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“Cruisers Creek” by The Fall
“Cruisers Creek” by The Fall appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1985 and 2003. Its best result is #3 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 1985, #4,044 alternative song of all time and #489 of the '80s.
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"Cruiser's Creek", also spelled "Cruisers Creek", grew out of the sessions that led up to This Nation's Saving Grace, the Fall's eighth album, and came out as a single in 1985, just after that record hit the shops. Guitarist Brix Smith wrote it with Mark E. Smith, and it catches the band at its most nimble, all wiry hooks under Mark's sardonic bark.
John Leckie produced it and gave the Fall a cleaner, crisper, higher-fidelity finish than their earlier records had. The flip side was "L.A.", lifted from the album, and the 12-inch threw in "Vixen", a Brix song with Brix herself singing. It is also the only Fall song Robert Dimery chose for his reference book "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 723 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2003 | 467 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Cruiser's Creek.
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