Room to Live
Room to Live, subtitled
Undilutable Slang Truth!, is the sixth studio
album by
The Fall. First released
September 27 1982, it was recorded as a somewhat rushed follow-up to that March's
Hex Enduction Hour, and was to be
Marc Riley's last album with the group.
The group had originally entered the studio to record a single but
Mark E. Smith prevailed upon the group to record more songs, all of which were new to the band and had not previously been rehearsed or performed live. In accordance with this experimental approach, members were deliberately excluded from certain tracks[
1]. Smith also stated of the songs that "some of them are just me and Karl double-tracked"
(as quoted in Daryl Easlea's sleevenote to the 2005 reissue). Despite this policy, there was still room for guests, one of whom, Arthur Kadmon (credited as
Cadman) has a claim for having the shortest tenure as a Fall member - he was introduced to the group by Smith, recorded approximately 16 seconds of guitar on
Hard Life In Country and was dismissed
(as per Easlea).
The album was completed prior to the group's tour of
Australia and
New Zealand in July and August of 1982 and thus songs from the record feature heavily on the live album
Fall In a Hole.
Side one
#"Joker Hysterical Face" (
Mark E. Smith, Steve Hanley,
Marc Riley) - 4:51#"Marquis Cha-Cha" (Smith, Karl Burns) - 4:34#"Hard Life in Country" (Smith, Arthur Cadman) - 6:16#"Room to Live" (Smith, Craig Scanlon) - 4:16
Side two
#"Detective Instinct" (Smith, Hanley, Burns) - 5:45#"Solicitor in Studio" (Smith, Burns, Scanlon) - 5:24#"Papal Visit" (Smith) - 5:40
The German pressing of the album added their 1981 single
Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul and its b-side,
Fantastic Life to the end of side 2. This inclusion was repeated on the first UK CD edition of the album issued via
Cog Sinister in 1998 but removed on the 2005 remaster, although other contemporaneous bonus material was added in its place.
* Bonus material 2005 edition#Joker Hysterical Face (live in Bury April 1982)#Medley: Town Called Crappy (Smith/Burns/Scanlon)/Solicitor In Studio (live in London March 1982)#Hard Life In Country (live in Wellington, New Zealand, August 1982)#Detective Instinct (lve in Manchester December 1982)#Room To Live (live in Rotterdam February 1983)#Words Of Expectation (Hanley/Hanley/Smith/Burns/Scanlon - live in Toronto April 1983)
*
Mark E. Smith -
vocals*
Paul Hanley -
drums*
Craig Scanlon -
guitar*
Karl Burns -
bass guitar,
drums,
guitar*
Steve Hanley - bass Guitar
*
Marc Riley - guitar,
keyboard*
Arthur Kadmon - guitar on
Hard Life In Country*
Adrian Niman -
saxophone on
Room To Live*
Lyrics
