Artist – Album: The Fall – Live At the Witch Trials
Released: 16th
March 1979
Sounds Like: A rebellious jukebox
Can somebody please explain to me The Fall? I mean, what are
they? Is it punk? Is it alternative rock? Are they something that hasn’t been
named yet? And why the hype? I’ll admit, there’s definitely something
intriguing about Mark E Smith’s northern drawl and spiky attitude, but is that
enough to make them such critic’s darlings? It’s just aggressive guitar strokes
and atonal drones, isn’t it?
No?
However I may feel about The Fall in general, Live at the
Witch Trials is actually their most accessible album, perhaps due to the fact
that it was their first and may have had to tone it down a little. This is all
relative of course, because this is still as far removed from what can be found
on the radio as Charlie Sheen is from his sanity.
‘Frightened’ is a
passive introduction to the group, one which can catch you unawares (it actual
has melody!); ‘Rebellious Jukebox’ is
a great fun punk track; ‘Two Steps Back’ is
a pumping slice of Krautrock.
To be honest, they’re pretty much the only ones that really
stood out for me.
Albumaday... rating:
6/10
1. Frightened
– 5:02
2. Crap
Rap 2/ Like to Blow – 2:04
3. Rebellious
Jukebox – 2:51
4. No
Xmas for John Quays – 4:38
5. Mother-Sister!
– 3:20
6. Industrial
Estate – 2:00
7. Underground
Medecin – 2:08
8. Two
Steps Back – 5:03
9. Live
at the Witch Trials – 0:51
10. Futures
and Pasts – 2:36
11. Music
Scene – 8:00
Listen to ‘Rebellious
Jukebox’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAxwCMqDbVw
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