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''Grotesque (After the Gramme)'' is the third studio album by English art punk band The Fall. It was released on 17 November 1980, and is their first release on the record label Rough Trade. == Background == This was the first album for drummer Paul Hanley (Steve Hanley's younger brother), who joined The Fall earlier in the year aged just 15. The album was preceded by two acclaimed singles "How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'" and "Totally Wired", which were subsequently included on CD reissues of the album. The eye-catching full colour sleeve (the group's first) was drawn by Mark E. Smith's sister, Suzanne. The album was much more outward-looking than its predecessor, ''Dragnet'' (1979), and Smith's lyrical maturity was striking, reading as a state-of-the-nation address on "English Scheme" and "C'n'C-S Mithering". The album also included the gothic horror of "Impression of J. Temperance" and the conspiracy theory-fuelled "New Face in Hell". In fact, a number of the tracks have particularly idiosyncratic titles: "The N.W.R.A.", representing the track's lyric, "the north will rise again" (not, as some supposed, "The North West Republican Army"); "C'n'C-S Mithering", a reference to cash and carries, specifically two warehouses near Manchester, and "W.M.C. – Blob 59", WMC being a common abbreviation for Working Men's Club. According to the ''Slates & Dates'' press release, this album was, at one point, to be titled ''After the Gramme – The Grotesque Peasants''. "New Face in Hell" takes its name from the 1968 film ''P. J.'' which was retitled ''New Face in Hell'' in the UK. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grotesque (After the Gramme)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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