Beggars Arkive this October will reissue the 10th studio album from post-punk legends The Fall — 1988’s The Frenz Experiment — in deluxe expanded 2CD and 2LP editions, with the original 10-song record supplemented with a second disc of singles and B-sides from that era.
The reissue, which also will be released in digital formats, is due out Oct. 23, and can be pre-ordered now.
All formats include the bonus singles and B-sides, but the CD and digital releases also will include a previously unreleased four-song BBC session and a rare cover of The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” once featured on a BBC charity album. The CD edition includes a 24-page booklet whit new interviews.
In his 2008 memoir “Renegade,” Mark E. Smith wrote of The Frenz Experiment:
“I was clearing out the other day and I came across a review of Frenz Experiment, saying how this could have been great, how it could have been like T. Rex’s Electric Warrior. I never attempted to make an album like T-Rex. I don’t see the point in anybody trying to make an album like T-Rex, although people do. I don’t mind it when journalists make fair comparisons, when they’ve done their homework. But comparing Frenz to Electric Warrior is plain daft.”
Below, check out the tracklists for the CD/digital and vinyl editions, plus a new animated music video for the song “Frenz” directed by Sabrina Nichols and Craig McNeil:
The Fall, The Frenz Experiment: Expanded Edition
Vinyl edition
LP 1
A1. “Frenz”
A2. “Carry Bag Man”
A3. “Get a Hotel”
A4. “Victoria”
A5. “Athlete Cured”
B1. “In These Times”
B2. “The Steak Place”
B3. “Bremen Nacht” (Vinyl version)
B4. “Guest Informant” (Excerpt)
B5. “Oswald Defence Lawyer”
LP 2
C1. “There’s a Ghost in My House” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
C2. “Sleep Debt Snatche” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
C3. “Mark’ll Sink Us” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
C4. “Haf Found Bormann” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
C5. “Bremen Nacht Run Out” (from the Bremen Nacht Run Out single, included with initial pressing)
C6. “Northerns in Europe” (from the Hit The North single)
D1. “Hit the North Part 1” (from the Hit The North single)
D2. “Australians in Europe” (from the Hit The North single)
D3. “Guest Informant” (B-side from the Victoria single)
D4. “Tuff Life Booogie” (B-side from the Victoria single)
D5. “Twister” (B-side from the Victoria single)
The Fall, The Frenz Experiment: Expanded Edition
CD edition
CD 1
1. “Frenz”
2. “Carry Bag Man”
3. “Get a Hotel”
4. “Victoria”
5. “Athlete Cured”
6. “In These Times”
7. “The Steak Place”
8. “Bremen Nacht” (Vinyl version)
9. “Guest Informant” (Excerpt)
10. “Oswald Defence Lawyer”
11. “Bremen Nacht Run Out” (from the Bremen Nacht Run Out single, included with initial pressing)
12. “Mark’ll Sink Us (2)” (from the Bremen Nacht Run Out single, included with initial pressing)
CD 2
1. “There’s a Ghost in My House” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
2. “Sleep Debt Snatches” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
3. “Mark’ll Sink Us” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
4. “Haf Found Bormann” (from There’s A Ghost In My House single)
5. “Hit the North Part 1” (from the Hit The North single)
6. “Australians in Europe” (from the Hit The North single)
7. “Northerns in Europ” (from the Hit The North single)
8. “Guest Informant” (B-side from the Victoria single)
9. “Tuff Life Booogie” (B-side from the Victoria single)
10. “Twister” (B-side from the Victoria single)
11. “Bremen Nacht” (Alternative)
12. “A Day In The Life” % (from 1988 NME Charity compilation)
13. “Frenz” (Janice Long BBC session) *
14. “There’s A Ghost In My House” (Janice Long BBC session) *
15. “Get A Hotel” (Janice Long BBC session) *
16. “Haf Found Boorman” (Janice Long BBC session) *
* Previously unreleased
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PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- ‘50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong’ expanded into The Fall’s new ‘58 Golden Greats’ box set
- Mark E. Smith of The Fall died of terminal lung and kidney cancer, family reveals
- Mark E. Smith, one-of-a-kind force behind post-punk icons The Fall, 1957-2018
- The Fall’s 7-disc ‘The Singles 1978-2016’ box set to collect 117 A-sides and B-sides
- The Fall postpones rare U.S. concerts to 2018 due to concerns about Mark E. Smith’s health
- A week of The Fall: Mark E. Smith and Co. extend Brooklyn residency to 7 nights
- The Fall returns to America for 5-night Brooklyn residency, Kentucky festival
