Tracklist
| Earth's Impossible Day | |||
| A1 | So What About It? | ||
| A2 | Idiot Joy Showland | ||
| A3 | Edinburgh Man | ||
| A4 | Pittsville Direkt | ||
| A5 | The Book Of Lies | ||
| A6 | The War Against Intelligence | ||
| Notebooks Out Plagiarists | |||
| B1 | Shift-Work | ||
| B2 | You Haven't Found It Yet | ||
| B3 | The Mixer | ||
| B4 | A Lot Of Wind | ||
| B5 | Rose | ||
| B6 | Sinister Waltz |
Credits
- Artwork – Pascal*
- Backing Vocals – Cassell Webb
- Bass – Stephen Hanley
- Drums, Keyboards – Simon Wolstencroft
- Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Craig Scanlon
- Lead Vocals – Mark E. Smith
- Mixed By – Craig Leon (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2, B4 to B6)
- Organ, Guitar – Craig Leon
- Performer [Machines] – Dave Bush
- Producer – Robert Gordon (tracks: A1, A5, A6, B3)
- Vocals, Fiddle – Kenny Brady
- Written-By – S. Hanley* (tracks: A2, A4)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Printed): 0 42284 85941 7
- Barcode (Scanned): 042284859417
- Label Code (Printed on back cover): LC 0211
- Label Code (Printed on label): LC 0268
- Price Code: PG 281
- Matrix / Runout: 848 594 1 S1=1 670 04 115
- Matrix / Runout: 848 594 1 S2=1 670 06 116
- Rights Society: BIEM
- Rights Society: STEMRA
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Shift-Work (CD, Album) | Fontana | 848 594-2 | Europe | 1991 | ||
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Shift-Work (Cassette, Album) | Cog Sinister | 848 594-4 | Europe | 1991 | ||
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Shift-Work (Cassette, Album) | Fontana | 848 594-4 | Netherlands | 1991 | ||
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Shift-Work (CD, Album) | Cog Sinister | 848 594-2 | Europe | 1991 | ||
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Shift-Work (CD, Album) | Cog Sinister | 848 594-2 | Canada | 1991 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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The first Fall record that I have little good to say about. The arrangements are much more conventional and simple than in the past, Mark sounds tired, and his vocals lean more towards his weak singing voice. The power is gone. The meter of the lyrics is also simplified, less interesting.
When a track is over, I can't a thing about it. Instantly forgettable. Maybe even boring. I couldn't say that about the 1979-1990 era. When "Cruisers Creek" was over, you'd still have that riff and that beat in your head. The Mark of "See the shirt tails flappin' in the wind, sidewalk runnin'..." is not evident.
Revisiting it now after some years, I find it is just as boring. A let down, to say the least. I don't think the Fall ever recovered. -
I am a Fall "stan", but why was so much of the early 90's material so...weedy? I fuck with Extricate, The Infotainment Scan and Cerebral Caustic hard but the LP's didn't really get GREAT again 'til Levitate, imho. Then The Marshall Suite and The Unutterable come along and blow everyone the fuck away.
And Are You Are Missing Winner is the closest Das Gruppe ever came to replicating their live sound in the studio, fight me -
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