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''Grotesque (After the Gramme)'' is a 1980 album by The Fall . It was critically received as a marked improvement over its predecessors both sonically and musically, and is cited as the band's first great album. The music is a departure from that of the previous albums, 1979 's '' Live At The Witch Trials '' and '' Dragnet '', introducing more drones and Velvet Underground -inspired riffing. It was preceded by the singles, "How I Wrote Elastic Man" and "Totally Wired", which were subsequently included on CD reissues of the album. As with many of The Fall's songs, a number of the tracks on ''Grotesque'' have idiosyncratic titles: "The NWRA", representing the track's lyric, "The North will rise again"; "C 'n' C-S Mithering", a reference to Cash And Carries , specifically two warehouses near Manchester , and "WMC-Blob 59", WMC being a common abbreviation for Working Men's Club. TRACK LISTING Side one #"Pay Your Rates" ( Mark E. Smith ) – 2:58 #"English Scheme" ( Marc Riley , Craig Scanlon, Smith) – 2:06 #"New Face in Hell" (Riley, Scanlon, Smith) – 5:40 #"C 'n' C-S Mithering" (Smith, Steve Hanley, Riley, Scanlon) – 7:36 #"The Container Drivers" (Riley, Scanlon, Hanley, Smith) – 3:08 Side two #"Impression of J Temperance" (Riley, Scanlon, Smith) – 4:20 #"In the Park" (Smith) – 1:43 #"WMC-Blob 59" (Smith) – 1:19 #"Gramme Friday" (Scanlon, Riley, Smith) – 3:19 #"The NWRA" (Scanlon, Hanley, Smith) – 9:08 PERSONNEL
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