| Artist |
The Fall |
| Album Title: |
Code:Selfish (2002 Reissue, Bonus Tracks) |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Old School Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
03/09/1992 |
| Reissue Date |
09/23/2002 |
| Label |
Cog Sinister/Fontana |
| Catalog No |
COGVP133CD |
| Bar Code No |
8 25947 10222 4 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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The Birmingham School of Business School (6:45)
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| 2.
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Free Range (3:58)
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| 3.
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Return (4:03)
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| 4.
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Time enough at last (3:47)
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| 5.
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Everything Hurtz (4:07)
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| 6.
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Immortality (4:30)
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| 7.
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Two-face (6:00)
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| 8.
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Just Waiting (4:38)
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| 9.
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So-called Dangerous (3:45)
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| 10.
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Gentlemans Agreement (4:32)
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| 11.
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Married, 2 Kids (2:45)
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| 12.
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Crew Filth (5:21)
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| 13.
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Ed's Babe [Bonus Track] (3:18)
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| 14.
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Free Ranger [Bonus Track] (4:05)
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| Date Acquired |
11/28/2002 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
15.98 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry:
The Fall Online Entry: |
Notes |
foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-11-23 01:39:50
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Analyzed: The Fall / Code: Selfish
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.73 dB -16.40 dB 6:45 01-The Birmingham School of Business School
DR14 -1.62 dB -16.98 dB 3:58 02-Free Range
DR16 -0.70 dB -17.67 dB 4:04 03-Return
DR13 -1.61 dB -16.28 dB 3:48 04-Time Enough at Last
DR16 -0.56 dB -17.19 dB 4:07 05-Everything Hurtz
DR16 -0.56 dB -17.90 dB 4:30 06-Immortality
DR12 -1.47 dB -15.16 dB 6:01 07-Two-Face!
DR14 -0.56 dB -16.45 dB 4:39 08-Just Waiting
DR14 -1.76 dB -18.33 dB 3:46 09-So-Called Dangerous
DR16 -0.56 dB -19.71 dB 4:33 10-Gentlemen's Agreement
DR15 -0.56 dB -16.85 dB 2:45 11-Married, 2 Kids
DR15 -2.49 dB -24.42 dB 5:22 12-Crew Filth
DR11 -2.39 dB -14.98 dB 3:16 13-Ed's Babe
DR10 -3.26 dB -14.56 dB 4:07 14-Free Ranger
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 956 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Ted Mills
An underrated and hard-to-find Fall album, this 1992 release, Code: Selfish, returned to a harder, more caustic band than found on the previous year's Shift Work. Slimmed down to a four- piece (with added keyboards by David Bush) and produced by Craig Leon and Simon Rogers, the Fall yet again returned with an experimental and menacing collection of songs. The centerpiece and only single off the album was "Free Range," a bit of Mark E. Smith's "prepsicognition" about the coming Balkan wars. "Pressure guilt! Grudge match!" Smith yelps, stringing together images and streams of consciousness. "It pays to talk to no-one!" Years later, it has the same chilling foresight of Yeats' "The Second Coming." Smith's writing was beginning to pare itself down to the essence, relying on repetition and imagery, while the backing of Craig Scanlon, Simon Wolstencroft, and Steve Hanley were translating the feel of sequenced techno into their guitars and drum attack (especially on "Immortality" and "So Called Dangerous"). An album that improves with age. [Also available with bonus tracks "Ed's Babe," and "Free Ranger."]
Mark Prindle Review:
Code: Selfish - Cog Sinister/Fontana/Phonogram 1992.
8 out of 10
STUDIO ALBUM #14 - Like Shiftwork, but not quite as easy-listening. "The Birmingham School Of Business School" is one of my favorite Fall songs, with that shimmery metallic sample driving me wild the whole song through, and both "Free Range" and "Return" are punky (yet smooth) and memorable. The rest is more sedate, but still nice. I'm particularly fond of "Time Enough At Last" and "Married, 2 Kids," although for what reason, I'm unsure. Not necessarily the greatest songs in town, but still, they SOUND amazing. Smooth...like a dentist's office. Plus the last song is just a bunch of drunken profanity, and nothing in this whole wide Christian world beats cussing.
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