Re-Mit

{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Re-Mit | type = studio | artist = the Fall | cover = The Fall - Re-Mit album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|5|13}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Post-punk | length = 40:09 | label = Cherry Red | producer = Mark E. Smith | prev_title = Ersatz GB | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = The Remainderer | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{Singles | name = Re-Mit | type = studio | single1 = Sir William Wray<ref name="clash" /><ref name="exc" /> | single1date = 20 April 2013 }} }} '''''Re-Mit''''' is the 29th studio album by the English post-punk group, the Fall. It was released on 13 May 2013 via Cherry Red Records.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/50281-the-fall-announce-new-album/ | title=The Fall Announce New Album | website=Pitchfork | date=11 April 2013 | accessdate=12 April 2013 | author=Battan, Carrie}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-fall--2/68989 | title=The Fall's Mark E Smith says he doesn't like 'any' of the songs on their last album | magazine=NME | date=2 March 2013 | accessdate=12 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="evr" /> The album features Mark E. Smith (lead vocals), Peter Greenway (lead guitar), Keiron Melling (drums), Elena Poulou (keyboards, vocals) and David Spurr (bass),<ref name="clash">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/the-fall-to-release-new-studio-album | title=The Fall To Release New Studio Album | magazine=Clash | date=12 April 2013 | accessdate=11 April 2013 | author=Murray, Robin}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/11/the-fall-announce-new-studio-album-re-mit/ | title=The Fall announce new studio album, Re-Mit | magazine=Fact | accessdate=12 April 2013}}</ref> and marks the first time in the history of the Fall that the group have released four consecutive studio albums recorded with the same line-up.

==Release== The album was announced in early 2013.<ref name="clash" /> The album track list was revealed on 11 April 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://thequietus.com/articles/11938-new-fall-lp-details | title=New Fall LP Details! | magazine=The Quietus | date=11 April 2013 | accessdate=12 April 2013 | author=Turner, Luke}}</ref> The first single from the album, "Sir William Wray", was released on 20 April for the 2013 Record Store Day.<ref name="clash" /> The single contains the alternative versions of the album tracks "Sir William Wray" and "Hittite Man", and was limited to 1500 copies.<ref name="exc" /> "Victrola Time" was recorded at the ''Ersatz GB'' sessions in 2011 and later overdubbed for the 7" single "Night of the Humerons", where it featured as the lead track. It was released as part of Record Store Day in 2012, in a limited edition of 1000 copies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sites.google.com/site/reformationposttpm/fall-tracks/victrola-time| title=Victrola Time| publisher=Reformation!| access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sites.google.com/site/reformationposttpm/fall-officual-releases/night-of-the-humerons | title=Night of the Humerons | publisher=Reformation!| access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>

The band toured the United Kingdom in May 2013 in support of the album.<ref name="clash" /><ref name="exc">{{cite magazine | url=http://exclaim.ca/News/fall_return_with_re-mit_lp | title=The Fall Return with 'Re-Mit' LP | magazine=Exclaim! | date=11 April 2013 | accessdate=12 April 2013 | author=Hudson, Alex}}</ref><ref name="evr">{{cite web | url=http://www.eastvillageradio.com/content/content.php?id=5959 | title=The Fall to Release New Album, 'Re-Mit', on May 13 | publisher=East Village Radio | date=11 April 2013 | accessdate=12 April 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814014818/http://www.eastvillageradio.com/content/content.php?id=5959 | archivedate=14 August 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

''Re-Mit'' entered the UK Album Chart during the week ending 25 May 2013 and peaked at number 40.<ref name=OCC>{{cite web|title=FALL | Artist | Official Charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/fall/|work=Official Charts Company|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref>

