| Artist |
The Fall |
| Album Title: |
I Am Kurious Oranj |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Old School Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
10/24/1988 |
| Label |
Beggars Banquet/RCA/BMG |
| Catalog No |
9582-2-H |
| Bar Code No |
0 7863-59582-2 5 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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New Big Prinz (3:25)
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| 2.
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Overture From 'i Am Curious Orange' (2:48)
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| 3.
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Dog Is Life / Jerusalem (7:24)
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| 4.
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Kurious Oranj (6:20)
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| 5.
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Wrong Place, Right Time (2:54)
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| 6.
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Win Fall C.D. 2080 (2:44)
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| 7.
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Yes, O Yes (3:34)
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| 8.
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Van Plague? (4:55)
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| 9.
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Bad News Girl (5:21)
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| 10.
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Cab It Up! (4:54)
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| 11.
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[untitled] (1:04)
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| Date Acquired |
04/28/1989 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Northern Lights |
| Purchase Price |
18.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry:
The Fall online - Discography: singles & albums |
Notes |
foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-11-13 04:42:26
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Analyzed: The Fall / I Am Kurious Oranj
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -2.48 dB -15.05 dB 3:25 01-New Big Prinz
DR9 -4.34 dB -14.86 dB 2:49 02-Overture From 'I Am Curious Orange'
DR12 -0.94 dB -15.86 dB 7:25 03-Dog Is Life / Jerusalem
DR11 -1.73 dB -14.36 dB 6:21 04-Kurious Oranj
DR13 -0.29 dB -14.44 dB 2:54 05-Wrong Place, Right Time
DR11 -2.64 dB -16.87 dB 2:45 06-Win Fall C.D. 2080
DR13 -1.67 dB -17.09 dB 3:34 07-Yes, O Yes
DR11 -2.26 dB -15.73 dB 4:56 08-Van Plague?
DR13 -0.52 dB -15.46 dB 5:22 09-Bad News Girl
DR11 -3.16 dB -15.38 dB 4:54 10-Cab It Up!
DR10 -3.01 dB -17.09 dB 1:04 11-[untitled]
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 866 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Ted Mills
The last thing most Fall fans expected the group to do in 1988 was provide music for a ballet, but in fact this is what they did. Of course, it helped that the Michael Clark company of dancers were some of the most avant-garde at the time in Britain and were inspired originally by the Fall's "Hey! Luciani" single. The concept, very loosely, centers around William and Mary of Orange, and finds Smith arranging William Blake's "Jerusalem" for the band, adding his own lyrics ("It was the fault of the government," providing ironic contrast to the self-sufficiency espoused in Blake). As a cohesive Fall album it fails: The strongest tracks are those that have little to do with the ballet (and are available elsewhere). "New Big Prinz" updates their own "Hip Priest" into one of their heaviest tracks, full of threat and wonder. "Cab It Up!" features all forward momentum and jingling keyboards. For the first time tracks felt like filler, and indeed they were. The CD booklet contains photographs from the performance full of giant pop-art hamburgers and cans of baked beans, suggesting I Am Kurios Oranj would have been more interesting to see than hear.
Mark Prindle Review:
I Am Kurious Oranj - Beggars Banquet/RCA 1988.
8 out of 10
STUDIO ALBUM #11 - I feel a little weird giving this an 8, since it's basically a retread of the last album, but I still really like the songs! Maybe it's just because of all the fond memories I have regarding trips to DC with my special sweetie. Mark Smith would probably bop me in the face for singing along to The Fall with my girlfriend, but that's how life goes sometimes. If you really like somebody, you should share The Fall with them. Even if it's this sissyish Brix-period stuff.
Yes, just like The Frenz Experiment, this sounds like a modern pop/rock album with absolutely no rough edges (sounds like it was dipped in Vaseline or something), but boy does "New Big Prinz" ROCK in its cleanliness, and man, does Brix's "Overture" sound like the best song Survivor ever recorded, and girl, does "Jerusalem" have a great story about Mark tripping on a "discarded-ah banana skin-ah" and hitting his head on a "protruding-ah brick-ah chip-ah," and puppy is "Kurious Oranj" a wondermous merging of pop and reggae, and buttplug do I like "Van Plague." The rest is more of the same, and kind of forgettable, but you have to keep in mind - this was the soundtrack to a BALLET. Imagine a troupe trying to pirouette to "Cab It Up!" and maybe you'll start to understand why I gave it an 8. Still, why so predictable? Was the marriage already falling apart?
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