''Interim'' is an album by English
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...
band
The Fall, compiled from live and studio material and released in 2004 by record label Hip Priest.
Content
''Interim'' features the first officially released versions of "Clasp Hands", "Blindness" and "What About Us?" – all of which were later included on the band's next studio album ''
Fall Heads Roll'' (2005) – as well as the instrumental "I'm Ronnie the Oney". The remaining tracks are all new versions of previously released songs, mostly from studio rehearsal recordings.
''Interim'' was originally to be titled ''Cocked'' - the alternate title was given on a promotional CD for "Blindness", which also gave the track's title as "Blind Man".
Track listing
Personnel
*
Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer, who was the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group the Fall. Smith formed the band after attending the June 1976 Sex Pistols gig at the ...
– vocals, guitar on "Mere Pseud Mag Ed"
* Ben Pritchard – guitar
* Jim Watts – guitar
* Steve Trafford – bass guitar
* Spencer Birtwistle – drums
* Elena Poulou – keyboards, vocals
* Ed Blaney – guitar, vocals
References
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The Fall (band) compilation albums
2004 compilation albums