Slates

about this album

Slates was released on 27 April 1981 Containing six tracks and pressed onto 10" vinyl, it was eligible for neither the single nor album charts, being too long for the former and too short for the latter. It was, however, included in the UK Independent Singles chart, where it reached No. 3. The six tracks include "Fit and Working Again", in which Smith comments on the working class work-ethic, and compares his state of mind to that of boxer Alan Minter after taking LSD, and "Leave the Capitol", which was seen as summing up Smith's negative view of London. The vinyl has etched on it "Keep shtum. Plagiarism infects the land". It was one of Mark E. Smith's favourite Fall releases, and he claimed it was aimed at "people who didn't buy records". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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