Are You Are Missing Winner by The Fall

Are You Are Missing Winner

by The Fall

Released: November 05, 2001

Alternative rock

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Why This Album Matters

This album matters because its strongest editorial story is: Experimental Album.

01

The Album

The album shifts from The Unutterable's drum and bass influences to a more rockabilly sound. It features a cover of R. Dean Taylor's northern soul track "Gotta See Jane," alongside adaptations of Lead Belly's "The Bourgeois Blues" (retitled "Bourgeois Town") and Iggy Pop's "African Man" (as "Ibis-Afro Man"), the latter being particularly experimental with multiple recordings playing simultaneously. "Are You Are Missing Winner" is the twenty-second album by English post-punk band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc.

02

Inside the Recording

Guitarist Ben Pritchard described the experience as "very miserable," noting issues like rats in the studio and noise disturbances from a weightlifter's gym above, which interrupted recording sessions.

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Interesting Facts

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It was later remastered in 2006 for a reissue by Castle Communications.

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"Kick the Can" is named after an episode of The Twilight Zone.

The album's release was so rushed that theโ€ฆ

The album's release was so rushed that the tracks were not properly mastered, leading to uneven audio levels.

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Essential Tracks

01

Bourgeois Town

It features a cover of R. Dean Taylor's northern soul track "Gotta See Jane," alongside adaptations of Lead Belly's "The Bourgeois Blues" (retitled "Bourgeois Town") and Iggy Pop's "African Man" (as "Ibis-Afro Man"), the latter being particularly experimental with multiple recordings playing simultaneously.

02

Kick the Can

"Kick the Can" is named after an episode of The Twilight Zone.

03

Gotta See Jane

It features a cover of R. Dean Taylor's northern soul track "Gotta See Jane," alongside adaptations of Lead Belly's "The Bourgeois Blues" (retitled "Bourgeois Town") and Iggy Pop's "African Man" (as "Ibis-Afro Man"), the latter being particularly experimental with multiple recordings playing simultaneously.

04

Ibis-Afro Man

It features a cover of R. Dean Taylor's northern soul track "Gotta See Jane," alongside adaptations of Lead Belly's "The Bourgeois Blues" (retitled "Bourgeois Town") and Iggy Pop's "African Man" (as "Ibis-Afro Man"), the latter being particularly experimental with multiple recordings playing simultaneously.

Then

Reception

Following the previous year's critically acclaimed The Unutterable, frontman Mark E. Smith replaced his entire band, a change he acknowledges in the opening track's refrain: "Not like the old one/We are the new Fall." Due to financial constraints, the album was recorded quickly in a low-budget studio.

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The Complete Album Story

"Are You Are Missing Winner" is the twenty-second album by English post-punk band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc. Following the previous year's critically acclaimed The Unutterable, frontman Mark E. Smith replaced his entire band, a change he acknowledges in the opening track's refrain: "Not like the old one/We are the new Fall."

Due to financial constraints, the album was recorded quickly in a low-budget studio. Guitarist Ben Pritchard described the experience as "very miserable," noting issues like rats in the studio and noise disturbances from a weightlifter's gym above, which interrupted recording sessions.

The album shifts from The Unutterable's drum and bass influences to a more rockabilly sound. It features a cover of R. Dean Taylor's northern soul track "Gotta See Jane," alongside adaptations of Lead Belly's "The Bourgeois Blues" (retitled "Bourgeois Town") and Iggy Pop's "African Man" (as "Ibis-Afro Man"), the latter being particularly experimental with multiple recordings playing simultaneously.

"Kick the Can" is named after an episode of The Twilight Zone. The album's release was so rushed that the tracks were not properly mastered, leading to uneven audio levels. It was later remastered in 2006 for a reissue by Castle Communications.

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