The Light User Syndrome (Expanded Version) by The Fall - Uhune

ALBUM

The Fall's first post-Craig Scanlon album also introduced Julia Nagle, who took over keyboards from the departing Dave Bush and also contributed some guitar. Brix Smith and Karl Burns covered the rest of the guitar, and while Scanlon is missed, the end results work well enough. The crisp live edge to the recording is attractive, but oddly enough leaves a lot of space in the mix -- Mark E. Smith and Nagle's keyboards have pride of place along with Steven Hanley's bass guitar (give an ear to "Das Vulture Ans Ein Nutter-Wain" for an example). Smith himself seems to be searching for lyrics more than once, and while he comes up with a usual collection of acid-tongued zingers, other times he seems to be making vocal noise for the sake of it -- nothing wrong with that, but still, one expects more. Though the album takes a little while to get started, when it does, the winners start coming in droves, such as the attractive Smith/Brix duet "Spinetrap" and the nervy, brisk bite of "Oleano," which sounds like an endless alarm bringing out the paranoia. There's some fiery aggression flaring up more than once as well, as "He Pep!" and especially the lengthy, roaring clatter and blast of "Interlude/Chilinism" in particular show. The addition of another pretty/sharp exchange between Brix and Smith makes the latter all the more entertaining. In terms of unexpected covers, the Fall do have another winner -- Johnny Paycheck's "Stay Away (Old White Train)," sung by Smith with an appropriate if terribly amusing drawl. Speaking of singing -- more than once co-producer Mike Bennett shares the vocals with Smith, a surprising change to say the least! The odd geographical confusion track "Cheethan Hill" shows how well that can actually work, with Bennett taking a clearer lead while Smith, unsurprisingly, does the "sing from one room over" approach. ~ Ned Raggett

1. D.I.Y Meat

Composer: Brix Smith
Mark E. Smith; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

2. Das Vulture Ans Ein Nutter-Wain

Composer: Mark E. Smith
Steve Hanley; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

3. He Pep!

Composer: Mark E. Smith
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

4. Hostile

Composer: Mark E. Smith
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

5. Stay Away (Old White Train)

Composer: Johnny Paycheck; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

6. Spinetrak

Composer: Brix Smith
Mark E. Smith; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

7. Interlude / Chinilism

Composer: Mark E. Smith
Michael Bennett
Julia Nagle
Karl Burns
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

8. Powder Keg

Composer: Mark E. Smith
Karl Burns; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

9. Oleano

Composer: Mark E. Smith; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

10. Cheetham Hill

Composer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

11. The Coliseum

Composer: Simon Spencer
Mark E. Smith; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

12. Last Chance to Turn Around

Composer: Elgin
Victor Millrose; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

13. The Ballard of J. Drummer

Composer: Mark E. Smith; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

14. Oxymoron

Composer: Mark E. Smith
Julia Nagle; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

15. Secession Man

Composer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith
Karl Burns; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

16. The Chiselers

Composer: Mark E. Smith
Julia Nagle
Karl Burns
Simon Wolstencroft
Stephen Hanley; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

17. Chilinist

Composer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith
Karl Burns
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer
Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Producer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith; Production

18. Hostile (Alternate Version)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Mark E. Smith
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer

19. Oleano (Alternate Version)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Mark E. Smith; Composer

20. Italiano

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Mark E. Smith; Composer

21. He Pep! (Alternate Version)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Mark E. Smith
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer

22. Interlude / Chilinism

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Mark E. Smith
Karl Burns
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer

23. D.I.Y. Meat (Recorded Live at the Astoria, London, 26 June 1996)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Brix Smith
Mark E. Smith; Composer

24. Spinetrack (Live)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Brix Smith
Mark E. Smith; Composer

25. Das Vulture Ans Ein Nutter-wain (Recorded Live at the Astoria, London, 26 June 1996)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Mark E. Smith
Steve Hanley; Composer

26. The Coliseum (Live)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Simon Spencer
Mark E. Smith; Composer

27. Chilinist (Recorded Live at the Astoria, London, 26 June 1996)

Primary Artist: The Fall; Main Performer
Composer: Mike Bennett
Mark E. Smith
Karl Burns
Simon Wolstencroft; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

27 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 56 minutes and 18 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 4000x4000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

9/27 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Rock, Post-Punk

Label

Sanctuary Records

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1995

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

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UPC

4050538867336