Written by:
Mark E Smith, M. Beddington (= Martin Bramah)
Initial Release:
Popcorn Double Feature, Cog Sinister/Voiceprint SINR5 7” Limited; SINR512 12” Limited
Date:
12 March 1990
Subsequent releases:
Listening In – Cog Sinister via Voiceprint CD: COGVP132CD 11 November 2002
Extricate, Fontana/Mercury 9847463 CD; 7 May 2007 (original album plus bonus CD)
The Fontana Years CD574264; August 2017 (box set contains Extricate extended CD)
The Fall: Singles 1978 – 2016, Cherry Red CRCDBox 30; 24 November 2017
Group on initial recording:
Mark E Smith – vocals; Martin Bramah – guitar, vocals; Craig Scanlon – guitar; Steve Hanley – bass; Marcia Schofield – keyboards, percussion; Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Commentary:
One of the more obscure of Fall tracks, originally tucked away on limited editions of the Popcorn Double Feature single, the track features xylophone and a simple riff, and is lyrically notable for MES’s invention of a new planet, Redundra. It has never been played live.