Peel Sessions |
|
— | 43 |
| A Past Gone Mad |
|
— | — |
| Psykick Dance Hall |
|
— | — |
| Backdrop |
|
— | — |
| A World Bewitched – Best Of 1990–2000 |
|
— | — |
| Totally Wired – The Rough Trade Anthology |
|
— | — |
| High Tension Line |
|
— | — |
| Listening In – Lost Singles Tracks 1990–92 |
|
— | — |
| Early Singles |
|
— | — |
| It's the New Thing! The Step Forward Years |
|
— | — |
| Words of Expectation – BBC Sessions |
|
— | — |
| The War Against Intelligence – The Fontana Years |
|
— | — |
| 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong – 39 Golden Greats |
|
117 | — |
| The Permanent Years – Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room |
|
— | — |
| I've Never Felt Better in My Life: 1979–1982 |
|
— | — |
| Rebellious Jukebox Volume 2 |
|
— | — |
| Totally Wired... Another Fall Best Of |
|
— | — |
| Rebellious Jukebox Volume 3 |
|
— | — |
| 13 Killers |
|
— | — |
| White Lightning |
|
— | — |
| The Wonderful and Frightening Escape Route To... |
|
— | — |
| Schtick: Yarbles Revisited |
|
— | — |
| The Classical |
|
— | — |
| Best Of |
|
— | — |
| Mark's Personal Holiday Tony Tapes |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Box sets
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [3] | ||
| Box One |
|
— |
| Box Two |
|
— |
| The Other Side of the Fall |
|
— |
| The Rough Trade Singles Box |
|
— |
| Time Enough at Last |
|
— |
| Touch Sensitive... Bootleg Box Set |
|
— |
| Rebellious Jukebox |
|
— |
| The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 |
|
— |
| The Fall Box Set 1976–2007 |
|
— |
| 5 Albums |
|
— |
| The Fontana Years |
|
— |
| Singles 1978–2016 |
|
29 |
| 58 Golden Greats |
|
— |
| "Set of Ten" – Ten Previously Unreleased Live Recordings |
|
— |
| 1982 |
|
— |
| Another "Set of Ten" – Ten Previously Unreleased Live Recordings |
|
— |
| The Fall Take America |
|
— |
| 1970s |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Video albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Perverted by Language Bis | |
| VHS8489 |
|
| Shift-Work and Holidays |
|
| A Touch Sensitive – Live |
|
| Access All Areas – Volume One |
|
| Live at the Hacienda 1983–1985 |
|
| Access All Areas – Volume Two |
|
| Northern Cream – Fall DVD That Fights Back! |
|
| Kicker Conspiracy – Live at the Haçienda 1983–1985 |
|
| It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline |
|
EPs
edit| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie | ||
| Bingo-Master's Break-Out! |
|
— | — |
| Slates |
|
— | — |
| The Peel Sessions |
|
— | 3 |
| The Dredger |
|
56 | — |
| Behind the Counter |
|
— | — |
| (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas |
|
— | — |
| Rude (All the Time) |
|
— | — |
| Strychnine, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — |
| The Remainderer |
|
— | — |
| Wise Ol' Man |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2][23] |
UK Indie [24] |
NZ [4] | |||
| "It's the New Thing" b/w "Various Times" |
1978 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Rowche Rumble" b/w "In My Area" |
1979 | — | 31 | — | |
| "Fiery Jack" b/w "2nd Dark Age"/"Psykick Dancehall #2" |
1980 | — | 4 | — | |
| "How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'" b/w "City Hobgoblins" |
— | 2 | — | ||
| "Totally Wired" b/w "Putta Block" |
— | 2 | 25 | ||
| "Lie Dream of a Casino Soul" b/w "Fantastic Life" |
1981 | — | 5 | 17 | |
| "Look, Know" b/w "I'm into C. B.!" |
1982 | — | 4 | — | |
| "Marquis Cha-Cha" b/w "Room to Live" |
— | — | — | Room to Live | |
| "The Man Whose Head Expanded" b/w "Ludd Gang" |
1983 | 119 | 3 | 35 | Non-album singles |
| "Kicker Conspiracy" b/w "Wings" |
131 | 5 | — | ||
| "Oh! Brother" b/w "God Box" |
1984 | 93 | — | — | Non-album singles (later released on the cassette version of Escape Route from the Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall) |
| "C.R.E.E.P." b/w "Pat-Trip Dispenser" |
91 | — | — | ||
| "Draygo's Guilt"[A] b/w "Clear Off"/"No Bulbs" |
99 | — | — | ||
| "Couldn't Get Ahead" b/w "Rollin' Dany" |
1985 | 90 | — | — | This Nation's Saving Grace (Cassette version) |
| "Cruiser's Creek" b/w "L.A." |
96 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Living Too Late" b/w "Hot Aftershave Bop" |
1986 | 97 | — | — | Bend Sinister (CD and cassette version) |
| "Mr. Pharmacist" b/w "Lucifer Over Lancashire" |
75 | — | — | Bend Sinister | |
| "Hey! Luciani" b/w "Entitled" |
59 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "There's a Ghost in My House" b/w "Haf Found Bormann" |
1987 | 30 | — | — | The Frenz Experiment (CD version) |
| "Hit the North" b/w "Hit the North (Part 2)" |
57 | — | — | ||
| "Victoria" b/w "Tuff Life Booogie" |
1988 | 35 | — | — | The Frenz Experiment |
| "Jerusalem" b/w "Acid Priest"/"Big New Prinz"/"Wrong Place, Right Time" |
59 | — | — | I Am Kurious Oranj | |
| "Cab It Up!" b/w "Dead Beat Descendant" |
1989 | 81 | — | — | |
| "Telephone Thing" b/w "British People in Hot Weather" |
1990 | 58 | — | — | Extricate |
| "Popcorn Double Feature" b/w "Arms Control Poseur" |
84 | — | — | ||
| "White Lightning" b/w "Blood Outta Stone" |
56 | — | — | Shift-Work (UK CD and cassette version) | |
| "High Tension Line" b/w "Xmas with Simon" |
97 | — | — | ||
| "Free Range" b/w "Everything Hurtz" |
1992 | 40 | — | — | Code: Selfish |
