The three Fontana albums, Extricate, Shift- Work and Code: Selfsh were stunningly consistent.With Martin Bramah and keyboard player Marcia Schofeld dismissed from the band, The Fall worked as a four- piece (Craig Scanlon, guitar Steve Hanley, bass Simon 'Funky Si' Wolstencroft on drums) for the frst time in the group's career. There were few cries of sell-out, however, when The Fall signed to a major it was just part of an evolutionary process.
Guitarist Martin Bramah, who had founded the group with Smith, returned, replacing Smith's ex-wife Brix, who had been in the group since 1983. It was all change when The Fall signed to Fontana. This re- issue faithfully replicates the original 1990 Fontana Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl. Smith also worked with dance producers Coldcut updating the Lisa Stansfeld sung track My Telephone as Telephone Thing. From the catchy indie of Hilary and The Littlest Rebel, the oblique attack on past lovers in Sing! Harpy, and the touching rumination on death and new love, Bill Is Dead, Extricate is one of the group's most coherent albums. Released in February 1990, Extricate was a big bold statement, coopting some Madchester beats into The Fall's mix, with the band and Smith on excellent form. The three Fontana albums, Extricate, Shift- Work and Code: Selfsh were stunningly consistent.
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