This is an attempt to make a complete list of place names in Fall songs and lyrics. Add yours below and I'll keep updating the list to make it as definitive as possible.
• Abu Dhabi – Session Musician
• Accrington – That Man
• Africa – Ibis-Afro Man
• Alabama – Visit Of An American Poet part 2
• Albania – Visit Of An American Poet part 2
• Alps – Noel's Chemical Effluence / So-Called Dangerous [a.k.a. Dangerous]
• Ambleside – Pander! Panda! Panzer!
• America – Anecdotes + Antidotes in B / Dissolute Singer / English Scheme
• Anholt – Dktr. Faustus
• Appalachia – Disneys Dream Debased
• Arabia – Anecdotes + Antidotes in B
• Arab States – Kurious Oranj
• Aspen – Midnight In Aspen
• Atlanta – Visit Of An American Poet part 1 / Visit Of An American Poet part 2
• Atlantic – Van Plague?
• Auschwitz – Smile
• Australia – Anecdotes + Antidotes in B / Victoria
• Baghdad – Guest Informant [questionable!]
• Basingstoke – Levitate / Rainmaster
• Belgium – Rainmaster
• Belsen – Various Times
• Berlin – Australians In Europe / In My Area / Various Times
• Bethlehem – Hark The Herald Angels Sing
• Birmingham – The Birmingham School Of Business School / Pander! Panda! Panzer!
• Blackburn, Lancashire – A Day In The Life / Shut Up
• Blackpool – (Birtwhistle's) Girl In Shop / Enigrammatic Dream [2G+2 version] / Idiot Joy Showland
• Bolton – Masquerade / North West Fashion Show
• Boston – Dissolute Singer / U.S.80's-90's
• Bournemouth – Bournemouth Runner / Pittsville Direkt
• Bradford – Hit The North
• Breda – Paintwork
• Bremen – Bremen Nacht
• Brighton, Penny Lane – Two Librans [Touch Sensitive: Bootleg Box-set disc 5 version]
• Brisbane – Backdrop [live, uncredited bonus track on Room To Live reissue] / Slags, Slates, Etc. [In A Hole + version]
• Bristol – Bournemouth Runner
• Britain – New Puritan / What About Us? / Wrong Place, Right Time
• Brooklyn – Last Exit To Brooklyn
• Brussels – Free Range [Cheetham Hill album version]
• Bury – Garden
• Bury, The Rock – Pat Trip Dispenser
• Buxton – Contraflow
• California – C'n'C-S.Mithering
• Camber Sands – (We Are) Mod Mock Goth
• Cambridge – English Scheme
• Canada – Victoria
• Canberra – Slags, Slates, Etc. [In A Hole + version]
• Carribean – Van Plague
• Chechnya – Two Librans
• Chepstow – W.B
• Chicago – Chicago, Now! / Free Range [27 Points version]
• Chile – English Scheme
• Chorazina – Spectre Vs. Rector
• Cologne – I Am Damo Suzuki / Paintwork / What About Us?
• Copenhagen – Copenhagen "Set-Up"
• Cornwall – The Horror In Clay / Victoria
• Culloden – The N.W.R.A.
• Dallas – The Reckoning
• Damascus – (We Wish You A) Protein Christmas
• Darlington – The N.W.R.A.
• Derby – Backdrop
• Doncaster – Fiery Jack [Totale's Turns version]
• Dresden – Athlete Cured / Dresden Dolls
• East Germany – Athlete Cured / What About Us?
• Easter Island – H.O.W.
• Edinburgh – A Lot In A Name / Edinburgh Man / The N.W.R.A.
• England – Barmy / The Birmingham School of Business School / C'n'C/Hassle Schmuck [Peel version] / Dissolute Singer / English Scheme / Painkwork / Pander! Panda! Panzer! / Typewriter / U.S. 80s-90s [Cheetham Hill album version] / What About Us?
