Editing The Fall (band) (section)

=== 1990–2000 ===

With Brix's departure in 1989 – both from the band and her marriage to Smith – Bramah returned briefly for 1990's ''[[Extricate]]'', the first of the Fall's three albums for [[Phonogram Records]]. In the early 1990s the band continued to have modest success on the UK chart with singles including "[[Telephone Thing]]" (no. 58, 1990), "[[White Lightning (The Big Bopper song)|White Lightning]]" (no. 56, 1990), "[[Free Range (The Fall song)|Free Range]]" (no. 40, 1992) and "Why Are People Grudgeful" (no. 43, 1993).<ref name="betts"/> Bramah and Schofield were sacked in advance of 1991's ''[[Shift-Work (album)|Shift-Work]]''. Dave Bush joined on keyboards for 1992's ''[[Code: Selfish]]'', followed by the band's return to an independent record label for ''[[The Infotainment Scan]]'' (1993), ''[[Middle Class Revolt]]'' (1994), and ''[[Cerebral Caustic]]'' (1995). These albums featured varying degrees of [[electronica]] and [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]], courtesy of Bush's keyboards and computers. ''Caustic'' saw the unexpected return of Smith's ex-wife Brix, who recorded ''[[The Light User Syndrome]]'' before departing in 1996. When Dave Bush went to join [[Elastica]], Scanlon was sacked after sixteen years, an unpopular decision which Smith would later regret. In November 1994 [[Julia Nagle]] joined to help promote the release of ''[[Cerebral Caustic]]'', playing keyboards, guitars and computers. Nagle went onto contribute to ''[[The Light User Syndrome]]'' in 1996. That year also saw the start of a [[List of compilation albums by The Fall|torrent of compilations]] of live, demo and alternative versions of songs on the Fall's new label Receiver Records.

In 1994 and 1996, the Fall played at the [[Phoenix Festival]] in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], England–the 1996 appearance being one of much surprise to many fans as they were not scheduled to play. The next album, ''[[Levitate (The Fall album)|Levitate]]'' (1997), toyed with [[drum and bass]] and polarised opinion (long-serving drummer Simon Wolstencroft left halfway through the recording sessions, and was replaced–again–by Karl Burns). [[Seething Wells|Steven Wells]] in the ''[[NME]]'' (11 October 1997) wrote, "Imagine pop without perimeters. Imagine rock without rules. Imagine art without the wank. If you've never heard the Fall then ''Levitate'' will be either the best or the worst record you've ever heard." The group was temporarily reduced to Smith and Nagle when a short US tour ended in April 1998 with onstage rows in New York, which resulted in Smith unplugging the amps during songs and lashing out at the other members, leading Burns to physically shove him. This led to the departure of Hanley (bassist of nineteen years), Burns, and guitarist Tommy Crooks. The following day, Smith was arrested and charged with assaulting Nagle in their hotel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/512609/03041999/fall.jhtml |title=VH1.com : Artists : A–Z : The Fall : The Fall's Mark E. Smith |last=Tortorici |first=Frank |date=5 March 1999 |work=vh1.com |access-date=25 May 2013 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629145153/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/512609/03041999/fall.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite this, Nagle remained with the band. The Smith and Nagle line-up would release two albums: ''[[The Marshall Suite]]'' (1999) and ''[[The Unutterable]]'' (2000).