The seventeen songs collected here come from The Fall's Brix Smith era, aka 'the golden era of Fall releases'. Bypassing their edgy, early singles and concentrating on their artier, more eclectic work of the mid - and late '80s, '45 84 89 - The A-Sides' encapsulates nearly all of the Fall's many attributes. All of the singles are culled from the era when Brix Smith was in the band, arguably the band's most cohesive and rewarding years. drawing from their strongest albums - 'The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall', 'This Nation's Saving Grace', 'Bend Sinister' and 'The Frenz Experiment'.
Track Listing:
1. Oh! Brother - The Fall (4.04)
2. C.R.E.E.P. - The Fall (2.57)
3. No Bulbs 3 - The Fall (4.29)
4. Rollin' Dany - The Fall (2.25)
5. Couldn't Get Ahead - The Fall (2.38)
6. Cruisers Creek - The Fall (4.17)
7. L.A. - The Fall (4.11)
8. Living Too Late - The Fall (4.31)
9. Hit the North (Part 1) - The Fall (4.02)
10. Mr. Pharmacist - The Fall (2.21)
11. Hey! Luciani - The Fall (3.36)
12. There's a Ghost in My House - The Fall (2.38)
13. Victoria - The Fall (2.46)
14. Big New Prinz - The Fall (3.24)
15. Wrong Place, Right Time No. 2 - The Fall (2.55)
16. Jerusalem - The Fall (3.51)
17. Dead Beat Descendant - The Fall (2.24)
Year of Production: 1990
