According to Robert Forster's 10 Rules of Rock & Roll; "The second last song on every album is the weakest."
Which two penultimate Fall album tracks disprove his theory most convincingly?

I've never heard "Tempo Hose". Is it any good?

Could be a celebrity like M. Pike.....................

Easily the best by a country mile

I must say, using the Fall to disprove rules that apply to the vast majority of Rock and Roll bands/albums shows a distinct lack of understanding of what makes The Fall so special. -_-

:)

"Slates, Slags" & the quite brilliant "City Dweller"

I voted for Solicitor in Studio and Systematic Abuse, but wish I'd gone for Slates, Slags, etc, now.

Rose, then New Puritan. :)

Slates Slags etc
I Am Damo Suzuki
Systematic Abuse
Solicitor In Studio
Iceland

+at least ten others are up there in the greatness stakes.


This Robert Forster character is clearly a fule. :rolleyes:

Rose & Proteinprotection

I have liked Iceland since reading the paper given on it at that conference.

"Light" is part of the last track you buffoon! :angry:

Anuvver pole rooned. :rolleyes: :lol:

That's what happens when you check against Mick Muddles... :ohdear:

Of those songs: Slates, Slags etc (obviously) but I don't consider that an album so quite clearly there can only be one winner: (drum roll) ........... Devolute.

Has this elvischomsky ever actually heard a Fall record?

Oh do fuck off - and remember, I know where you live.

I've moved...

Iceland and Craigness.

Solicitor and Tempo House, but so many I'd have liked to include: S vs R, Senior Twilight Stock Replacer, City Dweller, Iceland

Voted Futures & Pasts and Iceland -_-

Young bly got it right.

Devolute and Systematic Abuse pour moi.

Yeah, I aint voting for 'Light' in two different polls! :wacko: So, I chose Gramme Friday and Rose. :wub:

Gramme Friday is a great choice. :)

:cry2: Just too difficult to choose.

....would make a great compilation though.

As much as I truly rate Mr. Forster in terms of The Fall he is definitely wrong. In fact on the first 10 albums I consider the penultimate songs to be among the absolute best.

The often overlooked Iceland and Craigness for me.

I didn't think Iceland would come in 1st. It's such an understated piece I thought it would be easily ignored.

Bloody vinyl polls. :angry:

Clear winner is Spectre vs. Rector B)

Let's stop this madness.

Craigness and Proteinprotection are the obvious winners.

Spectre, but only because i consider Gramme Friday as an intro to the N.W.R.A.

But then again, i'm not a quantum physics researcher. :huh:

It's not letting me vote.

Which is a good thing. This is a monumental list.

For the record, Devolute and Senior Twilight!

But only because so many will pick Tempo House.

To prove or disprove Foster, aren't we supposed to compare the song to the rest of the album it's on, instead of comparing second last songs among themselves?
Anyway, in my view the rule is most emphatically disproven by Spectre and Tempo House.
It's funny that Breaking the rules is one of few that follows the rule.

I voted Tempo "Hose". If only EC had managed to refrain from thinking about cock for the duration of setting this pole. I mean poll!

Well, Riddler! But Spectre, Dweller, Puritan, Suzuki...and so many more.

The Fall is very very

VERY

good!

MES deserves Rock and Roll.

Aye, lucky us!

slates, slags etc and the riddler!

third would have been rose

Only two? Iceland and Oxymoron, please.

slates slags

guest informant

City Dweller and Craigness for me.