Your Future Our Clutter
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| Released | 26 April 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
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| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 48:11 (CD) 60:32 (Vinyl) | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | A−[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[4] |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| NME | 8/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[8] |
| PopMatters | 9/10[9] |
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| Slant Magazine | |
Your Future Our Clutter is an album by the Fall, released in the UK on 26 April 2010. It is the group's twenty-seventh studio album, and their first for independent record label Domino. The album was recorded at Chairworks Studios, Castleford and 6db Studio, Salford.[12] Publicity for the record describes it as the group's "most rampant, most forward moving, bone shaking best."[13] The album had previously been referred to as Our Future Your Clutter.
As with the group's preceding album, 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent, the line-up consists of Mark E. Smith (vocals), the group's chief songwriter and only constant member, as well as his wife Eleni Poulou (keyboards and vocals), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Peter "PP" Greenway (guitar) and Keiron Melling (drums). The album was produced by Ross Orton, Mark E. Smith, and Simon "Ding" Archer, who produced three songs.
Your Future Our Clutter entered the UK Album charts at number No. 38. "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" peaked at No. 94 in France. The album has received favourable reviews, with New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones calling it one of the best albums of the year.[14]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]CD edition
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" | Mark E. Smith | 5:49 |
| 2. | "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" | Smith, David Spurr | 6:36 |
| 3. | "Mexico Wax Solvent" | Smith, Peter Greenway | 6:14 |
| 4. | "Cowboy George" | Smith, Greenway, Eleni Poulou | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Hot Cake" | Smith, Spurr | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor" | Smith, Poulou, Greenway, Keiron Melling | 7:42 |
| 7. | "Chino" | Smith, Spurr | 5:20 |
| 8. | "Funnel of Love" | Kent Westberry, Charlie McCoy | 2:55 |
| 9. | "Weather Report 2" | Smith, Poulou | 6:35 |
| Total length: | 48:11 | ||
Vinyl edition
[edit | edit source]The double vinyl version comes on 180g heavyweight vinyl with two exclusive, non-CD tracks: "986 Generator" and "Get a Summer Song Goin'" and features a re-ordered track list. It does not come in a gatefold sleeve.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "O.F.Y.C. Showcase" | Smith | 5:49 |
| 2. | "Bury Pts. 1 + 3" | Smith, Spurr | 6:36 |
| 3. | "Hot Cake" | Smith, Spurr | 3:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Mexico Wax Solvent" | Smith, Greenway | 6:14 |
| 5. | "Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor" | Smith, Poulou, Greenway, Melling | 7:42 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Chino" | Smith, Spurr | 5:20 |
| 7. | "Funnel of Love" | Westberry, McCoy | 2:55 |
| 8. | "986 Generator" | Smith, Melling | 8:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Weather Report 2" | Smith, Poulou | 6:35 |
| 10. | "Get a Summer Song Goin'" | Smith | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Cowboy George" | Smith, Greenway, Poulou | 5:42 |
| Total length: | 60:32 | ||
- "Cowboy George" contains an uncredited sample of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", which is heard briefly fading in and out during the intro.[15]
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Mark E. Smith – lead vocals, tapes, production
- Eleni Poulou – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
- Peter "PP" Greenway – guitar
- Dave "The Eagle" Spurr – bass guitar
- Keiron Melling – drums, percussion
Technical
- Ross Orton – production, engineering, mixing
- Simon "Ding" Archer – production, engineering
- Tim Robbins – additional production, engineering
- Russell Fawcus – engineering
- Chris Potter – mastering
- Mark Kennedy – cover art
- Safy Etiel – cover art
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Greek Albums (IFPI)[16] | 48 |
References
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- ^ Their latest album offers all the anti-matter salve for the irritations of modern culture that admirers expect. [May 2010, p. 92]
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- ^ Your Future Our Clutter is the Fall's finest in years. [Jun 2010, p.133]
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- ^ "New Album – The Fall – Your Future Our Clutter – 26th April". Domino Records. Dominorecordo.com. 18 February 2010. Accessed 18 February 2010.
- ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha. "S/FJ: BEST OF 2010" Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sashafrerejones.com. 20 November 2009. Accessed 16 November 2010.
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- ^ "Greekcharts.com – THE FALL – YOUR FUTURE OUR CLUTTER". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
External links
[edit | edit source]- "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with The Fall's Elena Poulou" Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. La Bouche, issue 3. October 2009.
- Mojo excerpt[permanent dead link]
- Domino Recording Co. Twitter
- Your Future Our Clutter press release from Domino
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