Description

30th Anniversary of The Falls 11th album.

Pressed on orange vinyl.

Contains a replica of an original programme of the ballet play performed at Sadler Wells Theatre.

I Am Kurious Oranj is The Falls eleventh studio album. Released by Beggars Banquet 30 years ago, in 1988, it contains some of their most loved songs including Cab It Up!, New Big Prinz and Jerusalem, which takes its lyrics from a poem by William Blake.

The album was written as the soundtrack to an avantgarde ballet titled I Am Curious, Orange, produced by the experimental Michael Clark Company and performed in London with The Fall playing live. As stated in the original ballet program, replicated inside this reissue, Mark E. Smith is a history buff and admirer of Michael Clark, and I Am Curious, Orange spawned the idea of a thematic delving into the foibles and little-known psyche of William of Orange.

According to Mark E. Smith in his book Renegade, We adapted the title from a Swedish porno film I Am Curious, Yellow. I was trying to make the point that we all share some kind of common knowledge thats within ourselves; that comes out in all sorts of things. Some people call it a gene pool. Its as if you already know subconsciously about historical incidents. You dont have to have been taught it. Its in-built. At the time I wanted to put this across, basically as a loose explanation of what was happening in Belfast: its in the head and bones and theres nothing you can do about it. I was on a roll at the time. Im rarely short of ideas, and Im not into preserving them much, either. If its in your head and youve got the right people around you them theres no better time to tell the story.