The Fall

The story

Post-punk band from Greater Manchester, UK. 1976 to 2018.

Mark E. Smith was the lead singer, lyricist, frontman and only constant member of the formation. He died on the morning of Wednesday January 24th, 2018.

Formed in 1976 through a poetry-style collective beginnings, The Fall released around 50 singles, 34 studio albums, and well over 50 live and compilation albums as well as releasing a play 'Hey Luciani' and a Ballet 'I am Kurious Oranj'. They also recorded 24 sessions for John Peel's Radio 1 show between June 1978 and August 2004.

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Records

• Touch Sensitive (Live) · 2003 · compilation
• Live At The Phoenix Festival · 2003 · compilation
• Theme From Sparta F.C. (Live, Peel Session) · 2003 · Single · compilation
• Live in Zagreb · 2001 · compilation
• Live to Air in Melbourne '82 · 1998 · compilation
• Oxymoron · 1997
• Cheetham Hill · 1997
• In The City... · 1997
• The Less You Look The More You Find · 1997
• 15 Ways To Leave Your Man · 1997
• The Chiselers · 1996
• The Other Side Of... · 1996 · compilation
• In Concert - 629 · 1995
• The Twenty-Seven Points · 1995
• 15 Ways · 1994
• Selections From 'The Infotainment Scan' Plus Crash Course '84-'92 · 1993
• Kimble · 1993
• Why Are People Grudgeful? · 1993
• BBC Radio 1 'Live In Concert' · 1993
• Behind The Counter E.P. (Volume 1) · 1993
• Lost In Music · 1993 · Single
• The Collection · 1993 · compilation
• Free Range · 1992
• Ed's Babe · 1992
• Slates / A Part Of America Therein, 1981 · 1992
• Shift-Work And Holidays · 1991
• So What About It? · 1991 · Single
• So What About It? / Edinburgh Man · 1991 · Single
• Extricate Album Sampler · 1990
• I'm Frank · 1990
• Popcorn Double Feature · 1990
• Telephone Thing · 1990
• White Lightning · 1990
• High Tension Line · 1990
• VHS8489 · 1990
• Box One · 1990 · compilation
• Box Two · 1990 · compilation
• Big New Prinz · 1988
• Jerusalem / Big New Prinz · 1988
• The "Domesday Pay-Off" Triad-Plus! · 1987
• The Peel Sessions · 1987
• The Fall · 1986
• Nord-West Gas · 1986
• Marquis Cha-Cha · 1983
• Kicker Conspiracy · 1983
• The Man Whose Head Expanded · 1983
• Perverted By Language Bis · 1983
• Live In London 1980: The Legendary Chaos Tape · 1982 · compilation
• Live In London 1980 · 1982
• Look, Know · 1982 · Single
• Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul · 1981
• 77 - Early Years - 79 · 1981
• How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' / City Hobgoblins · 1980
• Fiery Jack · 1980
• Totally Wired · 1980
• Rowche Rumble / In My Area · 1979
• It's The New Thing! / Various Times · 1978
• Bingo-Master's Break-Out! · 1978

Records from Discogs, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Mark E. Smith
• Simon Rogers
• Brix Smith
• Kay Carroll
• Simon Wolstencroft
• Martin Beddington
• Stephen Hanley
• Marcia Schofield
• Mike Bennett
• Lucy Rimmer
• Paul Hanley
• Karl Burns
• Craig Scanlon
• Marc Riley
• Steven Trafford
• Simon 'Dingo' Archer
• Ben Pritchard
• Spencer Birtwistle
• Dave Bush
• Yvonne Pawlett
• Julia Adamson
• Mike Leigh
• Una Baines
• Ed Blaney

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

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