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“Guest Informant” by The Fall
From the album The Frenz Experiment (1988)
“Guest Informant” by The Fall appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1988. It was first released in 1988 on the album The Frenz Experiment. Its best result is #40 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #231 alternative song of 1988.
"Guest Informant" comes off The Frenz Experiment, the Fall's tenth studio album, which Beggars Banquet put out on 29 February 1988. Mark E. Smith wrote it with bassist Steve Hanley and guitarist Craig Scanlon and takes the lead vocal, with Brix Smith on guitar next to Scanlon, Simon Wolstencroft on drums and Marcia Schofield on keyboards and synth. Simon Rogers colors it in with saxophone, acoustic guitar and more synth, and Grant Showbiz and Dian Barton produced.
Mark E. Smith had meant to title the album Gene Crime Experience, until he clocked that the initials spelled GCE; the phrase survives on the back of the CD. An expanded remaster, stuffed with singles and B-sides from the same stretch, followed in October 2020.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 40 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988 | 50 |
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