The Infotainment Scan
Editorial Reviews
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With 22 albums to his credit since 1977, the question you have to ask about any new release by Mark E. Smith is: How is this Fall album different from all others? The Infotainment Scan is the first release under the strange pact between Matador and Atlantic Records, but there's nothing new or noteworthy about the English group's tuneless drones and Smith's odd monotone vocals (he singsa lika thissa). Smith pursues his usual Kafka/1984 fantasies on songs such as "Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room" and "Ladybird (Green Grass)" as the latest in an ever-changing cast of sidemen dutifully churn along, but it's all been done better before. Try the 1990 compilation 458489 A-Sides. --Jim DeRogatis --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Average customer rating:
- One Of The Best & Most Underrated Fall Classics
- Outrageously underrated
- Fantastic!
- The mighty Fall rock again in their own way!
- one of the greatest
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
Manufacturer: Matador Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000006491
Release Date: 1994-08-19 |
Tracks:
- Ladybird
- Lost In Music
- Glam-Racket
- I'm Going To Spain
- It's A Curse
- Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room
- Service
- The League Of Bald-Headed Men
- A Past Gone Mad
- Light/Fireworks
- Why Are People Grudgeful?
- League Moon Monkey Mix
Amazon.com
With 22 albums to his credit since 1977, the question you have to ask about any new release by Mark E. Smith is: How is this Fall album different from all others? The Infotainment Scan is the first release under the strange pact between Matador and Atlantic Records, but there's nothing new or noteworthy about the English group's tuneless drones and Smith's odd monotone vocals (he singsa lika thissa). Smith pursues his usual Kafka/1984 fantasies on songs such as "Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room" and "Ladybird (Green Grass)" as the latest in an ever-changing cast of sidemen dutifully churn along, but it's all been done better before. Try the 1990 compilation 458489 A-Sides. --Jim DeRogatis
Customer Reviews:
One Of The Best & Most Underrated Fall Classics.......2005-11-07
Take away track twelve "The Monkey Moon Mix" and this is a perfect record. The first five tracks are outstanding culminized by the phenomenal "It's A Curse" which despite being about a minute too long is one of my all time favorite Fall tracks. The Infotainment Scan is the first release after Brix Smith either left or was booted out of the band and despite her absence the polished sound that she helped to develop is quite evident. One of the highlights is a cover song called "I'm Going To Spain" which if you surf the net can be found on a compilation record of the ten worst songs ever written. Personally I've never heard the origibnal bit Mark E. Smith somehow mangaged to take what apparently was a piece of crap and turn it into what sounds like an all-time radio classic (although ironically the song never really received any airplay). As I said one of my favorite Fall cd's and well worth the money spent.
Outrageously underrated.......2005-04-17
A sadly obscured, yet high quality album. Is there any bad MES album? But, to give people the feel for it, I would say the songs largely resemble that of 'Athlete Cured' from the Frenz Experiment. Slightly more subtle with techno intermixed here and there. But of course the same wonderful MES stream of consciousness vocals. Deserves to be in any fan's collection.
Fantastic!.......2003-08-29
It's really bizarre to think that this LP has managed to disappear for the most part under the wealth of The Fall's other work. This is a great record, with inspired covers--particularly of Scratch Perry's "Why are People so Grudgeful?" It's a surprisingly upbeat record; Mark E. Smith even has a quasi-ballad with "I'm Going to Spain." Also recommended (if you can find it), The Fall's LP "Middle Class Revolt", also on Matador Records.
The mighty Fall rock again in their own way!.......2000-05-05
This superb 1993 release from Britain's finest and most original band The Fall is a prime example of their developing 1990s sound which at this time was dabbling into techno and breakbeats(most notably here on WHY ARE PEOPLE GRUDGEFUL - a cover version so I've heard, and A PAST GONE MAD LIGHT), yet still maintaining its trademarkk sounds - repetitive chugging chord-laden guitar riffs, distorted bass and Mark E. Smith ranting! And quite rightly so as well! Their cover of LOST IN MUSIC, an old Sister Sledge 1970s disco song is a good laugh - how pleasurable it is to hear a cheesy dance record such as this get typical Fall treatment - IT'S A CURSE would make even the most miserable gothic dance with its upbeat darkness, PARANOID MAN . . . is simply a hilarious pastiche of people who are so self-conscious and self-obsessed its unreal, GLAM RACKET is an attack on retro teenagers who were not around in the 1970s to appreciate it properly and THE LEAGUE OF BALD-HEADED MEN is a throwback to one of The Fall's earliest songs - REPETITION, the driving bassline is almost the same note progression. And there's more than just these highlights. Overall, one for those who are diehard Fall fans, and a good one for those unfamiliar with this wonderful and innovative post-punk act to start off with Difficult to fault.
