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''Hex Enduction Hour'' is a 1982 album by The Fall . It showcased a new two-drummer lineup, and the most accessible music they had yet produced. The music remained raw and noisy, but with a more pronounced melodic sense. The album was partly recorded in Iceland during the group's 1981 visit, with the remainder being completed in a disused cinema in Hitchin . A single, "Look, Know" / "I'm Into C.B. ", was recorded contemporaneously but, as was normal for The Fall at this time, not included on the album. Mark E. Smith told journalist Sandy Robertson that he had envisaged ''Hex'' as being the group's final album and that he would not have continued in music had this been the case {Link without Title} . However, the record received very positive reviews and was the first Fall album to make the official chart, spending 3 weeks in and peaking at #71. With a degree of irony, the album's opener "The Classical" was later covered (though with altered lyrics) by Pavement , who had frequently been accused of copying The Fall in their early career. ''Hex Enduction Hour'' was remastered and reissued in January 2005 with a disc of bonus material. In April 2007, a single disc edition containing just the original album was issued in a digipak sleeve at midprice. TRACK LISTING Side one #"The Classical" ( Mark E. Smith , The Fall) – 5:16 #"Jawbone and the Air-Rifle" (Smith, The Fall) – 3:43 #"Hip Priest" (Smith, The Fall) – 7:45 ( #"Fortress" / "Deer Park" (Smith, Craig Scanlon , Marc Riley , Karl Burns ) – 6:41 #"Mere Pseud Mag. Ed." (Smith) – 2:50 #"Winter (Hostel-Maxi)" (Smith, Scanlon) – 4:26 Side two #"Winter 2" (Smith, Scanlon) – 4:33 #"Just Step S'ways" (Smith) – 3:22 #"Who Makes the Nazis?" (Smith) – 4:27 #"Iceland" (Smith, Scanlon, Riley, Steve Hanley ) – 6:42 #"And This Day" (Smith, The Fall) – 10:18 2005 bonus disc #"Deer Park" (Scanlon, Riley, Burns, Smith) – 4:26
#"Who Makes the Nazis?" (Smith) – 2:57
#"I'm into C.B." (Kay Carroll, Scanlon, Smith) – 6:30
#"Session Musician" (Smith, Riley, Scanlon, Hanley) – 9:11
#"Jazzed Up Punk Shit" (Scanlon, Riley, Hanley, Smith) – 4:10
#"I'm into C.B. (Stars on 45 Version)" (Carroll, Scanlon, Smith) – 3:14
#"And This Day" (Smith, The Fall) – 6:13
#"Deer Park" (Scanlon, Riley, Burns, Smith) – 9:34
#"And This Day (Revisited)" (Scanlon, Riley, Burns, Hanley, Paul Hanley , Smith) – 5:24
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