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Track Listings

1	Ride Away
2	Blindness
3	What About Us
4	Pacifying Joint
5	Assume
6	Midnight in Aspen
7	Clasp Hands
8	I Can Hear The Grass Grow
9	Bo Demmick
10	Youwanner
11	Aspen Reprise
12	The Early Days Of Channel Fuhrer
13	Breaking The Rules
14	Trust In Me

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The fall are widely regarded as one of the greatest punk and post punk bands of all time. Features 14 tracks. Narnack Records. 2005.

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As Mark E. Smith's band head toward their third decade as the shambolic art-punk outfit that all arrogant art school kids must love even after they've gotten over their own arrogance, the amazing thing is not that they exist or still have a following despite Smith's notorious predilection for doing things onstage to his bandmates not even Rick James would have tried. What's amazing is how good their records still are, and the ways that a singer who looks like the specter of death crossed with Andy Capp who has such a limited range is so consistently engaging. Not as blindingly hateful as their prior two albums, Heads Roll is in fact among the group's finest post-Brix releases. As usual, the group's cover choices are Catholic, and "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" by the Move is on par with their take on "Victoria," which is to say, excellent. This album is long and listeners would do well to program out the last third or so, but thanks to modern technology this is not tough to accomplish. --Mike McGonigal

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.92 x 5 x 0.31 inches; 2.61 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Narnack Records
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2190298
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 30, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Narnack Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000AP2ZEE
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Jay F. Bolick

Safe House Breached

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2005

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Like some insane jakey escaped from a James Kelman novel MES mumbles his way in near incoherence thru this latest recording. Once again the Smith verbiage is "thrown like a carcass into the whirring propeller" that is the music of the Fall, and once again dark magic is the result. Smith's rant has been reduced to a mumble as he apparently converges with his own mythology. Unlike a Keith Richards, Smith would never stoop to minstrilize himself with drunken affectation, but the drink has always been there. It was certainly there back in 1983 when my interview with him for a Philly zine quickly morphed into a 3 hour afternoon drinking session at a local Irish pub.

He was brilliant then and he remains brilliant now. Over 3 decades, no band to have emerged from the original 77 punk scene can come close to rivaling the Fall in terms of the shear quantity of good music produced. The new band are incredibly hot, more obviously so here than on "Click". Like Captain Beefheart with his voice ravaged by MS on his final recording "Ice Cream for Crow", Smith is so far ahead of his contemporaries that he will be more interesting than them until the moment he keels over and can't even manage a mumble any more. The worst song The Fall ever recorded is of more substance than the best song that a "Franz Ferdinand" could ever imagine.

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Andre' Delbos

One of top 5 post-2000 Fall records!

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019

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On the heels of Country On The Click, another near perfect Fall album. Great songs, great sound and a warm and varied performance from the voice of the (late) great MES.

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Mr. Matthew Z. Kassay

The Fall at their very best (and most unappreciated)

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2006

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It may not have the immediate appeal of thieir last album, but give this one time to grow on you and you won't be disappointed. I actually think it surpasses their last effort and is quickly becoming one of my favorite Fall albums of all time. It's already becoming difficult to think of one that is more consistent in quality from beginning to end (yes, I even adore track 1). Long Live the Might Fall! And please tour Australia again soon!

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Gordon A. Smith

"Ride Away" is the most fun track on this collection

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2014

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"Ride Away" is the most fun track on this collection, followed by "Pacifying Joint", and makes this a very good "jump off" CD for anyone who's never listened to The Fall before. If you have a taste for eclectic music,, this will satisfy you. Enjoy!

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Schmaddio

A Tough Record To Rate.....

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2005

Like the Real New Fall LP FHR is a difficult record to rate. At times it seems brilliant and at other times you find yourself questioning why they even bothered to put certain songs on the record because they're pretty lackluster. The opening cut Ride Away is one that you'll either love or hate.... me I'm in the former camp... I think it's the best and most creative song on the disc by far. Pacifying Joint and What About us are two back to back kick ass rockers but have the exact same exact chord progression so after a while they wear quite thin on the ear. Blindness is another heavy great tune with bits snatched from a few older Fall tunes. There are also couple of other good songs on the record but then there also seems to be 3-4 songs that sound like nothing but filler which is a bit odd because the cd is about 70 minutes long. I'm giving the FHR 4 stars for one reason... It's because despite it's flaws it's still better than 99% of the crap that gets released these days, however, by Fall standards it's somewhat weak. If you thing the Real New Fall LP was a great record then you'll love this but if you prefer stuff like Infotainment Scan, Shiftwork or older classics like Hex or Grotesque then FHR will probably be a bit of a letdown. Still worth picking up though because some of the songs are indeed very good listens.

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Jules

most impressive.

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2005

Unlike with most of the Fall's releases over the past five years or so, I did not approach "Fall Heads Roll" with nearly as much skepticism as I did those other recent records. I believe that it was off their website or one linked to it that I downloaded some 2004 Peel Sessions of "blindness," "clasp hands," and "what about us." These were truly excellent recordings, with an intensity that reminded me much of "Hex Enduction Hour."

