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Your Future Our Clutter 
Studio album by The Fall Released 26 April 2010 Recorded 2009 Genre Post-punk Length 48:11 (CD)
60:32 (Vinyl)Label Domino Records Producer Ross Orton, Mark E. Smith and Simon Archer The Fall chronology Imperial Wax Solvent
(2008)Your Future Our Clutter
(2010)Ersatz G.B.
(2011)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]The AV Club A- [2] BBC (positive)[3] Drowned in Sound (9/10)[4] One Thirty BPM (42%)[5] Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)[6] Slant [7]SPIN [8]Popmatters (9/10)[9] Your Future Our Clutter is an album by The Fall, released in the UK on April 26, 2010. It is the group's twenty-eighth studio album, and their first for independent record label Domino. The album was recorded at The Chairworks, Castleford and Elevator Studios, Liverpool. Publicity for the record describes it as the group's "most rampant, most forward moving, bone shaking best."[10] The album had previously been referred to as Our Future Your Clutter.
As with the group's preceding album, 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent, the line-up consists of Mark E. Smith (vocals), the group's chief songwriter and only constant member, as well as his wife Eleni Poulou (keyboards and vocals), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Peter Greenway (guitar) and Keiron Melling (drums). The album was produced by Ross Orton, Mark E. Smith, and Simon "Ding" Archer, who produced three songs.
Your Future Our Clutter entered the U.K. Album charts at number #38. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" peaked at #94 in France. The album has received favorable reviews, with New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones calling it one of the best albums of the year.[11]
Contents
CD Tracklist
- "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" (Mark E. Smith) - 5:49
- "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" (Smith, David Spurr) - 6:36
- "Mexico Wax Solvent" (Smith, Peter Greenway) - 6:14
- "Cowboy George" (Smith, Greenway, Eleni Poulou) - 5:42
- "Hot Cake" (Smith, Spurr) - 3:18
- "Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor" (Smith, Poulou, Greenway, Keiron Melling) - 7:42
- "Chino" (Smith, Spurr) - 5:20
- "Funnel of Love" (Kent Westberry, Charlie McCoy) - 2:55
- "Weather Report 2" (Smith, Poulou) - 6:35
Vinyl tracklist
The double vinyl version comes on 180g heavyweight vinyl with two exclusive, non-CD tracks: "986 Generator" and "Get a Summer Song Goin'" and features a re-ordered tracklist. It does not come in a gatefold sleeve.
A1. "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" - 5:49
A2. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" - 6:36
A3. "Hot Cake" - 3:18
B1. "Mexico Wax Solvent" - 6:14
B2. "Y.F.O.C / Slippy Floor" - 7:42
C1. "Chino" - 5:20
C2. "Funnel of Love" - 2:55
C3. "986 Generator" - 8:03
D1. "Weather Report 2" - 6:35
D2. "Get a Summer Song Goin'" - 4:18
D3. "Cowboy George" - 5:42Personnel
- Mark E. Smith - lead vocals, production
- Eleni Poulou - keyboards, bass, backing vocals
- Peter "PP" Greenway - guitar
- Dave "The Eagle" Spurr - bass guitar
- Keiron Melling - drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Ross Orton - production, mixing
- Simon "Ding" Archer - production
References
- ^ "AllMusicGuide Review". AllMusicGuide. allmusic.com. 4 May 2010 Accessed 5 May 2010.
- ^ "AV Club review". http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-fall-your-future-our-clutter,40719/.
- ^ "BBC review". http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mxnv.
- ^ "Drowned in Sound review". http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15311/reviews/4139733.
- ^ "One Thirty BPM review". http://onethirtybpm.com/2010/04/27/album-review-the-fall-your-future-our-clutter/.
- ^ "Pitchfork Media review". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14202-your-future-our-clutter/.
- ^ "Slant Magazine review". http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-fall-your-future-our-clutter/2095.
- ^ "SPIN Magazine review". http://www.spin.com/reviews/fall-your-future-our-clutter-domino.
- ^ "Popmatters review". http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/123666-the-fall-your-future-our-clutter.
- ^ "New Album - The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter - 26th April". Domino Records. Dominorecordo.com. 18 February 2010. Accessed 18 February 2010.
- ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha. "S/FJ: BEST OF 2010". Sashafrerejones.com. 20 November 2009. Accessed 16 November 2010. Two further tracks were recorded at the album sessions - 'Aerosol Headache Man' and 'Keiron's Venn Diagramme'. These remain unreleased.
External links
- "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with The Fall's Elena Poulou". La Bouche, issue 3. October 2009.
- Mojo excerpt
- Domino Recording Co. Twitter
- The Fall online - latest Fall News
- Your Future Our Clutter press release from Domino
The Fall Studio albums Live at the Witch Trials · Dragnet · Grotesque · Slates · Hex Enduction Hour · Room to Live · Perverted by Language · The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall · This Nation's Saving Grace · Bend Sinister · The Frenz Experiment · I Am Kurious Oranj · Extricate · Shift-Work · Code: Selfish · The Infotainment Scan · Middle Class Revolt · Cerebral Caustic · The Light User Syndrome · Levitate · The Marshall Suite · The Unutterable · Are You Are Missing Winner · The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) · Fall Heads Roll · Reformation Post TLC · Imperial Wax Solvent · Your Future Our Clutter · Ersatz GB
Live albums Live 1977 · Liverpool 78 · Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never) · Live in London 1980 · A Part of America Therein, 1981 · Fall in a Hole · Seminal Live · The Twenty-Seven Points · Touch Sensitive... Bootleg Box Set · 2G+2 · Last Night at The Palais
Compilations Related articles Categories:- 2010 albums
- The Fall (band) albums
- Domino Records albums
- Albums recorded at Elevator Studios
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