Title: Middle Class Revolt
Description: Album reviews
me and me housetramp - May 17, 2004 03:40 PM (GMT)
Hi there!
Hope you are all ok.
I just want to mention, that it is now a week ago, since i first listend to that album.
It is from the beginnig (15 Ways) an absolutely BUMMER!
Me fav's are "The Reckoner" & "Sumount All Obstacles"
yeah, that's all
have a good time
Martin - May 17, 2004 05:31 PM (GMT)
yes, it is neither one of my faves.Weak and insipid.
dj hollerbusch - November 22, 2007 01:28 PM (GMT)
:thumbsup: hi folks!
always wondered why this album has so often been heavily critisized
it's an absolute masterpiece
my fave at the moment
listening to the 2cd-re-release
it works really good to listen from start to end
great variety of songs, styles, sounds...
peelie on it
very good drumming
and fantastic songs(15 ways, reckoning, middle class revolt, war, up too much & my current fave CITY DWELLER!)
listen again!!!!
i am the deej
Dice Man - November 22, 2007 06:09 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (dj hollerbusch @ Nov 23 2007, 01:28 AM) |
| and fantastic songs(15 ways, reckoning, middle class revolt, war, up too much & my current fave CITY DWELLER!) |
My feelings as well. I sing City Dweller when on my way (to myself, mind). The whole thing is really worth another spin. Played it a lot this spring.
Mere Pseud. - November 22, 2007 08:05 PM (GMT)
not to be forgotten either: M5, one of the defining 90s songs from one of the best Fall albums of that decade
twinz2z - November 23, 2007 03:21 PM (GMT)
I really didnt like it at first, but now with an MP3 on shuffle the individual tracks sound good.
A lot of the live versions are much better as well.
I think it shows just how much difference the track order can make.
Exopsychicton - November 30, 2007 05:50 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (dj hollerbusch @ Nov 23 2007, 01:28 AM) |
:thumbsup: hi folks!
always wondered why this album has so often been heavily critisized
it's an absolute masterpiece
my fave at the moment
listening to the 2cd-re-release
it works really good to listen from start to end
great variety of songs, styles, sounds...
peelie on it
very good drumming
and fantastic songs(15 ways, reckoning, middle class revolt, war, up too much & my current fave CITY DWELLER!)
listen again!!!!
i am the deej |
Yes Yes Yes
idonotknowyournamr - November 30, 2007 07:56 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (me and me housetramp @ May 17 2004, 04:40 PM) |
It is from the beginnig (15 Ways) an absolutely BUMMER!
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'Me. Me and my shadow...'.
Now if it had been called '15 Days'.....
twunty fumf - April 6, 2009 02:48 PM (GMT)
I love the sound of this LP - especially the bass and drums. I also really like some of the keyboard touches such as those on M5 and Behind the Counter. The latter is one of my favourite Fall songs, btw. Probably for "sentimental" reasons I would put this album in top 5 by the Gruppenfuhrer.
matheusvdd - April 7, 2009 01:49 AM (GMT)
8 out of 10 for me.
Behind the Counter has one of the most infected bassline ive ever heard.
15 ways is one of the best pop achievements of the band.
even the usually-panned "500 bottle of wine" is fancied by me. great catchy and rocknroll-jam song.
vienna - April 7, 2009 06:40 AM (GMT)
SonofAlways - April 7, 2009 06:35 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mere Pseud. @ Nov 23 2007, 08:05 AM) |
| not to be forgotten either: M5 |
A great example of MES's genius at lyric writing:
"M5...6-7 PM..."
That one line conveys so much, but its so sparse, like shorthand...there aren't even any words really...utterly brilliant.
Three legged black grey hog - April 17, 2009 12:39 PM (GMT)
I think it's the best album of the period spanned by Extricate and Levitate. Sidelining Scanlon and Bush and getting Brix and Burns back in at this point strikes me as one of the very worst decisions Smith has made regarding the group's line-up.
John Ludicrous - April 17, 2009 09:56 PM (GMT)
I lost my copy, which is a shame.
Reckoning and Junk Man are right up there with my favourite Fall songs, yet they seem to get panned regularly on these forums.
Reformed Marmot - April 17, 2009 10:00 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (John Ludicrous @ Apr 17 2009, 10:56 PM) |
| Junk Man ..... right up there with my favourite Fall songs, yet they seem to get panned regularly on these forums. |
Ludicrous, John
;)
MCR is one of the least good Fall LPs
Buy Kurious! - April 17, 2009 11:32 PM (GMT)
I love all Fall LPs equally. :applaud:
Mind you, I played "Systematic Abuse" on repeat for 4 hours the other day.
I think I'm mentally ill...
elvischomsky - April 17, 2009 11:44 PM (GMT)
For shame, this was the last Fall album I bought for ten years or so. I was a fool.
