crackerjack
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http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/07/dying_fall_why_mark_e_smiths_m.html
I haven't really felt The Fall's new stuff since about 87-88 (and I used to buy everything). There's been good albums since (Extricate) and I'll admit to not paying his 90s records much heed, but when Smith turned The Fall (whose music was always about space and surprises) into a garage band they lost it for me.
Smith, though, seems to have that Macca/Dylan cachet with critics, where any half decent record is hailed as a primetime masterpiece.
I haven't really felt The Fall's new stuff since about 87-88 (and I used to buy everything). There's been good albums since (Extricate) and I'll admit to not paying his 90s records much heed, but when Smith turned The Fall (whose music was always about space and surprises) into a garage band they lost it for me.
Smith, though, seems to have that Macca/Dylan cachet with critics, where any half decent record is hailed as a primetime masterpiece.