Cerebral Caustic

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1995 album by Mark E. Smith & his fellow godfathers of English indie rock. 12 tracks. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Cerebral Caustic
Average customer rating:

The reissue series keeps on packing!

Cerebral Caustic
The Fall
Manufacturer: Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

The Joke
Don't Call Me Darling
Rainmaster
Feeling Numb
Pearl City
Life Just Bounces
I'm Not Satisfied
The Aphid
Bonkers In Phoenix
One Day
North West Fashion Show
Pine Leaves

Tracks:

Glam Racket-Star
Jingle Bell Rock
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Numb At The Lodge
One Day
Rainmaster
Feeling Numb
The Joke
Don't Call Me Darling
Pearl City
Life Just Bounces
I'm Not Satisfied
The Aphid
Bonkers
One Day
Bonkers In Phoenix
Mark E. Smith & Brix Smith Promo Interview

Customer Reviews:

The reissue series keeps on packing!.......2006-04-28

First off I must say that this is easily my favorite Fall album from the 90's. Not a very popular opinion, but it's my own. 4 1/2 stars easy.
So, how do you make it better?
Easy, give it the Castle/Sancuary reissue treatment. A Peel Session. A whole album's worth of rough mixes (quite nice) the singles and remixes too.
5 stars.

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Cerebral Caustic
The Fall
Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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Middle Class Revolt
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The Light User Syndrome

ASIN: B000E5L8FM
Release Date: 2006-02-13

Tracks:

The Joke
Don't Call Me Darling
Rainmaster
Feeling Numb
Pearl City
Life Just Bounces
I'm Not Satisfied
The Aphid
Bonkers In Phoenix
One Day
North West Fashion Show
Pine Leaves
Glam Racket - Star (John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94)
Jingle Bell Rock (John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94)
Hark The Herald Angels Sing (John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94)
Numb At The Lodge (John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94)
One Day (Rough Mix)
Rainmaster (Rough Mix)
Feeling Numb (Rough Mix)
The Joke (Rough Mix)
Don't Call Me Darling (Rough Mix)
Pearl City (Rough Mix)
Life Just Bounces (Rough Mix)
I'm Not Satisfied (Rough Mix)
The Aphid (Rough Mix)
Bonkers In Phoenix (Rough Mix)
One Day (Rex Sargeant Remix)
Mark E Smith & Brix Smith Promo Interview

Album Description

2 CD set. The follow up to Middle Class Revolt, another year in Smithworld and things are still infuriating!! Even more scathing than its predecessor (particularly on 'Life Just Bounces' and 'North West Fashion Show' and also an album of historical importance: the first to feature the returning Brix Smith, the last to feature the departing Craig Scanlon. Also includes a cover of Zappa's 'I'm Not Satisfied'. Castle Music. 2006.

Album Details

2006 Digitally Remastered Edition. With the Fall, You Expect the Unexpected, but Still Nobody Anticipated that Brix Smith Would Return to this Band for this Typically Uncompromising 1995 Album. She Set Out her Stall with `don't Call Me Darling', While her Ex-husband Turned in Some of his Moodiest and Mysterious Material - plus Another Surprise, in the Shape of a Cover of Frank Zappa's 60s Classic, `i'm Not Satisfied'. The Bonus CD Includes a Plethora of Rough Mixes, Peel Sessions and an Interview with Mark E. and Brix Smith!

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My favourite Fall LP
DON'T CALL ME DARLING...

Cerebral Caustic
The Fall
Manufacturer: Permanent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Middle Class Revolt

ASIN: B000003RU4
Release Date: 1995-05-18

Tracks:

Joke
Don't Call Me Darling
Rainmaster
Feeling Numb
Pearl City
Life Just Bounces
I'm Not Satisfied
Aphid
Bonkers in Phoenix
One Day
North West Fashion Show
Pine Leaves

Album Description

1995 album by Mark E. Smith & his fellow godfathers of English indie rock. 12 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

My favourite Fall LP.......2003-11-05

There are two types of LP by the Fall. On the one hand there are the 'Fall purist' LP's such as Dragnet, Grotesque (after the gramme), Middle Class Revolt and Are you are missing winner. On the other hand you have the LP's that Fall purists tend to be ashamed of such as This Nations Saving Grace, The Frenz Experiment and the Infotainment Scan. This LP does not really come under either of these headings. In my view it is a really excellent and underrated record. No fault can be found with the first five tracks. 'Life Just Bounces' remains one of the most beutiful tracks ever. Excellent stuff

DON'T CALL ME DARLING..........2000-10-08

As a foolish teenager I once thought I was in love with one my pen pals in England. He had recorded me a cassette with some of the music that would define the next decade of my life, and one of the most fabulous songs was "Life Just Bounces" by the Fall. After a considerable amount of overplay and simple abuse of the cassette that included "Life Just Bounces", the tape finally gave up the ghost, and while the English guy was long gone, the song was still in my head... so I went on what seemed a futile search for the song on CD. It took me years to find it, and of course thanks to the re-release of much of The Fall's earlier material, I was able to find the song first on a 2 CD set called "The 27 points" but it was a rather bad live version, and then I found Cerebral Caustic, and here is my beloved "Life Just Bounces" in all the original glory I remembered.

I have to say that this album is very much like other Fall albums. Mark E. Smith delivers vocals in a very... well, unique, Mark E. Smith kind of way. In order to understand quite what I mean by this, you will just have to listen to a sample. It takes some getting used to. There are usually female backing vocals which take the edge off his alarming style. The music is often aggressive sounding and resounds with a certain sameness that is very signature Fall. It can make listening to their records somewhat tedious and often you will find you have to be in the right kind of mood for The Fall. It can be a highly idiosyncratic and maybe even annoying experience if you are not in the mood for it. What impresses me most is their prolific longevity. And how they have remained so obscure over time?

"Life Just Bounces" is a glorious song. I love it, and for me, the price of the CD was worth simply having that song.

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