Bursting into the 1980s on a new label (the then-upstart, now-legendary Rough Trade) and with an augmented, audibly panicked lineup, The Fall's Grotesque is the true pure-bred Fall release from the Marc Riley era. Released in the immediate wake of The Fall's most beloved single (Totally Wired), the album carries over that righteously famed teeth-chattering, bolstered in no small part by the drumming of new addition Paul Hanley, brother of bassist Steve Hanley and aged only 15 at the time of recording. Expanded 2004 reissue.
- 1 Pay Your Rates
- 2 English Scheme
- 3 New Face In Hell
- 4 C 'n' C-S Mithering
- 5 The Container Drivers
- 6 Impression Of J Temperance
- 7 In The Park
- 8 WMC-Blob 59
- 9 Gramme Friday
- 10 The NWRA
- 11 How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'
- 12 City Hobgoblins
- 13 Totally Wired
- 14 Putta Block
- 15 Mark E Smith Self-Interview 1980