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Recorded
  
2014–2015

Sub-Lingual Tablet (2015)
  
Wise Ol' Man (2016)

Release date
  
11 May 2015

Genre
  
Post-punk

Producer
  
Mark E. Smith

Artist
  
The Fall

Label
  
Cherry Red Records

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Released
  
11 May 2015 (2015-05-11)

Length
  
50:52 (CD) 56:04 (vinyl)

Similar
  
The Fall albums, Post-punk albums

The fall sub lingual tablet full album 2015


Sub-Lingual Tablet is the 30th studio album by English band The Fall, released in May 2015 by Cherry Red Records.

Contents

The album was originally going to be named Dedication Not Medication, but, according to Mark E. Smith, "it looked a bit like a Barclays advert". Sub-Lingual Tablet marks the first appearance of second drummer Daren Garratt as a full-time member (he previously guested on The Remainderer, uncredited). Meanwhile, "Black Roof" doesn't feature the regular Fall lineup at all; instead, the bulk of it was recorded by former members Rob Barbato and Tim Presley in USA, with Smith adding the vocals later.

Two of the album's tracks were already released in 2014 in different versions – "Fibre Book Troll" on Modeselektor's Modeselektion Vol. 03 compilation and "Auto Chip 2014-2016" (as "Auto (2014) Chip Replace") on part-live, part-studio album Live: Uurop VIII-XII Places In Sun & Winter, Son.

Reception

Michael Hann of The Guardian gave the album 3-out-of-5 stars, calling it "predictable and surprising in almost equal measure"; he criticised the album for having "its share of Fall-by-numbers" but also described "Auto Chip 2014-2016" as "magnificent". Chris McCall of The Skinny said that it was "easily the [band's] best [album] since 2007's Reformation Post TLC". Drowned in Sound reviewer Benjamin Bland said that while the album contained "a series of tracks that could fit into almost any period in the band's catalogue", it included "enough genuinely high quality Fall material" to be of interest to old and new fans alike.

CD version

  1. "Venice with the Girls" (Mark E. Smith, Dave Spurr, Keiron Melling) – 4:11
  2. "Black Roof" (Smith, Rob Barbato, Tim Presley) – 1:46 (listed as "Black Door" on iTunes)
  3. "Dedication Not Medication" (Smith, Spurr) – 4:47
  4. "First One Today" (Smith, Eleni Poulou) – 2:45
  5. "Junger Cloth" (Smith, Spurr, Melling) – 4:55
  6. "Stout Man" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson) – 3:15 (a reworking of "Cock in My Pocket" by Iggy and the Stooges)
  7. "Auto Chip 2014-2016" (Smith, Poulou) – 10:03 (listed as "Auto Chip 14-15" on iTunes)
  8. "Pledge!" (Smith) – 6:32
  9. "Snazzy" (Smith, Poulou) – 2:29
  10. "Fibre Book Troll" (Smith, Poulou, Spurr) – 5:59 (listed as "Facebook Troll" on iTunes)
  11. "Quit iPhone" (Smith, Spurr, Melling) – 4:10

Vinyl version

The double vinyl version was released on May 25 and contains alternate versions of several tracks, most notably much longer versions of "Dedication Not Medication" and "Fibre Book Troll", and much shorter versions of "Auto Chip 2014-2016" and "Pledge!"

Side A
  1. "Venice With The Girls" – 4:12
  2. "Black Roof" – 1:46
  3. "Dedication Not Medication" – 7:38
Side B
  1. "First One Today" – 2:45
  2. "Junger Cloth" – 4:55
  3. "Stout Man" – 3:17
Side C
  1. "Auto Chip 2014-2016" – 8:21
  2. "Pledge!" – 4:56
  3. "Snazzy" – 2:29
Side D
  1. "Fibre Book Troll" – 11:35
  2. "Quit iPhone" – 4:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from Sub-Lingual Tablet liner notes.

The Fall
  • Mark E. Smith – vocals, guitar on "First One Today", production
  • Peter Greenway – guitar
  • Elena Poulou – synthesizer, engineering
  • David Spurr – bass guitar
  • Keiron Melling – drums, engineering
  • Daren Garratt – drums, percussion, backing vocals on "Auto Chip 2014-2016"
    • Additional personnel
  • Rob Barbato, Tim Presley – all instruments, recording and mixing on "Black Roof"
  • Simon "Ding" Archer – engineering, voice on "Dedication Not Medication" (vinyl version)
  • Mat Arnold – engineering
  • Andy Pearce – mastering
  • Ken Pearson, Charlie Pearson – artwork

    • Songs

    1Venice with the Girls4:12
    2Black Door1:46
    3Dedication Not Medication4:47

    References

    Sub-Lingual Tablet Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA