This intriguing set collects the original versions of two-dozen songs covered by
the Fall
at one time or another, and it's an impressively varied playlist, including cuts by
the Kinks
(
"Victoria"
),
the Sonics
"Strychnine"
the Monks
"Shut Up"
Leadbelly
"The Bourgeois Blues"
Pete Seeger
"I Come and Stand at Every Door"
), and
Iggy Pop
"African Man"
), among others, providing a mix of artists that is illuminating even without
connection. ~ Steve Leggett