Thursday, 8 November, 1979 – Eric’s, Liverpool , England 

Kiley, Penny. ‘The Fall, Eric’s, Liverpool’, Melody Maker, 17 November 1979, p. 37:

“It’s been tempting in the past to write off the Fall. After all, they’ve changed line-up more than Jimmy Pursey’s retired … The most disturbing part is the voice – the arrogance of that nagging monotone lightened only by the occasional scream. … Mark Smith is the Fall, the focal point of the group. Hunched, awkward, he typifies the poet as misfit … Some people even try to dance. ‘Choc Stock’ is almost jolly, yet the idea of dancers seems unreal, as that sarcastic voice issues from the anti-hero, with his back to the audience. … Are The Fall the thinking man’s Public Image?”

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