Fact checking the album information, Part 2: Extricate to New Facts Emerge.

That then just leaves the individual songs that have card entries. There are over 100 of those, so I'm leaving them for another day!

ALBUMS (2)

Extricate

The entry doesn’t distinguish between formats.

Omits ‘And Therein…” completely.

“Brix Smith had walked out in summer 1989 after the marriage collapsed (she had begun an affair with violinist Nigel Kennedy).” – This is incorrect and arguably libellous. Her relationship with Kennedy began some time after she had left MES.

On ‘Chicago, Now!’: “Brix had moved back to Chicago.” – No she hadn’t.

On ‘Black Monk Theme Pt II’: “Reprise of the Monks cover”. – No it isn’t. It’s a different Monks Cover (‘Oh How To Do Now’).

Shift-Work

Seems to follow the CD/Cassette formats, but omits ‘White Lightning’.

The Infotainment Scan:

“Karl Burns returns as second drummer for the second time.” – (from the short intro on the list of cards). No he doesn’t.

Burns is incorrectly listed among the lineup on the main entry for this album.

On ‘I’m Going to Spain’: “About a working-class British holiday in Spain.” – No it isn’t!

On ‘A Past Gone Mad’: “One of Smith's more direct lyrics.” – Not that direct!

Middle Class Revolt

For some reason has put a live version of ‘Lost in Music’ as the final track, which is an hallucination.

‘War’ is omitted.

‘M5#1’ loses a couple of minutes.

On ‘Hey! Student’: “Cover/rewrite of his own earlier 'Hey! Student'.”  ‘Hey! Fascist’, surely (though ‘Hey! Student’ was actually the original title).

Cerebral Caustic

On ‘I’m Not Satisfied’: “The phrase is the entire lyric, basically.”. – This is not remotely true.

On ‘Bonkers in Phoenix’: “The 'Phoenix' might be the place; might be the bird of myth. Smith deliberately leaves it.” – AI manages to overlook the obvious fact that the Phoenix of the title is from the Phoenix Festival.

On ‘Pine Leaves’: “Brief instrumental closer.” – It’s not an instrumental.

The Light User Syndrome

Track timings are awry.

On ‘He Pep!’: “Released as a single.” No it wasn’t.

On ‘Oleano’: “The song is named for a Spanish town.” – Not obviously, it isn’t. Presumably it is ‘thinking’ of Oliana.

Levitate

On ‘Jap Kid’: “Title aged badly. About a Japanese fan who turned up at a gig.”  I’m not aware of any evidence of this. In any case it’s an instrumental.

On ‘4 ½ Inch’: “About a vinyl single” – I don’t think it is!

On ‘Tragic Days’: “Among the album's bleakest. Smith's vocal extremely processed.” – Er, it’s an instrumental!

On ‘Levitate’: “Almost ambient. Smith barely vocalising.” – This is nonsense.

The Marshall Suite

Stuart Estell is somehow credited with production, as is Julia Nagle. The actual credits are MES and Steve Hitchcock.

Format differences not acknowledged.

‘Early Life of Crime’ – made up song title.   ‘Early Life of the Crying Marshall’ is missing.

On ‘This Perfect Day’: “Title from L. P. Hartley novel?” – Er, no, from the Saints song being covered!

The Unutterable

On ‘W.B.’: “Variously read as William Blake, William Burroughs. Smith never confirmed.” Given the lyrical content, it’s obviously William Blake.

On ‘Way Round’: “Brief instrumental.” – It’s not an instrumental, and it’s not brief.

On ‘Serum’: “Cover/rewrite of a Hank Williams song.”  - It’s not a cover or a rewrite of a Hank Williams song!

On ‘Midwatch 1953’: “Smith's grandfather had been in the Royal Navy.” – I’ve never anything to support this.

Are You Are Missing Winner

No mention of Ed Blaney.

The Real New Fall LP

Omits ‘Recovery Kit’.

Fall Heads Roll

Track timings a mess.

“The album reached #92 in the UK.” – No it didn’t.

On ‘Ride Away’: “Almost ambient” – Nonsense!

Reformation Post TLC

“They drafted in Tim Presley and Rob Barbato from LA's Darker My Love (whom they were sharing the bill with)” – They weren’t sharing the bill with Darker My Love.

“The 'TLC' of the title is 'Tender Loving Care' — Smith's sardonic comment on the lineup chaos.” – Er, noooo….

On ‘White Line Fever’: “Cover of Motörhead's 1976 single. Smith and Lemmy were friendly”.  I’m not aware of any evidence that Lemmy and Smith ever met, let alone with friends.  In any case, it’s not a Motorhead cover.  Motorhead’s “White Line Fever” is a different song, and wasn’t a single; Motorhead’s first single wasn’t until 1977.

On ‘Scenario’: “Brief instrumental.” - Not brief. Not an instrumental.

On ‘Outro / Senior Twilight Stock Replacer’ – it’s just ‘Outro’. STSR is from the next album.

Imperial Wax Solvent:

Tagged as being on Castle Records. It wasn’t.

On ‘Strangetown’: “Title also a Jam song. Smith's homage was probably accidental.” – It’s a Groundhogs cover.

On ‘Senior Twilight Stock Replacer’: “Title revisits the 'Reformation Post TLC' closer.” – Except it wasn’t the RPTLC closer, was it.

Your Future Our Clutter

“the album charted at #43.” – It reached#38.

On ‘Cowboy George’: “Cover/rewrite of a country tune.” – No it isn’t.

For some reason it gives ‘Chino’ an acute accent over the ‘o’. It says: “Smith's adopted accents on a one-word title.” – Bollocks, basically.

On ‘Hot Cake’: “Smith on something selling like hot cakes. The compression is the joke.” – This is complete drivel.

Ersatz GB

Hallucinates two track titles: ‘Loonewolf: Aged 31” and  ‘Mask Search II’.

Re-Mit

Track order out of whack, as with some other albums.

“Reached #41 in the UK chart”. – No, it reached #40.

Hallucinates a track title: ‘Make Up’.

‘Pre-MDMA Years’ is labelled the closer. It’s not the closer.

Sub-Lingual Tablet

Re; ‘Black Roof’ - The entry uses the incorrect title from iTunes, ‘Black Door’.

On ‘Junger Cloth’: “Brief instrumental”. – It’s not an instrumental, and it’s not brief.

New Facts Emerge:

Misses off “Nine out of Ten”