one of the greatest.......1999-08-22
I do not comprehand the guy who wrote amazon review hence this one. Infotainment was my least favorite Fall, after one month the favorite. This LP was realesed 91, wayyy ahead of anything at the time. Could be realesed 2010 and still would be. It just sounds different from early Fall. But say it is bad(it's not)The worst Fall record would still beat ANYTHING out there, some classical excluded ( B.the 9th, all of Gorecky) "i have forotten what others are still trying to grasp" - Mark E. Smith. Appropriate as far as popular music goes. To the gent who wrote one of the above reviews, NO, you can't sing along to Fall.
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
Manufacturer: Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Indie Rock
| Indie & Lo-Fi
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| British Isles
| Europe
| International
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| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
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- Shift-Work
ASIN: B000ELJB9G
Release Date: 2006-03-14 |
Tracks:
- Ladybird (Green Grass)
- Lost In Music
- Glam-Racket
- I'm Going To Spain
- It's A Curse
- Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room
- Service
- The League Of Bald-Headed Men
- A Past Gone Mad
- Light/Fireworks
- Why Are People Grudgeful?
- League Moon Monkey Mix
Tracks:
- Ladybird (Green Grass)
- Strychnine
- Service
- Paranois Man In Cheap Sh*t Room
- Glam Racket
- War
- 15 Ways
- A Past Gone Mad
- Why Are People Grudgeful?
- Glam Racket
- The Re-Mixer
- Lost In Music
- A Past Gone Mad (Alternate Version)
- Instrumental Outtake
- Service (Instrumental Demo)
- Glam Racket (Instrumental Demo)
- Los In Music (Mix 3)
- Lost In Music (Mix 7)
- Lost In Music (Mix 14)
Customer Reviews:
"Arid" Al is happy!!.......2006-05-03
Years ago I started listening to Infotainment Scan with headphones at work. I sat behind my computer doing CAD design, with this album pumping through the phones. It became a solid favorite album from the Fall, if not an all time favorite. I infected others with this record, and when they lost thier copies they found it out of print.
It's swell that this new version exists. It sounds excellent, at the moment I can't fault anything in the sound. And extra tracks can be fun. This is easily my fave Fall album period. (and I have most of them) Okay, real fookfaces prefer Hex or Perverted, but this is the one for me. Grab it while it exists.
Average customer rating:
- One Of The Best & Most Underrated Fall Classics
- Outrageously underrated
- Fantastic!
- The mighty Fall rock again in their own way!
- one of the greatest
|
Infotainment Scan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Similar Items:
- The Marshall Suite
- Middle Class Revolt
- Cerebral Caustic
- Code: Selfish
- Levitate
ASIN: B000002JQN |
Amazon.com
With 22 albums to his credit since 1977, the question you have to ask about any new release by Mark E. Smith is: How is this Fall album different from all others? The Infotainment Scan is the first release under the strange pact between Matador and Atlantic Records, but there's nothing new or noteworthy about the English group's tuneless drones and Smith's odd monotone vocals (he singsa lika thissa). Smith pursues his usual Kafka/1984 fantasies on songs such as "Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room" and "Ladybird (Green Grass)" as the latest in an ever-changing cast of sidemen dutifully churn along, but it's all been done better before. Try the 1990 compilation 458489 A-Sides. --Jim DeRogatis
Customer Reviews:
One Of The Best & Most Underrated Fall Classics.......2005-11-07
Take away track twelve "The Monkey Moon Mix" and this is a perfect record. The first five tracks are outstanding culminized by the phenomenal "It's A Curse" which despite being about a minute too long is one of my all time favorite Fall tracks. The Infotainment Scan is the first release after Brix Smith either left or was booted out of the band and despite her absence the polished sound that she helped to develop is quite evident. One of the highlights is a cover song called "I'm Going To Spain" which if you surf the net can be found on a compilation record of the ten worst songs ever written. Personally I've never heard the origibnal bit Mark E. Smith somehow mangaged to take what apparently was a piece of crap and turn it into what sounds like an all-time radio classic (although ironically the song never really received any airplay). As I said one of my favorite Fall cd's and well worth the money spent.
