Falling and Laughing

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Name = Falling and Laughing


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Artist = Orange Juice
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A-side = Falling and Laughing
B-side = Moscow Olympics/Moscow
Released = February, 1980
Format = 7"
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Genre = Post-punk
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Label = Postcard Records
Writer = Edwyn Collins, Orange Juice
Producer = Orange Juice
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This single = "Falling and Laughing" (1980)
Next single = "Blue Boy" (1980)
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"Falling and Laughing" was the debut single by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice. It was the first single released by the independent rock label Postcard Records, owned by Orange Juice singer Edwyn Collins. "Falling and Laughing" marked a new shift of the post-punk sound in general, by using themes that were not normally used in the genre, such as love and innocence. It also had a brighter sound, contrasting with the music that their contemporaries, including Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen, were making at the time, while maintaining its roots in the experimentalism of the genre. [ [http://www.twee.net/labels/postcard.html Postcard Records on TweeNet ] ] . The single has also been credited to giving birth to the Indie pop genre. [ [http://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2007/10/falling-and-laughing-shambolic-birth-of.html Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive!: Falling And Laughing. The Shambolic Birth Of Indie Pop! ] ]

Track listing

# Falling and Laughing - (4:00)
# Moscow - (2:01)
# Moscow Olympics - (2:07)

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