• Enniskillen – Powder Keg
• Epsom – Putta Block
• Europe – Australians In Europe / City Dweller / Early Days Of Channel Fuhrer / Free Range [as 'Europa'] / The Reckoning / What About Us?
• Flanders – Idiot Joy Showland
• Florida – Rainmaster
• France – Eat Y'self Fitter
• Galatasary – Theme From Sparta FC
• Granadaland – Eat Y'self Fitter
• Great Britain – What About Us?
• Greece – Eat Y'self Fitter
• Halifax – My New House / Words Of Expectation
• Hamburg – Australians In Europe
• Hampshire – Spectre Vs. Rector
• Haslingden – English Scheme
• Hebden Bridge – Blindness
• Highlands, Scotland – C'n'C/Hassle Schmuck [Peel version]
• Hoboken – Pat Trip Dispenser
• Holland – English Scheme / Paintwork / Wrong Place, Right Time
• Hollywood – Cary Grant's Wedding
• Hong Kong – Victoria
• Houston – Houston
• Iceland – Iceland
• India – Victoria
• Ireland – Glam Racket / Ten Points
• Istanbul – Barmy
• Italy – Paintwork
• Japan – Pine Leaves
• Jerusalem – Fantastic Life / Jerusalem / (We Wish You A) Protein Christmas
• Kentucky – U.S. 80s-90s
• Keswick – Twister
• L.A. – Ibis-Afro Man / L.A. / New Puritan
• Lake District – Cyber Insekt [Touch Senstitive: Bootleg Box Set, disc 2 version] / Levitate / Pander! Panda! Panzer!
• Lancashire – Blind Man / C'n'C-S.Mithering / Draygo's Guilt / Lucifer Over Lancashire / Visitation Of An American Poet
• (Leeds) Elland Road – In These Times [Leeds itself not mentioned]
• Leicester – Backdrop / Words Of Expectation
• Leicestershire – Crew Filth
• Leigh-on-Sea – Hey! Student
• Liverpool – Australians In Europe [spoken section at start]
• London – Cheetham Hill / H.O.W. / Ibis Afro Man / Life Just Bounces / Stephen Song / Tempo House / W.B
• London, Bank of England – My New House
• London, Camden – Pander! Panda! Panzer! / You Haven't Found It Yet
• London, Chelsea – Theme From Sparta FC [strictly speaking, a ref. to the team, not the place]
• London, EC1 – Medical Acceptance Gate
• London, Euston – Houston
• London, Hampstead – Deer Park / Rose / Twister
• London, Islington – Pander! Panda! Panzer!
• London, Leicester Square – Leave The Capital
• London, Notting Hill Gate – Married, 2 Kids
• London, Oxford Street – British People In Hot Weather / Jingle Bell Rock
• London, Serpentine (Hyde Park) – British People In Hot Weather
• London, Shepherd's Bush – Cab It Up!
• London, Soho – The N.W.R.A.
• [London, West 2 – ] Moscow Road
• London, West 11
• London, West End – (Birtwhistle's) Girl In Shop
• Manchester – Australians In Europe [spoken section at start] / Backdrop / Crop-Dust / Deer Park / The N.W.R.A. / Symbol Of Mordgan / (We Are) Mod Mock Goth / What About Us?
• Manchester, Ardwick – Wings
• Manchester, Cheetham Hill – Cheetham Hill / Pander! Panda! Panzer!
• Manchester, city centre – Powder Keg
• Manchester, Heaton Park – In The Park
• Manchester, Hulme – Bo Demmick
• Manchester, Mount Street – Mount Street Sermon segment of Pander! Panda! Panzer!
