The Fall - The Marshall Suite

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The Marshall Suite is a 1999 LP by The Fall, which builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate (1997), while also returning to a more rockabilly influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups. The end result are songs like the primitive, catchy "Touch Sensitive", and the strange, complex, thumping jungle beats of "Crying Marshall" occurring in equal measure… Around the time of release, rumours circulated that The Marshall Suite was a concept album about "The Crying Marshall". Smith stopped short of denying this, telling The Wire that "I thought it would be good to do it as the story of his life, a themed LP, with a thread running through it. It's such an unhip thing to do". An unpublished section of the interview, later placed on the magazine's website, suggested Smith was not yet finished with his creation: "I do want to continue the Marshall theme, develop it. Maybe a five sided thing next, the return ofthe Marshall".

Tracklisting:

DISC ONE

1. TOUCH SENSITIVE
2. F-'OLDIN' MONEY
3. SHAKE-OFF
4. BOUND
5. THIS PERFECT DAY
6. (JUNG NEV'S) ANTIDOTES
7. INEVITABLE
8. ANECDOTES+ANTIDOTES IN B#
9. EARLY LIFE OF CRYING MARSHALL
10. CRYING MARSHAL
11. BIRTHDAY SONG
12. MAD. MEN-ENG, DOG
13. ON MY OWN
14. TOM RAGGAZZI (FINALE)

DISC TWO

1. TOUCH SENSITIVE DANCE MIX Touch Sensitive 12" & CD single
2. ANTIDOTE   Touch Sensitive 12" & CD single
3. THIS PERFECT DAY (new version)   F-oldin Money CD single 1
4. BIRTHDAY SONG (new mix) F-oldin Money CD single 1
5. THE REAL LIFE OF THE CRYING MARSHAL (new version) F-oldin Money CD single 2
6. TOM RAGGAZZI (new mix)   F-oldin Money CD single 2
7. TOUCH SENSITIVE Peel Session 21
8. BOUND SOUL ONE Peel Session 22
9. ANTIDOTES Peel Session 22
10. SHAKE-OFF Peel Session 22
11. THIS PERFECT DAY Peel Session 22

DISC THREE

Live show for XFM radio 15 April 1999

1. SHAKE OFF
2. F-'OLDIN' MONEY
3. JET BOY
4. TOUCH SENSITIVE
5. ANTIDOTES
6. 10 HOUSES OF EVE
7. INEVITABLE
8. THIS PERFECT DAY