Reformation Post TLC
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| Released | 12 February 2007 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | Late 2006 | |||
| Studio | Gracielands Studio, Rochdale | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 61:23 | |||
| Label | Slogan (UK) Narnack (US) Cherry Red (reissue) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 67/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | A– |
| Mojo | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 4.0/10 |
| PopMatters | 5/10 |
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| Stylus | B |
Reformation Post TLC is the twenty-fifth studio album by the Fall, released in the UK on 12 February 2007.
The album features Mark E Smith and his wife, Elena, with newcomers Tim Presley and Rob Barbato (of Darker My Love), Orpheo McCord (of The Hill) and Dave Spurr (of Motherjohn). Presley, Barbato and McCord, all Americans, joined the band as emergency replacements for Ben Pritchard, Spencer Birtwistle and Steve Trafford, all of whom quit the band during an American tour in April 2006. In his 2008 autobiography Smith praised the Americans for revitalizing The Fall, due to their openness to new ideas and not being overly-impressed by influential UK bands (e.g., Oasis and the Stone Roses) that had shaped a generation of young English musicians.
Smith said in an interview with Q that the "post-TLC" refers to the band after the departure of "traitors, liars and cunts".
Reformation Post TLC was reissued by Cherry Red Records in April 2020, both on vinyl and as an expanded 4CD edition.