The Fall - Levitate

Levitate is the Fall’s 19th album originally released in 1997 on Artful Records. It has been out of print for a number of years now and is much sought after by fans. It’s the last album to feature two long-time Fall members, drummer Karl Burns and bass player Steve Hanley (whose playing was once described by Smith as the defining element of the group's music). The album was initially going to be produced by Keir Stewart and Simon Spencer (who previously collaborated with Smith under the moniker D.O.S.E. on the 1995 single Plug Myself In). Most of the recordings took place at Edwyn Collins’ studio in West Hampstead. However, Stewart and Spencer soon fell out with Smith over payments and left after a week, taking most of the tapes with them. The only tracks from these sessions to make the album were 41⁄2 Inch (allegedly edited out of samples of a rehearsal recording), Spencer, later re-dubbed by Smith as Spencer Must Die and The Quartet of Doc Shanley. This re-issue has been re-mastered by long term Fall engineer Andy Pearce and features new sleeve notes by Daryl Easlea.

Tracklist:

A1 Ten Houses Of Eve
A2 Masquerade
A3 Hurricane Edward
A4 I'm A Mummy
B1 The Quartet Of Doc Shanley
B2 Jap Kid
B3 4 1/2 Inch
B4 Spencer Must Die
B5 Jungle Rock
C1 Ol' Gang
C2 Tragic Days
C3 I Come And Stand At Your Door
C4 Levitate
C5 Everybody But Myself
D1 Powderkex
D2 Christmastide
D3 Recipe For Fascism
D4 Pilsner Trail
D5 Everybody But Myself (Live)