Slates
Slates was released on 27 April 1981 Containing six tracks and pressed onto… Read Full Bio ↴Slates was released on 27 April 1981 Containing six tracks and pressed onto 10" vinyl, it was eligible for neither the single nor album charts, being too long for the former and too short for the latter. It was, however, included in the UK Independent Singles chart, where it reached No. 3.

The six tracks include "Fit and Working Again", in which Smith comments on the working class work-ethic, and compares his state of mind to that of boxer Alan Minter after taking LSD, and "Leave the Capitol", which was seen as summing up Smith's negative view of London. The vinyl has etched on it "Keep shtum. Plagiarism infects the land".

It was one of Mark E. Smith's favourite Fall releases, and he claimed it was aimed at "people who didn't buy records".
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Slates
The Fall Lyrics


An Older Lover etc. You'd better take an older lover You'd better take an older…
Fantastic Life Got eighteen months for espionage Too much brandy for breakf…
Fit and Working Again I'm fit and working again Walk down the road in the…
Leave the Capitol The tables covered in beer Showbiz whines, minute detail Its…
Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul Well, I didn't eat the weekend But I put the weight…
Medical Acceptance Gate I worked for future salary the nightshift in Spalding Stree…
Middle Mass The evil is not in extremes It's in the aftermath The middle…
Prole Art Threat Pink press threat! Man with chip: I'm riding third class on…


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