The Fall are a new wave / indie rock band who started in 1976 led by Mark E. Smith as the only permanent member.
Legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ, John Peel loved them and while his tastes influenced me greatly in the mid 1970s, I don’t understand why he liked The Fall so much.
It can be useful to see the timing of the studio albums before looking in detail at the live albums.
Studio Albums By The Fall
1979 Live at the Witch Trials (despite the title, this is a studio album)
1979 Dragnet
1980 Grotesque
1982 Hex Enduction Hour
1982 Room to Live
1983 Perverted by Language
1984 The Wonderful and Frightening World Of…
1985 This Nation’s Saving Grace
1986 Bend Sinister
1988 The Frenz Experiment
1988 I Am Kurious Oranj
1990 Extricate
1991 Shift-Work
1992 Code: Selfish
1993 The Infotainment Scan
1994 Middle Class Revolt
1995 Cerebral Caustic
1996 The Light User Syndrome
1997 Levitate
1999 The Marshall Suite
2000 The Unutterable
2001 Are You Are Missing Winner
2003 The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
2005 Fall Heads Roll
2007 Reformation Post TLC
2008 Imperial Wax Solvent
2010 Your Future Our Clutter
2011 Ersatz GB
2013 Re-Mit
2015 Sub-Lingual Tablet
The year relates to the year of release whilst, for live albums, it refers to the date of the performance or performances.
Live Albums By The Fall
1977 Live 1977
1978 Liverpool
1978 Live from the Vaults – Oldham
1978 Live from the Vaults – Retford
1978 to 1993 The Peel Sessions
1978 to 1996 Words Of Expectation The BBC Sessions
1978 to 2004 The Complete Peel Sessions
1979 Totale’s Turns
1979 Live from the Vaults – Los Angeles
1980 Live In London
1981 A Part Of America Therein
1981 Live from the Vaults – Glasgow
1981 Live from the Vaults – Alter Bahnoff, Hof, Germany
1982 Fall In A Hole
1982 Live to Air in Melbourne
1983 Austurbaejarbio: Live in Reykjavik
1987 BBC Radio 1 In Concert
1988 Live in Cambridge
1988-89 Seminal Live
1992 Nottingham 92
1992 to 1995 The Twenty-Seven Points
1996 Pearl City Roskilde
2001 Touch Sensitive… Bootleg Box Set
2001 Live at the Knitting Factory, New York 9 April 2001
2001 Live at the Knitting Factory, LA 14 November 2001
2001 2G+2
2002 Live at the Garage, London 20 April 2002
Live at the ATP Festival 28 April 2002
2004 Interim
2007 Last Night at The Palais
Buying Albums By The Fall
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The Fall crossed from being a new wave / post-punk band to indie rock band sometime in the early 1980s but I’ve included polls for both.
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The Twenty Seven Points is a compilation of live recordings by The Fall.
According to Discogs, this was recorded live in Prague, Tel Aviv, London, Glasgow, New York and Manchester between 1992 and 1995.
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BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert is a live album by The Fall.
It was recorded on the 25th May, 1987 at The Rock City in Nottingham.
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Seminal Live is a live album by The Fall.
Tracks 1 to 5 were recorded in Rochdale and Edinburgh in 1989. Tracks 8 to 14 were recorded in Vienna and Manchester in 1988.
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Live In London 1980: The Legendary Chaos Tape is a live album by The Fall.
It was recorded live at the Acklam Hall in London on 11 December 1980.
