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** When the band performed "Eat Y'self Fitter" for the first time on Peel's radio show in March 1983, Peel actually ''fainted'' from how awestruck he was by the song and his producer had to resuscitate him.
** Peel kept a [[wikipedia:John Peelchr(27)s Record Box|large box of singles]] under his bed containing his favorite singles just in case he had to leave his house and his massive record collection during an emergency. His fans and friends noted that there were absolutely no Fall singles in the whole box. This is because his favorite Fall singles were housed in a ''completely separate box'' because there were too many.
* [[Archive Panic]]: They have released ''29'' studio albums since 1978. Don't rely on compilations for help either, most of them are rather poorly compiled or only focus on a certain point in the band's career.
** What many fans and critics claim is the band's definitive release, the 2005 compilation ''Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004'' box set of radio sessions, weighs in at 6 CDs and seven hours.
* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: The band's biggest UK chart hit is a cover of [[
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] / [[First-Person Smartass]]
* [[Epic Rocking]]: Notable examples include "And This Day" and "50 Year Old Man".
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** "Mere Psued. Mag. Ed" from ''Hex Enduction Hour'' is an attack on an unidentified music journalist that Mark E. Smith hated for some undetermined reason (the fact that he was a music journalist may have probably been enough).
*** From the same album: [[Signature Song|"Hip Priest"]].
** "A Past Gone Mad" from ''The Infotainment Scan'': "If I ever end up like [[
** "Mask Search", from ''Ersatz GB'': "But I'm so sick of Snow Patrol..."
** The title of ''Reformation Post-TLC'': [[Word of God]] is the "TLC" part stands for "traitors, liars, and cunts". This was the first album released after most of the ''Fall Heads Roll'' lineup quit, so just guess who that was supposed to be referring to...
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