Their previous full-length "the real new fall lp" is a great album in its own right, and one that can really grow on you, but I just flatly disagree with those reviewers who feel it necessary to cast "fall heads roll" as a somewhat lesser version of it. On the contrary, this record has an intensity that the previous one too often lacks (even though it remains quite engaging). Moreover, the "softer" moments on "fall heads roll" (Midnight Aspen / Reprise) don't at all grate on the rest of the material (which was the major failure of otherwise good early 90s records such as "Extricate," ect), but they instead merge much more organically with their surroundings. One could tell from the last full-length that the Fall had regained much of the sharpness/wit that characterized early classics like "Room to Live" (i love those 'i hate the country' songs), and "fall heads roll" delivers in this area even more satisfyingly.

Mark E. Smith's new wife and keyboardist Eleni plays a significant role throughout the record, and it's great to hear the band gel around her and M. E. Smith. As much as some may hate the parallel, this new(ish) lineup could very well return the band to the creative and catchy heights they achieved in the best of the Brix period. One or two more successive albums like this and there will be little disagreement with such an observation. As it stands now, I'm not quite ready to uncross my fingers. As long as there's not another divorce in the near future (which would very likely thrust Smith into further self-conscious emotional griping that diluted albums like "Extricate"), I will do my best to remain optimistic.

Even in such a case, "Fall Heads Roll" will not become stale anytime soon. Truly a modern classic and, as the previous reviewer suggests, I will not accept any reaction less that enthusiastic from those friends who remain casual spectators into the world of the Fall. And in this case, I don't think I even need to worry about that.

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Paul Brindley

It’s the Fall

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2023

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This month’s favourite Fall album, for me one of their best.

Jason Parkes

Fall classic album 2005 alert....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2006

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While I'm of the persuasion that every Fall album is decent - 'Room to Live', 'Cerebral Caustic' & 'Are You Are Missing Winner?' have several moments - there are certain titles that stand out and join the classic Fall album set: 'Live at the Witch Trials', 'Grotesque (after the gramme)', 'Hex Enduction Hour', 'This Nation's Saving Grace', 'Bend Sinister', 'Extricate','Shiftwork', 'The Infotainment Scan', 'The Marshall Suite' & 'The Unutterable.' The obligatory line-up changes have occurred since the last classic double whammy of 'Marshall' & 'Unutterable' - as the last two Peel Sessions show, the most recent line up(s) have found a new Fall on rare form. Anyone who has seen them live recently - I had the pleasure in Stratford Upon Avon last week - will know this is another great version of The Fall. 2003's 'The Real New Fall LP - Formerly 'Country on the Click' was the first classic move, an album almost as good as this and one to add to the Fall classics list. The line-up almost survives here - Ben Pritchard (guitar/backing vocals), Eleni Poulou (synthesiser/vocals) and the ever present Mark E. Smith traded in David Milner abd Jim Watts for Spencer Birtwistle & Steve Trafford. Amazingly the progress from 2003 onwards has continued and 'Fall Heads Roll' shows the new Fall are as great as the old Fall. As much as I love the reissues of the albums I love, 'Fall Heads Roll' shows the contemporary version is the most important. I can't think of a Fall album I'd like to listen to more NOW...
These songs have been around a few years - live, the final Peel Session from 2004 and on the 'Interim' mini-LP - the latter perhaps working in a similar manner to something short and sweet like 'Slates.' It's all great, all a highlight - I even like 'Early Days of Channel Fuhrer' and the closing 'Trust in Me' (sung by Trafford?) Opener 'Ride Away' is fantastic, not sure why someone said it was awful - it clearly belongs to the 'Kimble'-side of the Fall! 'Pacifying Joint' is where the album kicks into life, Korg-drones against some of that angular garage-punk - it's like Elastica never happened. Lots of these songs are based around that tight garage rock sound, the excellent production exploiting the joys of these songs. 'Assume', 'Youwanner', 'Bo Demmick', the cover of The Move's 'I Can Hear the Grass Grow' and 'Clasp Hands' all fitting the bill and wiping the floor with such pretenders as The Storks, White Stripe & The Yeah Yeah Liars.
...& then there are the songs that join the ranks of the finest Fall-tracks - 'Midnight in Aspen' (reprised like 'Winter'), the epic kraut-garage of live favourite 'Blindness', and the tale of a rabbit from East Germany and Harold Shipman, 'What About Us?' - which has better keyboards and a slightly tighter arrangement than the prior Peel version (the 'Hop!Hop!Hop!' mantra coming in just at the end now).
'Fall Heads Roll' is a fantastic album and was a key highlight of 2005. The band are reportedly back in the studio again with Grant Showbiz ('Dragnet', 'Shiftwork', 'Country on the Click', Billy Bragg, Wilco)- a band in their prime after all these decades. Who'd believe?

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Wayne

Fall Heads Roll Onwards

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2015

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Included here is the wonderful Blindness, which is reason enough to give this LP a listen. Blindness is an epic track that re-invigourated the Fall, and was probably the best track they had recorded since the 80's. It has a glorious bassline, it is a shame that Steve Hanley didn't come up with this one, but in a way this sums up the Fall - after they lose the brilliant Hanley, they replace him and still come up with something like this.

But there's not just Blindness here, there are also some other great tracks too - Youwanner, Pacifying Joint, and What About Us are all very good.

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Mike Young

God Bless The Fall

Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2018

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n uf s ai d.

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The Fall top album !!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2017

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Fantastic blast of an album. This and The Infotainment Scan are I think two of their best. Subjective of course but you won't regret buying either full of stompers

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