"Performed in concert with avant-guarde ballet artist Michael Clarke, this CD was very ahead of it's time. Mark E. Smith gives one of his best performances of his life giving the audience great music, lyrics that make you think and some great political and historic references. Listen to it a few times, and you can't stop..."
Power Fall
Randall E. Adams | Los Angeles, CA United States | 09/07/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Like most Fall albums, this one contains filler, but the strong material is lethal. From the steamroller opening track "New Big Prinz" to the surprisingly pretty instrumental "Overture From 'I am Curious, Orange'" amusingly pockmarked by Brix' ejaculations, to the disturbing "Jerusalem" to the vintage Fall "Wrong Place, Right Time" to the Fall's inimitable take on the HIV epidemic "Van Plague?" ("father takes it in his stride, says 'back in the closet, son'") this album loads the Fall canon with classic after classic. If you are forced to put together a 20 track "best of" retrospective on the Fall, at least two tracks will come from here."
Check the Guy's Track Record
bookaz | 08/16/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Wow, this record is worth the price of admission just for the opening track "New Big Prinz" alone. A Killer reworking of their already perfect track "Hip Priest". The record may lag a bit in the middle but you'll forget about that after hearing "Jerusalem", "Kurious Oranj", "wrong Place, Right Time", and "Van PLague". And if "Cab it Up!" doesn't want to make you jump up and down then stop looking up FAll records and get your sorry hide back to the Justin Timberlake section."
The best Fall album, probably
Lovblad | Geneva, Switzerland | 11/03/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"For the uninitiated the first Fall albums (and there were quite a few!) could be verey very challenging and difficult to listen to. This album was a turning ponit. The melodies are straightforward and the production is clean. Ok you have ME Smith's voice that is unmistakeably his but otherwise the playing is top-notch.Other Fall records have not aged this well and this remains a timeless classic."
Ballet? From the Fall?
abuttons | USA | 06/30/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The soundtrack to the title ballet that the Fall were involved with, 'I am Kurious Oranj' was an upward swing after the disappointment of 'The Frenz Experiment.' Though there is a share of weak tracks, there are still plenty of great moments and some songs remain some of The Fall's best of the Brix-era: "Wrong Place, Right Time," "Big New Prinz" and the "The Overture" instrumental."