Reformation Post TLC

Reformation Post TLC
Studio album by
Released12 February 2007 (UK)
RecordedLate 2006
StudioGracielands Studio, Rochdale
GenreAlternative rock
Length61:23
LabelSlogan (UK)
Narnack (US)
Cherry Red (reissue)
Producer
The Fall chronology
Fall Heads Roll
(2005)
Reformation Post TLC
(2007)
Imperial Wax Solvent
(2008)
Singles from Reformation Post TLC
  1. "Reformation! The Single"
    Released: 9 April 2007
Alternative cover
Front cover of US release
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Robert ChristgauA–
Mojo
NME7/10
Pitchfork Media4.0/10
PopMatters5/10
Q
StylusB

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.