The Fall's third album, original release from 1980.

Grotesque (After the Gramme) is the third studio album by English band the Fall. Released on 17 November 1980, it was the band's first studio album release on the record label Rough Trade. It topped the UK Independent Chart, spending 29 weeks on the chart in total

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This album At A Glance. Grotesque (After The Gramme) by The Fall (1980) Overall rank: 2,523rd. The Fall - Grotesque (After The Gramme) - Vinyl LP Reissue - Post-Punk Art Rock Condition: New. Time left: 19h 6m 17s. Ships to: Worldwide. THE FALL Grotesque ( After The Gramme ) ROUGH TRADE LP ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESSING Condition: Used. Time left: 2d 12h 23m 14s.

Full title - Grotesque (After the Gramme). 2004 reissue of 1980 album includes four bonus tracks, 'How I Wrote 'Elastic Man', 'City Hobgoblins', 'Totally Wired', & 'Putta Block', from rare non-LP singles. Best album the Fall ever made (in my opinion) and the extra tacks are fantastic. How I wrote elastic man is one of the best singles ever.

Consumer Guide Album. The Fall: Grotesque (After the Gramme) As postpunk splinters into a thousand shafts of shadow, these arty lefties are definitely going for poetry readings with two-chord backing.

This later-period Fall album showed that Smith hadn’t yet run out of ideas. The album featured more electronic accents, and rock-hard riffing. The dangerous goth swing of Mountain Energei brought to mind Depeche Mode in their prime, except Smith spins out baffling lines about Dolly Parton and patriotism. 8. Slates/A Part of America Therein (1981). With Grotesque (After the Gramme), the band moved to the . s famed Rough Trade label, which would prove to be a fruitful collaboration. The album sported a slightly cleaner sound, with production by label founder Geoff Travis, the Red Krayola’s Mayo Thompson and eventual Smiths live sound engineer Grant Showbiz. The North Will Rise Again) was a highlight, along with the askew country-ish dirge The Container Drivers.

Superior Viaduct US. The FALL. Grotesque (After The Gramme) (reissue). Superior Viaduct US. Format: LP Cat: SV 113 Released: 10 Oct 16 Genre: Indie.