"Fall Heads Roll" is the 24th studio album by the English post-punk group The Fall, released in 2005. While it received positive reviews from critics, it did not make the top 100 of the UK Albums Chart and was the last album before significant personnel changes within the band.
The album was recorded at Lisa Stansfield's Gracieland Studios in Rochdale, UK, and at Gigantic Studios in New York City. In a March 2005 interview with Kitchen Sink magazine, singer Mark E. Smith mentioned potential titles, including Heads Are Rolling and If You Assume.
The album features a cover of The Move's "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and includes "What About Us?", written from the perspective of an East German immigrant criticizing Harold Shipman for his actions towards elderly patients. "Breaking the Rules" originated from the band's attempts to record "Walk Like a Man," incorporating lyrics from Bec Walker, an aspiring singer who was on work experience at Gracieland Studios during the album's recording. The closing track, "Trust in Me," features guest vocals from Kenny Cummings of the band Shelby, along with contributions from Phil Schuster and recording engineers Billy Pavone and Simon "Ding" Archer.
This album marked the first release of new Fall material under the Sanctuary group's Slogan label, following their reissues of earlier albums and the Peel Sessions box set. The UK version was available on CD and as a limited vinyl pressing of 1,000 copies, preceded by the single "I Can Hear the Grass Grow." In the US, it was released through Narnack Records, with the double LP edition featuring a different version of the track "Blindness."
"Blindness" gained additional exposure by being used in a 2007 US television ad campaign for the Mitsubishi Outlander. This album represented the final release with its lineup, as a subsequent album was largely completed but left unreleased after Smith parted ways with most of the band members.