Buy Kurious! - April 17, 2009 11:45 PM (GMT)
elvischomsky - April 18, 2009 12:02 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Buy Kurious! @ Apr 17 2009, 11:45 PM) |
| Was? |
"Wit"? No, you have lost me,
Buy Kurious! - April 18, 2009 12:08 AM (GMT)
elvischomsky - April 18, 2009 12:18 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Buy Kurious! @ Apr 18 2009, 12:08 AM) |
| To wit: twit. |
Mong - young. I think you will realise if you care to look that most hardcore FOFers had their wilderness years, young man.
chachacha - April 18, 2009 03:33 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Exopsychicton @ Nov 30 2007, 05:50 PM) |
| QUOTE (dj hollerbusch @ Nov 23 2007, 01:28 AM) | :thumbsup: hi folks!
always wondered why this album has so often been heavily critisized
it's an absolute masterpiece
my fave at the moment
listening to the 2cd-re-release
it works really good to listen from start to end
great variety of songs, styles, sounds...
peelie on it
very good drumming
and fantastic songs(15 ways, reckoning, middle class revolt, war, up too much & my current fave CITY DWELLER!)
listen again!!!!
i am the deej |
Yes Yes Yes
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yes
Mr. Marshall - April 18, 2009 08:51 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (elvischomsky @ Apr 18 2009, 12:18 PM) |
| QUOTE (Buy Kurious! @ Apr 18 2009, 12:08 AM) | | To wit: twit. |
Mong - young. I think you will realise if you care to look that most hardcore FOFers had their wilderness years, young man.
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From about 1986 to 1990 for me.
elvischomsky - April 18, 2009 11:45 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mr. Marshall @ Apr 18 2009, 08:51 AM) |
| QUOTE (elvischomsky @ Apr 18 2009, 12:18 PM) | | QUOTE (Buy Kurious! @ Apr 18 2009, 12:08 AM) | | To wit: twit. |
Mong - young. I think you will realise if you care to look that most hardcore FOFers had their wilderness years, young man.
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From about 1986 to 1990 for me.
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1995ish til about 2003ish. I regret not seeing them live when MES was drunk as a lorry. :cry2:
pkelly - December 21, 2011 11:36 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (elvischomsky @ Apr 18 2009, 11:45 PM) |
| QUOTE (Mr. Marshall @ Apr 18 2009, 08:51 AM) | | QUOTE (elvischomsky @ Apr 18 2009, 12:18 PM) | | QUOTE (Buy Kurious! @ Apr 18 2009, 12:08 AM) | | To wit: twit. |
Mong - young. I think you will realise if you care to look that most hardcore FOFers had their wilderness years, young man.
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From about 1986 to 1990 for me.
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1995ish til about 2003ish. I regret not seeing them live when MES was drunk as a lorry. :cry2:
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1995-2009 (15 on, 15 off, on again ... wonder for how long :()
Really interesting this, why so many seem to go from an initial fan/aticism, to indifference or avoidance, then a return.
Anyways, couldn't STAND MCR and then CC was the last LP I bought. Listening now to MCR on rotate which prompted me to look at these reviews. My vote: a masterpiece!
rainmaster - December 21, 2011 11:57 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (pkelly @ Dec 21 2011, 11:36 AM) |
| QUOTE (elvischomsky @ Apr 18 2009, 11:45 PM) | | QUOTE (Mr. Marshall @ Apr 18 2009, 08:51 AM) | | QUOTE (elvischomsky @ Apr 18 2009, 12:18 PM) | | QUOTE (Buy Kurious! @ Apr 18 2009, 12:08 AM) | | To wit: twit. |
Mong - young. I think you will realise if you care to look that most hardcore FOFers had their wilderness years, young man.
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From about 1986 to 1990 for me.
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1995ish til about 2003ish. I regret not seeing them live when MES was drunk as a lorry. :cry2:
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1995-2009 (15 on, 15 off, on again ... wonder for how long :()
Anyways, couldn't STAND MCR and then CC was the last LP I bought. Listening now to MCR on rotate which prompted me to look at these reviews. My vote: a masterpiece!
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1992 - 2005 were my gap years. Hated SW (still do), bought Free Range (loved it) then I was off. Jools Holland bought me back to sense.
As for MCR, it's a strange one. Many highs (Counter, M5, Up To Much, Student, $500 Bottle, City Dweller, War) up against some of the worst Fall songs ever.
Peel versions of MCR tracks are much improved over the LP versions.
Totally Weird - December 21, 2011 12:46 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (rainmaster @ Dec 21 2011, 11:57 PM) |
| 1992 - 2005 were my gap years. |
Hey! Student
porterhouse - January 1, 2012 03:42 PM (GMT)
I like MCR and have been surprised to read it getting such a bad rap on these forums. Behind The Counter, Junk Man, War and Surmount all do it for me. I prefer it to CC, Levitate and Marshall Suite, though maybe not to Light User Syndrome. Anyway.
My wilderness years were after Infotainment and starting again with Unutterable. Had little time for the Fall in my world of 90s black metal and the like. But now I see how you don't have to choose!
Oh how life is fine, fellow FOFers.
And a happy new year.