Low-Fidelity Madness
Scott McFarland | Manassas, VA United States | 05/18/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The Fall and their leader were into drugs at this time, and it shows. This music is extremely wigged-out. In places ("Cary Grant's Wedding", "Fiery Jack", "Spectre vs. Rector") this music needs no justification, it is perfect and unique. In other places, it's less impressive and the low-fidelity recording will annoy you to death. It doesn't get stranger or more abrasive than this album. Mark Smith was following his wigged-out, low-fidelity muse. For a Fall fan this is indeed a must-have item as the songs I named above do not sound like this anywhere else. The band went on to coalesce into something a bit more of this earth on the follow-up LP "Groteque"."