Imperial Wax Solvent

Imperial Wax Solvent
Studio album by
Released28 April 2008 (UK)
Recorded
GenreAlternative rock
Length47:10
LabelSanctuary
Producer
The Fall chronology
Reformation Post TLC
(2007)
Imperial Wax Solvent
(2008)
Last Night at The Palais
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBCpositive[2]
Drowned in Sound8/10[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent[5]
Mojo[6]
Pitchfork7.5/10[7]
Uncut[8]

Imperial Wax Solvent is a studio album by the Fall – the band's 26th – released in the UK on 28 April 2008.

The album featured a new British-based lineup after the departures of the American musicians who had been recruited to salvage a 2006 tour of the US and subsequently appeared on 2007's Reformation Post TLC. Frontman Mark E. Smith, keyboardist Elena Poulou and bassist Dave Spurr remain from the previous incarnation. They were joined on Imperial by guitarist Pete Greenway (a guest guitarist on the previous album) and drummer Keiron Melling. Spurr, Greenway and Melling would prove to be the band's most stable lineup, enduring for six studio albums until Smith's death in 2018.

It was the first Fall album since 2001's Are You Are Missing Winner to have been turned around in a year. An album a year was always the norm for the group in the past but this practice slipped in the period 2001–2007 (2006 was the first year since the group's inception that saw the emergence of no new material at all, with a cover of the Monks' "Higgledy Piggledy" from the tribute album Silver Monk Time being the only recorded appearance).

Imperial Wax Solvent was also the first studio album since Are You Are Missing Winner to make prominent use of the low-fi production techniques which were previously one of the Fall's hallmarks: the Groundhogs cover "Strangetown" has noticeable skips, and certain tracks on the album are presented in mono.

Reception and release

The album was well-received by critics, scoring an 81/100 on Metacritic.[9] The album entered the UK album chart at #35,[10] the Fall's first time on the Top 40 since 1993's The Infotainment Scan reached #9.

The album received some press attention when, due to a pressing error, the music of the album was recorded onto the first shipment of Faryl Smith's debut album Faryl.[11]

Imperial Wax Solvent was reissued by Cherry Red Records on limited edition translucent yellow vinyl for Record Store Day 2019 and as an expanded 3CD edition in 2020.[12][13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alton Towers"Mark E. Smith, David Spurr3:29
2."Wolf Kidult Man"Smith, Spurr, Eleni Poulou3:02
3."50 Year Old Man"Smith, Spurr11:36
4."I've Been Duped"Smith2:44
5."Strangetown"T.S. McPhee5:41
6."Taurig"Poulou2:59
7."Can Can Summer"Smith, Spurr, Polou, Keiron Melling, Peter Greenway3:08
8."Tommy Shooter"Smith3:45
9."Latch Key Kid"Smith, Spurr, Poulou3:20
10."Is This New"Smith, Andi Toma2:14
11."Senior Twilight Stock Replacer"Smith, Spurr3:08
12."Exploding Chimney"Smith, Spurr, Melling, Poulou, Greenway2:25
Total length:47:21
  • "Strangetown" includes elements of "Garden", also written by McPhee and originally performed by the Groundhogs.

2020 expanded edition

Disc 1 - original album
  • as per original edition
Disc 2 - Britannia Row recordings 21/9/07
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wolf Kidult Man"Smith, Spurr, Poulou2:39
2."I've Been Duped"Smith [n 1]2:28
3."Ponto"The Fall3:08
4."Tommy Shooter"Smith3:41
5."Taurig"Poulou3:01
6."Can Can Summer"Smith, Spurr, Polou, Melling, Greenway2:32
7."Strangetown"McPhee2:45
8."Alton Towers"Smith, Spurr3:02
9."50 Year Old Man"Smith, Spurr6:02
10."Senior Twilight Stock Replacer"Smith, Spurr3:06
11."Smith and Mark"The Fall2:40
12."Inferior Product Man"The Fall3:07
13."Is This New"Smith, Toma2:13
Total length:40:47
Disc 3 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex 10/5/08
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Is This New"Smith, Toma4:02
2."Wings"Smith, Steve Hanley, Paul Hanley3:58
3."Wolf Kidult Man"Smith, Spurr, Poulou2:52
4."Fall Sound"Smith, Robert Barbato, Tim Presley, Orpheo McCord3:31
5."50 Year Old Man"Smith, Spurr7:08
6."I've Been Duped"Smith [n 2]3:54
7."Mountain Enegei"Smith, Dave Milner5:01
8."White Lightning"J.P. Richardson2:01
9."Can Can Summer"Smith, Spurr, Polou, Melling, Greenway4:41
10."Latch Key Kid"Smith, Spurr, Polou3:03
11."Mr Pharmacist"Jeff Nowlen2:12
12."Tommy Shooter"Smith5:25
13."Pacifying Joint"Smith3:05
14."Blindness"Smith, Spencer Birtwistle9:26
15."Over! Over!"Smith4:39
Total length:65:06

Personnel

The Fall

  • Mark E. Smith - vocals, production
  • Eleni Poulou - keyboards, vocals, lead vocals on "I've Been Duped"
  • Peter Greenway - guitar
  • David Spurr - bass guitar
  • Keiron Melling - drums

Technical

  • Grant Showbiz - production
  • Andi Toma - production
  • Tim Baxter - production
  • Tom Pritchard - engineering
  • Simon 'Dingo' Archer - engineering
  • Olliver Groscheck - engineering
  • Anthony Frost - cover art

Notes

  1. ^ Credited to Smith and Spurr on the 2020 expanded edition.
  2. ^ Credited to Smith and Spurr on the 2020 expanded edition.

References

  1. ^ allmusic review
  2. ^ BBC review
  3. ^ Drowned In Sound review Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The Guardian review
  5. ^ The Independent review
  6. ^ "Mojo review". Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  7. ^ Pitchfork Media review Archived 2008-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Uncut review". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  9. ^ "The Fall: Imperial Wax Solvent (2008): Reviews". Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  11. ^ Thiessen, Brock (3 March 2009). "Universal Mistakenly Presses the Fall Album Instead of Teen Got Talent Winner". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009.
  12. ^ "List of official Record Store Day releases revealed". Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  13. ^ a b c The Fall: Imperial Wax Solvent, 3CD Digipak Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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