The Fall / Seminal Live

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Artist

The Fall

Album Title:

Seminal Live

Album Cover:

Primary Genre

Alternative & Punk: Old School Punk

Format

Released

06/19/1989

Label

Beggars Banquet/RCA/BMG

Catalog No

9807-2-H

Bar Code No

7863-59807-2

Packaging

Jewelcase

Tracks

1.	Dead Beat Descendant (2:25)
2.	Pinball Machine (2:53)
3.	H.O.W. (4:18)
4.	Squid Law (3:41)
5.	Mollusc In Tyrol (5:10)
6.	Kurious Oranj (5:58)
7.	Frenz (5:22)
8.	Hit The North (3:11)
9.	2 By 4 (3:54)
10.	Elf Prefix / L.A. (5:02)
11.	Victoria (2:56)
12.	Pay Your Rates (3:52)
13.	Introduction / Criusers Creek (6:57)
14.	In These Times (4:12)

Date Acquired

06/20/1991

Personal Rating

Acquired from

Northern Lights

Purchase Price

16.00

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
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Analyzed: The Fall / Seminal Live
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -1.14 dB -15.91 dB 2:25 01-Dead Beat Descendant
DR12 -2.74 dB -16.87 dB 2:53 02-Pinball Machine
DR14 -1.57 dB -17.35 dB 4:18 03-H.O.W.
DR12 -0.87 dB -14.68 dB 3:42 04-Squid Law
DR12 -2.67 dB -16.41 dB 5:10 05-Mollusc in Tyrol
DR12 -1.54 dB -15.17 dB 5:59 06-Kurious Oranj
DR10 -3.59 dB -14.63 dB 5:23 07-Frenz
DR13 -1.27 dB -16.10 dB 3:12 08-Hit the North
DR11 -3.91 dB -16.92 dB 3:55 09-2 by 4
DR12 -2.01 dB -16.71 dB 5:02 10-Elf Prefix / L.A.
DR13 -1.13 dB -15.98 dB 2:57 11-Victoria
DR11 -3.88 dB -16.05 dB 3:52 12-Pay Your Rates
DR11 -2.72 dB -17.28 dB 6:58 13-Introduction / Cruiser's Creek
DR13 -0.02 dB -15.11 dB 4:12 14-In These Times
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 911 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews

All Music Guide Review:

Review by Ted Mills
The Fall's contractual obligation album. With Brix leaving (or left, depending on your history) the group, this is a hastily assembled selection of what sound like Frenz Experiment outtakes and nine live tracks, their last for Beggars Banquet. These opening five tracks would have made a nice EP supporting the single "Deadbeat Descendant," the first song featured on the album. They're not among their best, but "H.O.W. (History of the World)" has a certain grim stateliness to it, with a grungy bassline by Hanley leading the group. "Pinball Machine" continues in Smith's long line of rockabilly covers. The remaining live tracks are competent and follow their studio counterparts well enough, but nothing more.

Mark Prindle Review:

Seminal Live - Beggars Banquet 1989.

7 out of 10

I guess that'd be a "yeah," since they only completed one more side of studio recordings (only half of it decent) before Brix hit the road. "Dead Beat Descendant" is one of the swellest ditties she ever co-wrote (although that distorted guitar playing the cool second melody is a tad quiet in the mix, don't you think?). Actually, "Squid Law" is pretty great, too, but the other new tracks don't do a whole lot. The live stuff sounds good, though. It's basically a decent record - just completely unnecessary, that's all. Like Bob Dole.

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