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“So What About It?” by The Fall
From the album Shift‐Work (1991)
“So What About It?” by The Fall appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1991 on the album Shift‐Work. Its best result is #43 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty'). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #244 alternative song of 1991.
"So What About It?" turns up on Shift-Work, the Fall's 13th album, issued by Phonogram in 1991 and made largely as a four-piece once Mark E. Smith had sacked guitarist Martin Bramah and keyboardist Marcia Schofield straight after the Australian leg of the tour behind Extricate. Smith wrote this one with Craig Scanlon and Simon Wolstencroft and sings lead, with Scanlon on guitar, Steve Hanley on bass and Wolstencroft on drums and keyboards.
Robert Gordon produced, and a few extra hands fill it out: Craig Leon on organ and guitar, Kenny Brady on fiddle and vocals, and Cassell Webb on backing vocals. Critic Ted Mills heard the album trading some of the Fall's repetitive grooves for pop song shapes, and Shift-Work became their best-charting record yet, reaching No. 17 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 43 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') | 50 |
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