The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent The Fall

• ‘Imperial Wax Solvent’ was the group’s 26th album, originally released in 2008.

• This re-issue of the 2008 album comes with two bonus discs, including an unused version of the album recorded at Britannia Row studios in London and a live set recorded at De La Warr, Bexhill On Sea from 10th May 2008.

Following the departure of the American musicians who contributed to ‘Reformation Post-TLC’, the new British based line-up was to become the band’s last and longest serving incarnation.

Alongside Mark E. Smith was Elena Poulou (keyboards, vocals), Dave Spurr (bass), Pete Greenway (guitar) and Keiron Melling (drums). It was well received by critics and entered the UK Album Charts at #35.

As with the other Fall re-issues these have notes by Fall guru Daryl Easlea and have been mastered by long time engineer Andy Pearce.

The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in Manchester in 1976. The band existed until 2018 and was essentially built around its founder and only constant member Mark E. Smith. Initially associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s, the group's music went through several stylistic changes over the years, but is often characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, and is always underpinned by Smith's distinctive vocals and often cryptic lyrics.

The band is noted for its prolific output and released 31 studio albums (more than triple that counting live albums and other releases). They never achieved widespread public success beyond a handful of minor hit singles in the late 1980s, but maintained a strong cult following. The band were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and cited The Fall as his favourite band, famously explaining, "They are always different; they are always the same."

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONEIMPERIAL WAX SOLVENT1. ALTON TOWERS2.  WOLF KIDULT MAN3.  50 YEAR OLD MAN4.  I'VE BEEN DUPED5.  STRANGE TOWN6.  TAURIG7.  CAN CAN SUMMER8.  TOMMY SHOOTER9.  LATCH KEY KID10.  IS THIS NEW11.  SENIOR TWILIGHT STOCK REPLACER12.  EXPLODING CHIMNEY DISC TWOBRITANNIA ROW RECORDINGS1.  WOLF KIDULT MAN2.  I'VE BEEN DUPED3.  PONTO4.  TOMMY SHOOTER5.  TAURIG6.  CAN CAN SUMMER7.  STRANGETOWN8.  ALTON TOWERS9.  50 YEAR OLD MAN10.  SENIOR TWILIGHT STOCK REPLACER11.  SMITH AND MARK12.  INFERIOR PRODUCT MAN13.  IS THIS NEW DISC THREELIVE FROM DE LA WARR PAVILION, BEXHILL ON SEA, EAST SUSSEX – 10 MAY 20081.  IS THIS NEW2.  WINGS3.  WOLF KIDULT MAN4.  FALL SOUND5.  50 YR OLD MAN6.  I'VE BEEN DUPED7.  MOUNTAIN ENERGEI8.  WHITE LIGHTNING9.  CAN CAN SUMMER10.  LATCH KEY KID11.  MR PHARMACIST12.  TOMMY13.  PACIFYING JOINT14.  BLINDNESS15.  OVER OVER