Imperial Wax Solvent

Infobox Album
Name = Imperial Wax Solvent
Type = Album
Artist = The Fall


Released = April 28th 2008 (UK)
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Castle (UK)
Producer = Grant Showbiz and Mark E. Smith
Reviews =
* BBC (Positive) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/66gb/ Link]
*Drowned In Sound (8/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/13290 Link]
*The Guardian Rating|4|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2276005,00.html Link]
*The Independent Rating|4|5 [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-fall-imperial-wax-solvent-sanctuary-815025.html Link]
*Mojo Rating|4|5 [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/fall/imperialwaxsolvent Link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/51535-the-fall-imperial-wax-solvent link]
*Uncut Rating|4|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_fall/reviews/11455 Link]
Last album = "Reformation Post TLC"
(2007)
This album = "Imperial Wax Solvent"
(2008)
Next album =

"Imperial Wax Solvent" is a studio album by The Fall – the band's 27th – released in the UK on April 28th, 2008. The album featured a new British-based lineup after the departures of the American musicians involved in writing and performing 2007's "Reformation Post TLC", with singer and frontman Mark E. Smith, keyboardist Elena Poulou and bassist Dave Spurr remaining from the previous incarnation. They were joined by guitarist Pete Greenway (a guest guitarist on the previous album) and drummer Keiron Melling.

It is 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" being the only recorded appearance).

The album was well received by critics, scoring a 81/100 on Metacritic [ [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/fall/imperialwaxsolvent The Fall: Imperial Wax Solvent (2008): Reviews ] ] . The album entered the UK pop charts at #35, [ [http://top40.about.com/od/onthecharts/a/ukcharts050508.htm UK Pop Music Charts May 5, 2008] ] The Fall's first time on the Top 40 since 1993's "The Infotainment Scan" reached #9.

Track listing

# "Alton Towers" – 3:29
# "Wolf Kidult Man" – 3:02
# "50 Year Old Man" – 11:36
# "I've Been Duped" – 2:44
# "Strange Town" (The Groundhogs) – 5:41
# "Taurig" – 2:59
# "Can Can Summer" – 3:08
# "Tommy Shooter" – 3:45
# "Latch Key Kid" – 3:20
# "Is This New" – 2:14
# "Senior Twilight Stock Replacer" – 3:08
# "Exploding Chimney" – 2:25

References