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. 'Jerusalem/Big New Prinz' Released: 11 November 1988. 'Cab It Up' Released: 5 June 1989 I Am Kurious Oranj is the eleventh studio album by English band. It was released on 10 October 1988 through record label.
The album's release came at the end of a relatively successful year for the group, which had also seen the release of an 'accessible' album, and a handful of singles in the UK charts. However there was internal strife within the band; Smith was increasingly dependent on alcohol and, and his marriage to Fall lead guitarist, song writer and vocalist was coming to an end. Although she wrote many of the most acclaimed songs on the album, including 'Overture From Kurious Oranj', 'Van Plague?' And 'Bad News Girl', she was excluded from the writing and publishing credits.
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Is I Am Kurious Oranj the best album by The Fall? BestEverAlbums.com brings together thousands of 'greatest ever album' charts and calculates an overall ranking. The Fall I Am Kurious Oranj Jason Gross (May 1998) As Chuck Eddy noted, not too many scores for ballet companies toast William of Orange, let alone have it done for.
Considered one of the Fall's strongest, if not cohesive, albums, I Am Kurious Oranj was intended as the soundtrack for the ballet I Am Curious, Orange, a collaboration with the dancer. The music was mostly pre-written by Brix Smith and bassist. A live version was recorded during an performance of the ballet, and issued in 2000 as I Am as Pure as Oranj. Contents. Background I Am Kurious Oranj was intended as the soundtrack for the ballet I Am Curious, Orange, produced by contemporary dance group, and loosely based on the 300th anniversary of 's ascension to the English throne.
The album combines studio recordings with tracks recorded live during performances in Edinburgh in June 1988. The opening track 'New Big Prinz' (as well as its alternative version, 'Big New Priest') is based on 'Hip Priest' from the group's 1982 album; the original track was also used in the ballet as a backing tape. 'Jerusalem' is an adaptation of 's using 's original music (although Parry does not appear in the credits). 'Last Nacht' is a remix of 'Bremen Nacht' from the group's previous album,. 'Dead Beat Descendant' was written for the ballet and performed live, but did not make the album.
It was later re-recorded and released as a track on the compilation. I Am Kurious Oranj's title is derived from Swedish director 's films (1967) and (1968). It appears as I Am Kurious, Oranj on some packaging formats. Brix wrote the music for 'Bad News Girl'. Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating A– 8/10 favourable I Am Kurious Oranj was critically well received at the time. Wrote 'The Fall have retained the power to surprise, to provoke and occasionally outrage that only could pretend to possess in the '80s.'
Jim Sullivan of called it 'yet another superb album'. A later review of the album by, however, is more indifferent, opining, 'As a cohesive Fall album it fails. I Am Kurious Oranj would have been more interesting to see than hear.' Track listing As with other Fall albums released through, I Am Kurious Oranj featured a different track listing across the various formats on which it was originally released. In addition to extra tracks 'Guide Me Soft' and 'Big New Priest', the UK CD featured several alternative and extended versions of songs (tracks 3, 5, 7, 8 and 12). In 2013, Beggars remastered and reissued the album on CD as a part of the 5 Albums box set; the new edition used the CD mixes reordered according to the vinyl track order, with extra tracks and alternate vinyl mixes added as bonus tracks. Original UK CD/cassette version No.
Title Writer(s) Length 1. 'New Big Prinz' Craig Scanlon, Marcia Schofield, Stephen Hanley 3:25 2. 'Overture from ' I Am Curious, Orange' 2:48 3. 'Dog Is Life/Jerusalem', M. Smith 8:54 4.
'Kurious Oranj' Hanley, M. Smith, 6:20 5. 'Wrong Place, Right Time' M. Smith 2:52 6. 'Guide Me Soft' M. Smith 2:15 7. Win Fall 2088 AD' M.
Smith, Schofield 4:41 8. 'Yes, O Yes' B. Smith 3:25 9. 'Van Plague?' Smith 4:56 10.
'Bad News Girl' B. Smith 5:22 11. Smith 4:54 12. 'Last Nacht' M. Smith, 3:56 13.
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'Big New Priest' Hanley, Scanlon, Schofield, M. Smith 3:08 Note: 'Van Plague?' Is listed as 'Van Plague' on the cassette edition. Vinyl version (also original US CD/cassette version) Side one No. Title Length 1.
'New Big Prinz' 3:20 2. 'Overture from ' I Am Curious Orange' 2:48 3. 'Dog Is Life/Jerusalem' 7:20 4. 'Kurious Oranj' 6:18 5. 'Wrong Place, Right Time' 2:54 Side two No. Title Length 1.
'Win Fall C.D. 2080' 2:40 2. 'Yes, O Yes' 3:34 3. 'Van Plague?' 'Bad News Girl' 5:19 5. 'Last Nacht' (excerpt; unlisted on the album's sleeve) 1:04 Total length: 45:30: Note: 'New Big Prinz' is misspelled as 'New Big Prize' on the record label.
2013 CD ( 5 Albums box set) No. Title Length 1. 'New Big Prinz' 3:26 2. 'Overture from ' I Am Curious, Orange' 2:48 3. 'Dog Is Life/Jerusalem' 8:54 4.
'Kurious Oranj' 6:19 5. 'Wrong Place, Right Time' 2:52 6. Win Fall 2088 AD' 4:43 7. 'Yes, Oh Yes' 3:24 8. 'Van Plague?'
'Bad News Girl' 5:20 10. 'Cab It Up' 4:55 11. 'Last Nacht' (excerpt) 1:05 Bonus tracks No.
Title Length 12. 'Dog Is Life / Jerusalem' (vinyl mix) 7:24 13.
'Wrong Place, Right Time' (vinyl mix) 2:45 14. 'Guide Me Soft' 2:17 15. 'Win Fall C.D. 2080' (vinyl version) 2:44 16. 'Yes, O Yes' (vinyl mix) 3:23 17. 'Last Nacht' 3:56 18.
'Big New Priest' 3:08 Personnel The Fall. – lead vocals, production. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar. – electric guitar, vocals, percussion. – bass guitar. – drums.
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Marcia Schofield – keyboards, percussion Technical. – production. –. C.J. (Chris Jones) – engineering.
Dian Barton – engineering. Stu (Stuart Hawkes) –. – sleeve photography (band photos).
Richard Haughton – sleeve photography (stage photos) References.
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4:41 8 Yes, Oh Yes Written-By –,. 3:25 9 Van Plague? Written-By –,. 4:56 10 Bad News Girl Written-By –,. 5:21 11 Cab It Up Written-By –. 4:54 12 Last Nacht Written-By –., 3:56 13 Big New Priest Written-By –.,.,.,.