The Infotainment Scan
by The Fall
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Condition: Very Good
The Fall bestography
The Infotainment Scan is ranked 16th best out of 55 albums by The Fall on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Fall is This Nation's Saving Grace which is ranked number 928 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,883.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Infotainment Scan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Infotainment Scan ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/28/2026 18:43 | Jakor | 5,434 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 23:32 | jnmayles | 2,247 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 00:06 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2025 00:34 | 1977Podcast | 66 | 86/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 06:50 |  MadhattanJack | 5,938 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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I like this band's cohesive sound, you can tell they had played a lot of music together. Great bass riffs, and for post-punk it is pretty unique sounding and adventurous. I also liked the punk attitude of Smith's vocals. They run out of good tunes in the second half, but still manage to sound interesting. Good album overall.
A bit patchy in places but overall a very good album
Jboy56 03/09/2022 08:22 | #282550
Not my jar of whiskey. Neutral
Graeme2 07/19/2019 06:48 | #239837
How could you not love their version of lost in music uh. Quality album. A good version of the fall.
For years, whenever asked what is my favourite Fall album my answer would always be The Infotainment Scan. It still is. All the albums listed here are truly great Fall albums, but what is The Infotainment Scan doing languishing at number 24. This is a top five Fall album people. It would be in my top twenty all time albums of anybody let alone The Fall, and I've got about three thousand albums. If you've got this album do the right thing and vote it up. If you haven't got this album, then get it.
planetneutral 01/21/2018 20:09 | #206228
It's not that I disliked it. I just can't figure out why I'd listen to it.
Together with The Marshall Suite, this was a high point of the Fall in the 90's. Glam Racket, The League Of Bald Headed Men and Paranoia Man In Cheap Shit Room still sound great.
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