The CD version also contains the Fall's cover of A Day in the Life by The Beatles, from the NME charity album Sgt.

In October 2020, a remastered, expanded edition of the album was released on double vinyl and CD, including tracks from the singles 'There's a Ghost in My House', 'Hit the North' and 'Victoria'. This was the group's highest singles chart position to date and remains so. The latter cover only appears on the CD version of the album, having been issued as a single in April 1987, reaching number 30. The Fall's version of 'Victoria' was released as a single, making it to No. Smith, but the album also incorporates two cover versions (or one, depending on the format): ' Victoria', originally by The Kinks, and ' There's a Ghost in My House', a northern soul track first recorded by R. A number of tracks are credited exclusively to Mark E. Like the group's other albums with Beggars Banquet, Frenz has a different track listing across various formats (LP, CD and cassette). They opened the short set with 'Cab It Up!', a new song that would appear on the group's following album, I Am Kurious Oranj. The group promoted the release with a live appearance in HMV's Oxford Street store in London. It reached number 19 in the UK album chart, making it the Fall's first Top 20 album. The Frenz Experiment was released on 29 February 1988. Guitarist Brix Smith co-wrote a number of the tracks but is largely omitted from the song writing credits. Hanley also states that producer Simon Rogers had been so annoyed by the lift that he came close to walking off the project. Smith had decided to make use of the results. In his autobiography The Big Midweek, bassist Steve Hanley confirms that the resemblance was not accidental, admitting that the group had been jamming the Spinal Tap song in soundchecks and that Mark E. The phrase does still feature on the back cover of the CD.Ī strong similarity between 'Athlete Cured' and Spinal Tap's 'Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight' has been noted. Smith originally intended to call the album Gene Crime Experience, until he realised that its initials are ' GCE'.

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