Affectionately known by a select few of us as 2G+G...

I predict that I Wake Up In The City will win by a considerable margin.

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Ibis-Afro Man. Who sings the first half?...it's excruciatingly corny but serves to emphasise the greatness of Mark's entrance, lyrics and delivery.

The Joke isn't bad either.

wake up in the city...... but i dont play this one at all

wake up - no contest..

<Yes, like ffd I don't play this...well, not never, but rarely. I am Damo Suzuki I love in nearly all of its recorded existences; it's one of the best things on the Touch Sensitive box set, for example.

Pretty sure it's Ed Blaney (aka The Broker)

Well, he comes in near the end with "you lucky lucky people..." He's got a fabulous vocal talent.

I actually like this album. Nice mix of studio/live and familiar/unfamiliar. Shame about the slight duplication of the Touch Senstive box-set.

It seems to be one of those rare songs they always play well.

"i wake up in the city" is shit hot.basically an early version of "ex classmates kids". But better i reckon!

This album is a bit of a latter day Totals Turns. If it had been released in 1979 everyone would love it.,

I think Hit The North invarably works well, too. But when's the last time you heard a decent Mr. Pharmicist?

Hit The North started to go downhill in 1989.

Well, invariably worked well until 1989. I don't feel like arguing today.

The live tracks on this sound really flat and passionless to me. Did they sound better in person? When I listen, I'm always trying to convince myself the material sounds better than it really does (to me). "I Wake Up" is pretty good, though.

Andy

Damo cos it's Damo....

:D Wake up in city for the lyrics. Sick display of offhanded genius.

Why 'sick'?

Finally gave this a second listen (even though I've had it for well over a year, it never seems to end up in the player). I like New Formation Sermon. Distilled Mug Art isn't bad either. The rest of the album is a mixed bag at best.

Any newer members care to comment on this one?

The only reason I never bought the 2G+G t-shirt was because I didn't rate the lp, even tho it's the best Fall cover and t-shirt around. Seems stupid now.

New Formation Sermon, for its funkiness, great MES delivery, and jangly acoustic-like guitars...in 2nd place for me comes Distilled Mug Art..is it a synth making that great Australian instrument type sound going all the way through it?

ibis afro man rules on this, by the way who is the guy singing at the beginning of it

Pretty decent album.

The live tracks are ok and the studio tracks are cool and quirky.

I Wake Up In the City is a storming tune.

Best coughing on any record ever...

so true

The segue Classmates-to-Dream-to-Wake Up on this album always reminds me of the old Belsen Was a Gas one-two on Great Rock and Roll Swindle -- only really, really GOOD.

I Wake Up gets my vote.

ed blaney co wrote it :applaud: :applaud:

From what I gathered he wrote it all - It was a Trigger Happy song

Now I wonder what happened to old Ed... :whistle:

trigger happy was great so is his current band the wrong-uns

Damo, not least becaue it's the last track on this stinking album :sick:

went for the joke

but changed my mind to ibis afro-man

My Exclassmates Kids,
surprised it hasnt done so well.

I just played this album for the first time in at least three years. Still not that overwhelmed, but the next spin will surely happen before 2010.

Just like more than 50% of the voters I prefer I Wake Up In The City and I Am Damo Suzuki.

This decade's versions of Damo Suzuki especially highlight the drumming. However I go for IWUITC because the album provided my introduction to this song.

Went for Afro-Man, just over that blistering version of The Joke

I was tempted to go with 'I Wake Up In The City', but I see this as a primarily live album, so avoiding the temptation to go for 'Ibis Afro Man' 'cos it's so much better than the AYAMW version, I've gone for 'Damo Suzuki' simlply because it's a thrilling end. :wacko:

Having no such qualms, I voted for 'Ibis-Afro.'

"I live in L.A!!" :D

:lol: :rolleyes:

'I Wake Up In The City' is way in front in the votes anyway... that makes sense, too.

They make "The Joke" sound like a Black Flag song. I love this album, as I have said before. It is Are Are Missing Winner that I don't like, but this record makes up for that. Voted "New Formation Sermon" because it is the last time the Fall wrote a good truly new song (as opposed to rehashes like "Clasp Hands") that had good singing and lyrics to go with it.