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The Infotainment Scan by The Fall
The Infotainment Scan is an album by The Fall, released in 1993. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Why Are People Grudgeful”, on 1 list with a best position of #11.
The Infotainment Scan, the Fall's fifteenth album, came out in 1993 on Permanent in Britain and on Matador in America, the band's first official US release since Extricate in 1990. Mark E. Smith's Manchester lifers were enjoying a rare spell of media attention, and the record met it halfway: it was hailed at the time as their most accessible album, and it went into the UK Albums Chart at number 9, the highest the Fall ever charted.
Accessible is relative, of course. Smith still sneers and half-speaks his caustic way through it, Steve Hanley's circular bass lines still anchor everything, Craig Scanlon's guitar still needles, and Simon Wolstencroft keeps the rhythms tense and repetitive, with Dave Bush in the lineup too. "Why Are People Grudgeful", "I'm Going to Spain" and "A Past Gone Mad" show just how catchy the old grind could get.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Infotainment Scan on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why Are People Grudgeful | 1 | #11 | – | 1993 | |
| 2 | I'm Going To Spain | 1 | #22 | – | 1993 | |
| 3 | Service | 1 | #26 | – | 1993 | |
| 4 | Ladybird (Green Grass) | 1 | #29 | – | 1993 | |
| 5 | A Past Gone Mad | 1 | #41 | – | 1993 | |
| 6 | It's A Curse | 1 | #48 | – | 1993 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.