Fall Heads Roll (expanded edition)

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Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Ride Away drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Ride Away writer: Elena Poulou and Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)		5:00
2	Pacifying Joint drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Pacifying Joint writer: Elena Poulou and Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)		3:45
3	What About Us? drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: What About Us writer: Elena Poulou and Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)		5:49
4	Midnight in Aspen drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Midnight in Aspen writer: Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford		3:11
5	Assume drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Assume writer: Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)		4:05
6	Aspen (reprise) drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Aspen Reprise writer: Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford		1:53
7	Blindness drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Blindness writer: Spencer Birtwistle and Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)		7:23
8	I Can Hear the Grass Grow drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford cover recording of: I Can Hear the Grass Grow lyricist and composer: Roy Wood (multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, The Move, ELO & Wizzard) publisher: Onward Music Ltd.		2:49
9	Bo Demmick drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Bo Demmick writer: Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)		4:14
10	Youwanner drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Simon Archer (Dingo, engineer / producer / muscian) and Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Youwanner writer: Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford		5:02
11	Clasp Hands banjo: Simon Archer (Dingo, engineer / producer / muscian) drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Clasp Hands writer: Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford		2:44
12	Early Days of Channel Führer drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Early Days of Channel Führer writer: Ben Pritchard and Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)	3	3:48
13	Breaking the Rules drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford cover recording of: Walk Like a Man writer: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio publisher: Gavadema Music Inc. and Saturday Music, Inc.		2:24
14	Trust in Me drums (drum set): Spencer Birtwistle electric bass guitar: Steven Trafford electric guitar: Ben Pritchard and Steven Trafford keyboard: Elena Poulou vocals: Simon Archer (Dingo, engineer / producer / muscian), Kenny Cummings, Billy Pavone, Phil Schuster (Production), Elena Poulou, Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford recording of: Trust in Me writer: Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall) and Steven Trafford		3:35

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Blindness (live, BBC John Peel session, 4 August 2004)		6:31
2	Clasp Hands (live, BBC John Peel session, 4 August 2004)		4:41
3	What About Us? (live, BBC John Peel session, 4 August 2004)		5:53
4	Wrong Place Wrong Time / I Can Hear the Grass Grow (live, BBC John Peel session, 4 August 2004)		7:01
5	Job Search (live, BBC John Peel session, 4 August 2004)		4:19
6	Blindness (US alternative version) recording of: Blindness writer: Spencer Birtwistle and Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)		7:09
7	I Can Hear the Grass Grow (slow version) cover recording of: I Can Hear the Grass Grow lyricist and composer: Roy Wood (multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, The Move, ELO & Wizzard) publisher: Onward Music Ltd.		3:16
8	Bo Doodak		4:13
9	Blindness (interim version)		3:26
10	What About Us? (interim version)		6:29
11	All Clasp Hands (interim version)		3:30
12	Blind Man (demo version)		4:52
13	Blindness (alternative demo version)		7:56

3▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	The Boss (Chapel Studios demo)		2:58
2	Systematic Abuse (Chapel Studios demo)		5:34
3	Party Song (Chapel Studios demo)		3:42
4	Twang (Chapel Studios demo)		2:35
5	Get Out (Chapel Studios demo)		3:16
6	The V One (Chapel Studios demo)		3:20
7	Spencers Cut (Chapel Studios demo)		3:09
8	Steve Country (Chapel Studios demo)		4:14
9	Wed Z (Chapel Studios demo)		4:42
10	Boil A Chicken (Chapel Studios demo)		3:02
11	White Line Fever (Chapel Studios demo)		4:49
12	Benneets Rocker (Chapel Studios demo)		3:57
13	Brimstone (Chapel Studios demo)		2:31
14	Fuzz (Chapel Studios demo)		3:25

4▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Bo Demmick (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		6:04
2	Pacifying Joint (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		4:21
3	Theme From Sparta F.C. (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		3:39
4	What About Us? (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		6:07
5	Reformation! (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		5:00
6	Mountain Energei (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		5:42
7	Mr. Pharmacist (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		2:19
8	Blindness (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		6:45
9	My Door Is Never (live, Leeds Festival, Bramham Park, 27 August 2006)		1:29

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/38964 [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xmzf [info] https://www.musikexpress.de/reviews/the-fall-fall-heads-roll-2/ [info]
Wikidata:	Q3738651 [info]

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Format:: 4×Digital Media
Length:: 3:37:40

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Cherry Red Records

Release events

2026-03-27

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