• Manchester, Pearl City restaurant – Pearl City
• Manchester, Piccadilly – City Hobgoblins
• Manchester, Salford – Cheetham Hill
• Manchester, Salford docks – Fiery Jack [only mentioned as 'docks']
• Manchester, Sedgely Park – Auto Tech Pilot
• Manchester, Whitefield – North West Fashion Show
• Massachussets – Visit Of An American Poet part 1
• Melbourne – Slags, Slates, Etc. [In A Hole + version]
• Mesopotamia – Hotel Bloedel
• Mexico – C'n'C-s.Mithering / Your Heart Out
• Midlands – Deer Park
• Moldavia – Free Range
• Moon – Before The Moon Falls
• Moravia – Free Range
• Munich – English Scheme / Lie-Dream Of A Casino Soul
• New England – The Steak Place
• New Guinea – Janet & Johnny
• New Jersey – Hard Life In Country
• New York City – All Clasp Hands [as 'NYC'] / Dissolute Singer [various streets] / Gut Of The Quantifier / Rainmaster / Steak Place
• New York City, Canal Street – Dissolute Singer
• New York City, Lexington – Dissolute Singer
• Newark – Paintwork / Pittsville Direkt [Nottingham ‘92 live version]
• Newcastle – The N.W.R.A.
• North Britain – What About Us?
• North Carolina – White Lightning
• Norway – 2nd Dark Age
• Nottingham – Return [Nottingham '92 live version]
• Nuremberg – Hotel Bloedel
• Oloron – Tempo House
• Oxford – (We Are) Mod Mock Goth
• Paraguay – Haf Found Bormann
• Paris – Neighbourhood Of Infinity / Pander! Panda! Panzer! / Visit Of An American Poet part 1
• Pennines – Contraflow
• Penzanze – The Horror In Clay
• Phillipsburg – Hotel Bloedel
• Poland – Jerusalem
• Portsmouth – Second Dark Age
• Portugal – Portugal
• Prague – (We Wish You A) Protein Christmas
• Prestwick, Cumbria – Blind Man
• Rome – English Scheme / Enigrammatic Dream / Tom Ragazzi / W.B
• Rome, Vatican – Haf Found Bormann
• Ross County – Hurricane Edward
• Salem – Visit Of An American Poet part 1
• San Francisco – Visit Of An American Poet part 1
• Saxony – Barmy
• Sheffield – Devolute / The Horror In Clay
• Singapore – Victoria
• Skegness – Pittsville Direkt [live Nottingham version]
• South America – Marquis Cha Cha
• Spain – Bingo Master's Break-out / Glam Racket / I'm Going To Spain
• Stoke – British People In Hot Weather
• Sudan – Eat Y'self Fitter
• Suffolk – I Am Damo Suzuki [Touch Sensitive: Bootleg Box-set disc 5 version]
• Surrey – Lay Of The Land
• Sweden – Jerusalem
• Switzerland – Various Times / Vixen
• Sydney – Slags, Slates, Etc. [In A Hole + version]
• Teeside Docks – The N.W.R.A.
• Texas – Smile
• Timor – Two Librans
• Turkey – Barmy
• Tyneside – Backdrop
• Tyrol – Mollusc In Tyrol
• U.K. – Mere Pseud Mag. Ed. [In A Hole version]
• U.S. – U.S. 80s-90s
• U.S.A. – Paintwork / Second Dark Age
• Utah – Midnight In Aspen
• Vienna – Early Days Of Channel Fuhrer
• Wakefield – Fantastic Life
• Wapping – British People In Hot Weather
• Weymouth – Mollusc In Tyrol
• Wigan – Lie-Dream Of A Casino Soul
• Windsor – Pacifying Joint
• Wrexham – Pander! Panda! Panzer!
• Xanadu – Glam Racket / Legend Of Xanadu
• Zagreb – Free Range [on Cheetham Hill album] / Zagreb
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Fictional places?
• Cruiser's Creek – Cruiser's Creek
• Dunsimore – Elves
• Speck Marsden – Last Commands Of Xylrothep Via M.E.S.
• Tempo House, 63 Market Place – Tempo House
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Notes:
• I'm taking your word for it as I haven't been able to check on the more obscure ones.
• Only officially released recordings count.
• Tracks are standard, original versions unless otherwise stated.
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See also:
http://invisionfree.com/forums/thefall/ind...?showtopic=2757for Martin's remarkable list of continents, countries, regions in their adjectival form