Outrageously underrated.......2005-04-17
A sadly obscured, yet high quality album. Is there any bad MES album? But, to give people the feel for it, I would say the songs largely resemble that of 'Athlete Cured' from the Frenz Experiment. Slightly more subtle with techno intermixed here and there. But of course the same wonderful MES stream of consciousness vocals. Deserves to be in any fan's collection.
Fantastic!.......2003-08-29
It's really bizarre to think that this LP has managed to disappear for the most part under the wealth of The Fall's other work. This is a great record, with inspired covers--particularly of Scratch Perry's "Why are People so Grudgeful?" It's a surprisingly upbeat record; Mark E. Smith even has a quasi-ballad with "I'm Going to Spain." Also recommended (if you can find it), The Fall's LP "Middle Class Revolt", also on Matador Records.
The mighty Fall rock again in their own way!.......2000-05-05
This superb 1993 release from Britain's finest and most original band The Fall is a prime example of their developing 1990s sound which at this time was dabbling into techno and breakbeats(most notably here on WHY ARE PEOPLE GRUDGEFUL - a cover version so I've heard, and A PAST GONE MAD LIGHT), yet still maintaining its trademarkk sounds - repetitive chugging chord-laden guitar riffs, distorted bass and Mark E. Smith ranting! And quite rightly so as well! Their cover of LOST IN MUSIC, an old Sister Sledge 1970s disco song is a good laugh - how pleasurable it is to hear a cheesy dance record such as this get typical Fall treatment - IT'S A CURSE would make even the most miserable gothic dance with its upbeat darkness, PARANOID MAN . . . is simply a hilarious pastiche of people who are so self-conscious and self-obsessed its unreal, GLAM RACKET is an attack on retro teenagers who were not around in the 1970s to appreciate it properly and THE LEAGUE OF BALD-HEADED MEN is a throwback to one of The Fall's earliest songs - REPETITION, the driving bassline is almost the same note progression. And there's more than just these highlights. Overall, one for those who are diehard Fall fans, and a good one for those unfamiliar with this wonderful and innovative post-punk act to start off with Difficult to fault.
one of the greatest.......1999-08-22
I do not comprehand the guy who wrote amazon review hence this one. Infotainment was my least favorite Fall, after one month the favorite. This LP was realesed 91, wayyy ahead of anything at the time. Could be realesed 2010 and still would be. It just sounds different from early Fall. But say it is bad(it's not)The worst Fall record would still beat ANYTHING out there, some classical excluded ( B.the 9th, all of Gorecky) "i have forotten what others are still trying to grasp" - Mark E. Smith. Appropriate as far as popular music goes. To the gent who wrote one of the above reviews, NO, you can't sing along to Fall.
Average customer rating:
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| British Alternative
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Alternative Rock
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
Rock
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
ASIN: B0000258P8 |
Tracks:
- Ladybird (Green Grass)
- Lost in Music
- Glam Racket
- I'm Going to Spain
- It's a Curse
- Paranoid Man in Cheap Shit Room
- Service
- League of Bald-Headed Men
- Past Gone Mad
- Light/Fireworks
- Why Are People Grudgeful? [*]
- League Moon Monkey Mix [*]
Album Description
1993 album by Mark E. Smith & his fellow godfathers of English indie rock. 12 tracks.
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
Manufacturer: Castle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
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Rock
| Imports
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ASIN: B000C4A1GM
Release Date: 2006-02-06 |
Tracks:
- Ladybird (Green Grass)
- Lost in Music
- Glam Racket
- I'm Going to Spain
- It's a Curse
- Paranoid Man in Cheap Shit Room
- Service
- League of Bald-Headed Men
- Past Gone Mad
- Light/Fireworks
- Why Are People Grudgeful? [*]
- League Moon Monkey Mix [*]
Album Description
2 CD set includes 21 total bonus tracks. Details TBA. Castle. 2006.
Album Details
Anyone who Thought They Had the Fall Pegged as an Indie Rock Band Must have Gulped When Mark E. Smith Led them Into the Glitzier Surroundings of Dance Music. But Even When They were Borrowing Songs from Lee Perry and Sister Sledge, They Still Sounded Unmistakably Like the Fall, as this Album from 1993 Proves. The Bonus CD Rounds Up Singles, Radio Sessions and Out-takes from this Strange but Wonderful Era.
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