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Code: Selfish
Studio album by The Fall
Released	23 March 1992
Genre	Rock
Length	54:18
Label	Phonogram
Producer(s)	Craig Leon, Simon Rogers, Mark E. Smith
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Mark Prindle link
The Fall chronology
Shift-Work (1991)	Code: Selfish (1992)	The Infotainment Scan (1993)

Code: Selfish is a 1992 LP by British rock band The Fall which entered the chart at number 21. It is characterised by its harsher sound, in relation to the previous year's Shift-Work, and draws influence from techno music.^[1] This was probably due to the addition of techno fan Dave Bush to the line-up. Despite this, the album also has some notably mellow moments with "Time Enough At Last" and "Gentlemen's Agreement" being at odds with the overall sound of the album. Largely recorded in a converted church in Glasgow, Code: Selfish features the group's only self-penned Top 40 single "Free Range". The album would prove to be their last for the Phonogram label as the group were dropped following the release of the Ed's Babe EP later in 1992. Simon Ford reports in his Fall biography Hip Priest that Phonogram had to compensate the band for the early termination of their 5 album deal and that these funds were used to record what became The Infotainment Scan.

The album is due to be re-released in expanded and re-mastered form by Universal in April 2007.

1. "The Birmingham School of Business School" (Mark E. Smith, Dave Bush) – 6:45
2. "Free Range" (Smith, Simon Wolstencroft) – 3:58
3. "Return" (Smith, Steve Hanley) – 4:04
4. "Time Enough at Last" (Smith, Craig Scanlon) – 3:48
5. "Everything Hurtz" (Smith, Hanley) – 4:07
6. "Immortality" (Smith, Scanlon) – 4:30
7. "Two-Face!" (Smith, Scanlon) – 6:01
8. "Just Waiting" (Hank Williams) – 4:38
9. "So Called Dangerous" (Smith, Bush, Hanley) – 3:46
10. "Gentlemen's Agreement" (Smith, Scanlon) – 4:33
11. "Married, 2 Kids" (Smith, Hanley, Scanlon) – 2:45
12. "Crew Filth" (Smith, Wolstencroft) – 5:20

• The Fall:
  • Mark E. Smith – vocals, tapes
  • Craig Scanlon – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Steve Hanley – bass guitar
  • Simon Wolstencroft – drums, keyboards
  • Dave Bush – keyboards, machines
• Craig Leon - keyboards
• Simon Rogers - keyboards
• Cassell webb - backing vocals

1. ^ Fadele, Dele (14 Mar. 1992). "Tales from the Cryptographic Ocean". NME.

• Lyrics