The Fall - Cerebral Caustic

It is funny how memory plays tricks. I remember when I first bought this album in 1995, I thought it was brilliant, mainly because (a) Brix had come back and (b) it was better than its predecessor, the rather lacklustre Middle Class Revolt. After a few months of intensive listening, I came to the conclusion that apart from three good tracks ("The Joke", "The Aphid" and the cover of Frank Zappa's "I'm Not Satisfied") and two bad ones ("North West Fashion Show" and "Pine Leaves") it was pretty boring. The interesting thing from this listen, over a decade later, is that the boring tracks are much more interesting, even "Pearl City", a track which I had totally forgotten. Even the much-maligned "One Day" is quite good. Though I've decided conclusively that "Bonkers In Phoenix" (a title which could equally aptly be applied to the TV series Medium) is a turkey.