{"product_id":"the-fall-shift-work","title":"The Fall - Shift-Work","description":"\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was all change when The Fall signed to Fontana. Guitarist 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. The three Fontana albums, Extricate, Shift-Work and Code: Selfish were stunningly consistent. With 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShift-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1991 Fontana Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45607615889720,"sku":"","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0035\/5008\/5193\/files\/image002_7.jpg?v=1688643697","url":"https:\/\/www.waxandbeans.co.uk\/products\/the-fall-shift-work","provider":"Wax and Beans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}