Your Future Our Clutter
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Your Future Our Clutter is an album by The Fall, released in the UK on April 26, 2010. It is the group's twenty-eighth studio album, and their first for independent record label Domino. The album was recorded at The Chairworks
, Castleford
and Elevator Studios, Liverpool
. Publicity for the record describes it as the group's "most rampant, most forward moving, bone shaking best." The album had previously been referred to as Our Future Your Clutter.
As with the group's preceding album, 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent
, the line-up consists of Mark E. Smith
(vocals), the group's chief songwriter and only constant member, as well as his wife Eleni Poulou (keyboards and vocals), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Peter Greenway (guitar) and Keiron Melling (drums). The album was produced by Ross Orton
, Mark E. Smith, and Simon "Ding" Archer, who produced three songs.
Your Future Our Clutter entered the U.K. Album charts at number #38. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" peaked at #94 in France. The album has received favorable reviews, with New Yorker
music critic Sasha Frere-Jones
calling it one of the best albums of the year.
A1. "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" - 5:49
A2. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" - 6:36
A3. "Hot Cake" - 3:18
B1. "Mexico Wax Solvent" - 6:14
B2. "Y.F.O.C / Slippy Floor" - 7:42
C1. "Chino" - 5:20
C2. "Funnel of Love" - 2:55
C3. "986 Generator" - 8:03
D1. "Weather Report 2" - 6:35
D2. "Get a Summer Song Goin'" - 4:18
D3. "Cowboy George" - 5:42
Additional personnel
The Chairworks
The Chairworks is a residential recording studio complex located in Morrison Street, Castleford, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 2001 by Ryan Jarvis composer and producer...
, Castleford
Castleford
Castleford is the largest of the "five towns" district in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near Pontefract, and has a population of 37,525 according to the 2001 Census, but has seen a rise in recent years and is now around 45-50,000. To the north...
and Elevator Studios, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. Publicity for the record describes it as the group's "most rampant, most forward moving, bone shaking best." The album had previously been referred to as Our Future Your Clutter.
As with the group's preceding album, 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent
Imperial Wax Solvent
Imperial Wax Solvent is a studio album by The Fall – the band's 27th – released in the UK on April 28, 2008. The album featured a new British-based lineup after the departures of the American musicians involved in writing and performing 2007's Reformation Post TLC, with singer and...
, the line-up consists of Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk band The Fall.-Early life:...
(vocals), the group's chief songwriter and only constant member, as well as his wife Eleni Poulou (keyboards and vocals), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Peter Greenway (guitar) and Keiron Melling (drums). The album was produced by Ross Orton
Ross Orton
Ross Orton is a musician/songwriter/producer based in Sheffield, England.He is known for his work as drummer in Add N to and as part of electro trio Fat Truckers, and since that band's split in 2004 has formed the Cavemen songwriting/production duo with Pulp's Steve Mackey...
, Mark E. Smith, and Simon "Ding" Archer, who produced three songs.
Your Future Our Clutter entered the U.K. Album charts at number #38. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" peaked at #94 in France. The album has received favorable reviews, with New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
music critic Sasha Frere-Jones
Sasha Frere-Jones
Sasha Frere-Jones is an American writer, music critic, and musician. He has written for Pretty Decorating, ego trip, Hit It And Quit It, Mean, Slant, The New York Post, The Wire, The Village Voice, Slate, Spin, and The New York Times...
calling it one of the best albums of the year.
CD Tracklist
- "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" (Mark E. SmithMark E. SmithMark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk band The Fall.-Early life:...
) - 5:49 - "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" (Smith, David Spurr) - 6:36
- "Mexico Wax Solvent" (Smith, Peter Greenway) - 6:14
- "Cowboy George" (Smith, Greenway, Eleni Poulou) - 5:42
- "Hot Cake" (Smith, Spurr) - 3:18
- "Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor" (Smith, Poulou, Greenway, Keiron Melling) - 7:42
- "Chino" (Smith, Spurr) - 5:20
- "Funnel of LoveFunnel of Love"Funnel of Love" is a 1961 song by Wanda Jackson, written by Charlie McCoy and Kent Westberry and recorded on April 10, 1961.The song contains a guitar solo by Roy Clark....
" (Kent Westberry, Charlie McCoyCharlie McCoyCharles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...
) - 2:55 - "Weather Report 2" (Smith, Poulou) - 6:35
Vinyl tracklist
The double vinyl version comes on 180g heavyweight vinyl with two exclusive, non-CD tracks: "986 Generator" and "Get a Summer Song Goin'" and features a re-ordered tracklist. It does not come in a gatefold sleeve.A1. "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" - 5:49
A2. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" - 6:36
A3. "Hot Cake" - 3:18
B1. "Mexico Wax Solvent" - 6:14
B2. "Y.F.O.C / Slippy Floor" - 7:42
C1. "Chino" - 5:20
C2. "Funnel of Love" - 2:55
C3. "986 Generator" - 8:03
D1. "Weather Report 2" - 6:35
D2. "Get a Summer Song Goin'" - 4:18
D3. "Cowboy George" - 5:42
Personnel
The Fall- Mark E. SmithMark E. SmithMark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk band The Fall.-Early life:...
- lead vocals, production - Eleni Poulou - keyboards, bass, backing vocals
- Peter "PP" Greenway - guitar
- Dave "The Eagle" Spurr - bass guitar
- Keiron Melling - drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Ross OrtonRoss OrtonRoss Orton is a musician/songwriter/producer based in Sheffield, England.He is known for his work as drummer in Add N to and as part of electro trio Fat Truckers, and since that band's split in 2004 has formed the Cavemen songwriting/production duo with Pulp's Steve Mackey...
- production, mixing - Simon "Ding" Archer - production
