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Imperial Wax Solvent
by The Fall


8.3

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The latest album from the British group is with yet another different lineup from 2007's "Reformation Post TLC."

LABEL:	Castle
RELEASE DATE:	28 April 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rock

NOTES: Original UK release 28 Apr 2008. Currently available as an import only in the U.S.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

The Wire

Throw in an evocative, anthemically chanted lyrical snapshot, some cryptic tales and a blues rock cover and almost every successful Fall trick familiar from the last two decades is also deployed. All of which amounts to a vital late period masterpice. [June 2008, p.47]

Drowned In Sound

Imperial Wax Solvent is another remarkable batch of brilliantly deranged tales no whiskey-breathed war veteran across the bar could trump.

Dusted Magazine

For all the grunting and studio manipulation (the way the levels shift around, it's like there's a cat loose on the mixing board), this is as playful as the Fall has ever been, with long stretches of taking the piss.

Mojo

Imperial Wax Solvent is a swift two-finger rejoinder [to middle aged mellowing]. [June 2008, p.112]

The Guardian

Some 50-odd musicians and several hundred songs down the line, the Fall's (we think) 27th album is one of their most adventurous and finest.

Uncut

A superb new Fall album.

No Ripcord

They may have been marking time slightly of late, but let your fears they'd never rise again be dispersed; this is the best Fall album of the century bar none.

Pitchfork

While Imperial Wax Solvent has all the buzzy, crunchy sonic hallmarks of great Fall, it also doesn't quite rank with their highest highs, an admittedly tall order when that includes albums recorded twenty-five years ago by a completely different set of musicians.

Q Magazine

There are missteps, but consistency was never their selling point. [June 2008, p.138]

The average user rating for this album is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Tony M. gave it an8:
Extremely surprised as a B.O.F. I believed "The Fall" had peaked along time ago but this is the best in a decade.

Christopher M./B> gave it a7:
He's a 50-year old man, and he likes it, and so do I.

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Imperial Wax Solvent by The Fall

Imperial Wax Solvent
by The Fall