The Infotainment Scan

Spin (7/93, p.16) - "...singer Mark E. Smith's in top form here chanting his oddly hypnotic theories about himself and the many people he disdains..." Entertainment Weekly (5/21/93, p.50) - "...[The Fall] continues to amaze: steady, precise rhythms underpinning Mark Smith's nasal, world-weary drone and dense, inscrutable musings..." - Rating: A- Q (6/93, p.96) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...They may have fallen off a major label, but there's been no fall from grace: THE INFOTAINMENT SCAN is as powerful as any Fall LP since the peak of THIS NATION'S SAVING GRACE, drawing and adapting from other genres to add muscle to Mark Smith's mysteries..." Uncut (p.84) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Arguably their strongest '90s offering bar EXTRICATE, it saw Smith singing Lee Perry and Sister Sledge..." Alternative Press (7/93, p.68) - "...Smith likes to keep things fresh, and on INFOTAINMENT SCAN he does just that with a stripped-down approach and more techno/dance experiments....What keeps the Fall vital is not just what Smith says but how he says it..." Melody Maker (4/24/93, p.34) - "...[THE INFOTAINMENT SCAN] contains two of [The Fall's] most convincing attempts at party music....Mark E. Smith sounds like someone you'd actually want to have at your party..." NME (Magazine) (12/25/93, p.67) - Ranked #43 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...Sarky Marky ensures that the Fall's first album since quitting Fontana is their lightest, most commercial in years...[as] the hip priest raps over scuttling bluebeat, thumping techno and novelty cover versions..." NME (Magazine) (4/23/93, p.30) - (8) - Excellent - "...The Fall have failed to deliver a less than great album, and THE INFOTAINMENT SCAN stands a very peak of their canon..."