| "Ed's Babe" b/w "Pumpkin Head Xscapes"/"The Knight, the Devil and Death"/"Free Ranger" |
83 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Kimble" b/w "Gut of the Quantifier" |
1993 | 86 | — | — | |
| "Why Are People Grudgeful?" b/w "Glam-Racket" |
43 | — | — | Non-album single (alternative version on the CD version of The Infotainment Scan) | |
| "Behind the Counter" b/w "War"/"Cab Driver" |
75 | — | — | Middle Class Revolt | |
| "15 Ways" b/w "Hey! Student"/"The $500 Bottle of Wine" |
1994 | 65 | — | — | |
| "The Chiselers" b/w "Chilinist" |
1996 | 60 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Masquerade" b/w "Ivanhoes Two Pence"/"Spencer Must Die" (live)/"Ten Houses of Eve" (remix) |
1998 | 69 | — | — | Levitate |
| "Touch Sensitive" b/w "Antidote"/"Touch Sensitive" (Dance Mix) |
1999 | 90 | — | — | The Marshall Suite |
| "F-'oldin' Money" b/w "Perfect Day" (New Version)/"Birthday Song" (New Mix) |
93 | — | — | ||
| "Rude (All the Time)" b/w "I Wake Up in the City" |
2001 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Susan vs Youthclub"[B] b/w "Janet vs Johnny" |
2002 | 64 | 9 | — | |
| "Theme from Sparta F.C. #2" b/w "My Ex's Classmate's Kids" |
2004 | 66 | 10 | — | The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) (US version) |
| "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" b/w "Clasp Hands" |
2005 | 104 | 20 | — | Fall Heads Roll |
| "Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy" (Germany-only release) b/w "Monk Time" (by Alec Empire feat. Gary Burger) |
2006 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Reformation!" b/w "Over Over"/"My Door Is Never"/"Reformation!" (edit) |
2007 | — | 6 | — | Reformation Post TLC |
| "Slippy Floor" b/w "Hot Cake – Part 2" |
2009 | — | — | — | Your Future Our Clutter |
| "Bury!" b/w "Cowboy Gregorie" |
2010 | — | — | — | |
| "Laptop Dog" b/w "Cosmo 7"/"Monocard" |
2011 | — | — | — | Ersatz GB |
| "Victrola Time"[C] b/w /"Taking Off" (live) |
2012 | — | — | — | Re-Mit |
| "Sir William Wray" b/w "Jetplane"/"Hittite Man" |
2013 | — | — | — | |
| "Wise Ol' Man" | 2016 | — | — | — | Wise Ol' Man EP |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "The Official Charts Company – The Fall". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Chart Log UK: Adam F – FYA". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz, 1994–2009. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Peak positions for albums:
- Until 1990: Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
- The Peel Sessions: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Are You Missing Winner: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click): "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Fall Heads Roll: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Reformation Post TLC: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Imperial Wax Solvent: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Re-Mit: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Sub-Lingual Tablet: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- New Facts Emerge: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Singles 1978–2016: "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "charts.nz – Discography The Fall". 2006–2010 Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "Live In London 1980". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "In A Hole". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 1 'Live In Concert'". The Fall Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "In The City..." The Fall Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "15 Ways To Leave Your Man - Live". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Live To Air In Melbourne '82". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Nottingham '92". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Live 1977". The Fall Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "I Am As Pure As Oranj". The Fall Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Live In Cambridge 1988". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Live In Zagreb". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Liverpool 78". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "The Idiot Joy Show". The Fall Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Live At The Phoenix Festival". The Fall Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Live At Deeply Vale". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Last Night At The Palais". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Live In San Francisco". thefall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Yarbles". The Fall Online. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Peak positions for albums:
- Until 1990: Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
- "Susan vs Youthclub": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "Theme from Sparta F.C. #2": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "I Can Hear the Grass Grow": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "Reformation!": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
External links
edit- Discography at the Fall online formerly: The Official Fall Website (1998 – Feb 2006); The Unofficial Fall Website (February 2006 – October 2007)
- The Fall discography at MusicBrainz
- The Fall discography discography at Discogs