Totale's Turns

The first of the band's many live and part-live albums, it was mostly recorded at gigs in the north of England, but the track "New Puritan" was recorded at Mark E. Smith's home and "That Man" is a studio recording, an outtake from the recording sessions for the "Fiery Jack" single. Side 1 of the album was recorded at a leisure centre near Doncaster while the first two tracks on Side 2 are from a February 1980 gig in Bradford. It is clear on the recording that the reception the band received ranged from indifferent to hostile, the enmity between band and audience evident from Smith's introductory statement "The difference between you and us is that we have brains". The album was released on 5 May 1980, the band's first release after signing to Rough Trade Records. ==Reception==

Dave McCullough in Sounds gave the album a five star rating, calling the band "a living reminder of the failure of Punk and the almost solitary exponents of the directions in which it should have gone". The album was chosen by Luke Haines in 2011 as one of his thirteen favourite albums. The album topped the UK Independent Chart in 1980, spending a total of 31 weeks on the chart. ==Reissues==

The album has been issued on CD several times, in 1992 by Dojo, in 1998 and 2004 by Castle Communications, and in 2017 by Westworld Recordings. The 2004 Castle reissue included the Fall's third Peel session as bonus tracks. It was reissued on vinyl in 2004 by Earmark, and in 2017 by Let Them Eat Vinyl. ==Track listing==

• Tracks 1–6: recorded live at Bircoats Leisure Centre, Doncaster, 27 October 1979 • Tracks 7 and 8: recorded live at Palm Cove, Bradford, 29 February 1980 • Track 9: studio outtake from the "Fiery Jack" sessions; recorded in Wales, September 1979 • Track 10: home demo recording from Mark E. Smith's house in Prestwich • Track 11: recorded live at The Warehouse, Preston, 22 November 1979 • Tracks 12–15: John Peel Session; recorded 16 September 1980 == Personnel ==

; The Fall • Mark E. Smith – vocals • Marc Riley – guitar, keyboards • Craig Scanlon – guitar • Steve Hanley – bass • Mike Leigh – drums ;Additional musicians • Paul Hanley – drums (tracks 12–15) ==References==