{"product_id":"shift-work-vinyl-lp","title":"Shift-Work: Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormed in 1976, by 1990, The Fall had been through 18 line ups, releasing 14 albums and 24 singles - The only constant was leader, vocalist Mark Edward Smith welded to the work ethic, creating music that stunned in its obscure brilliance; railing against mediocrity, flailing against the status quo.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt was all change when The Fall signed to Fontana.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nGuitarist Martin Bramah, who had founded the group with Smith, returned, replacing Smith's ex-wife Brix, who had been in the group since 1983. There were few cries of sell-out, however, when The Fall signed to a major; it was just part of an evolutionary process.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe three Fontana albums, Extricate, Shift-Work and Code: Selfish were stunningly consistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith Martin Bramah and keyboard player Marcia Schofield dismissed from the band, The Fall worked as a four-piece (Craig Scanlon, guitar; Steve Hanley, bass; Simon 'Funky Si' Wolstencroft on drums) for the first time in the group's career.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nShift-Work from April 1991 is another commercial Fall high-water mark; it contains Idiot Joy Showland, Smith's rant against bandwagon-jumping Madchester bands (\"The shapeless kecks flapping up a storm, look at what they are: a pack of worms.\"), the one-time album title track, The War Against Intelligence, and the bucolic Edinburgh Man, a love letter to Mark E. Smith's then-adopted home city.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1991 Fontana Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cu\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracks:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSo What About It?\u003cbr\u003e\nIdiot Joy Showland\u003cbr\u003e\nEdinburgh Man\u003cbr\u003e\nPittsville Direkt\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book Of Lies\u003cbr\u003e\nThe War Against Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e\nShift-Work\u003cbr\u003e\nYou Haven't Found It Yet\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mixer\u003cbr\u003e\nA Lot Of Wind\u003cbr\u003e\nRose\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"The Fall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57431743332683,"sku":"UMCLP3","price":3.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/shiftworklp.png?v=1779698955","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/shift-work-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}