==Reception== {{Album ratings  | MC = 63/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/re-mit/the-fall/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Re-Mit – Metacritic|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=3 March 2014}}</ref>  | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|title=Re-Mit – The Fall|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/re-mit-mw0002537933|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 May 2013|date=31 May 2013}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Guardian'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news|last=Costa|first=Maddy|title=The Fall: Re-Mit – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/09/the-fall-re-mit-review|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=7 June 2013|date=9 May 2013}}</ref> | rev3 = ''NME'' | rev3Score = 7/10<ref name=nme>{{cite magazine |last=Perry |first=Kevin EG |title=The Fall – 'Re-Mit' |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-fall--2/14411 |magazine=NME |accessdate=16 May 2013 |date=13 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727113043/https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-fall--2/14411 |archive-date=27 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev4Score = 6.8/10<ref name=p4k>{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Stuart|title=The Fall: Re-Mit {{!}} Album Reviews|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18044-the-fall-re-mit/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=16 May 2013|date=16 May 2013}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Paste'' | rev5Score = favourable<ref name="Paste">{{cite magazine|last=Ham|first=Robert|title=The Fall: Re-Mit {{!}} Reviews|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/07/the-fall-re-mit.html|magazine=Paste|accessdate=10 July 2013|date=2 July 2013}}</ref> | rev6 = ''PopMatters'' | rev6Score = 8/10<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite magazine|last=Murphy|first=John L.|title=The Fall: Re-Mit {{!}} Reviews|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/171254-the-fall-re-mit/|magazine=PopMatters|accessdate=10 July 2013|date=23 May 2013}}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Quietus'' | rev7Score = unfavorable<ref name="TheQuietus">{{cite magazine|last=Kennedy|first=Joe|title=The Fall: Re-Mit {{!}} Reviews|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/12255-the-fall-re-mit-review|magazine=The Quietus|accessdate=7 June 2013|date=14 May 2013}}</ref> | rev8 = Sputnikmusic | rev8Score = 3.4/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Viney|first=Joseph|title=Album Review – The Fall: Re-Mit|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/57431/The-Fall-Re-Mit/|website=Sputnikmusic|accessdate=24 June 2013|date=15 June 2013}}</ref> }}

Upon its release, ''Re-Mit'' received some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 63, based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="mc" />

==Track listing== {{tracklist | total_length = 40:09 | headline =  | title1 = No Respects (Intro) | writer1 = Mark E. Smith, Tim Presley, Elena Poulou | length1 = 1:03 | title2 = Sir William Wray | writer2 = Smith, Poulou | length2 = 3:33 | title3 = Kinder of Spine | writer3 = Smith, Presley | length3 = 2:26 | title4 = Noise | writer4 = Smith, David Spurr, Peter Greenway | length4 = 2:28 | title5 = Hittite Man | writer5 = Smith, Greenway | length5 = 5:47 | title6 = Pre-MDMA Years | writer6 = Smith | length6 = 1:08 | title7 = No Respects rev. | writer7 = Smith, Presley, Poulou | length7 = 4:58 | title8 = Victrola Time | writer8 = Smith, Keiron Melling, Poulou <ref group="n">Credited on the 2012 "Night of the Humerons" single to Mark E. Smith and Elena Poulou.</ref> | length8 = 3:55 | title9 = Irish | writer9 = Smith, Spurr, Melling | length9 = 3:42 | title10 = Jetplane | writer10 = Smith, Spurr, Melling | length10 = 3:13 | title11 = Jam Song | writer11 = Smith, Spurr, Melling, Poulou | length11 = 5:00 | title12 = Loadstones | writer12 = Smith, Greenway, Poulou | length12 = 2:56 }}

==Personnel== ;The Fall * Mark E. Smith – lead vocals, production * Peter Greenway – lead guitar, backing vocals * Keiron Melling – drums * Elena Poulou – keyboards, vocals * David Spurr – bass, backing vocals ;Additional personnel * Tim Presley – guitar on tracks 1, 3 and 7 ;Technical * Simon 'Dingo' Archer – engineering * Grant Showbiz – engineering * Andy Pearce – mastering * Suzanne Smith – cover artwork * Anthony Frost – cover artwork * Becky Stewart – cover artwork

== Notes == {{Reflist|group=n}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thefall.org/discography/data/single48.html#slide2 | title=Night of the Humerons | publisher=The Fall online| access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130723202813/http://www.visi.com/fall/ Semi-official the Fall website]

Category:2013 albums Category:The Fall (band) albums Category:Cherry Red Records albums