He still rails against foolish pop stars, mass media, and the spawn of the Manchester scene, but also here are paeons to Edinburgh, social observation, and an electronics and violin led portrait of a DJ. Probably what's most surprising is that in retrospect most of this works, although it begins to run out of steam near the end.

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dustymoth

This a pretty solid effort and keeps a good pace. A very mid level entry in the discography but certainly not bad.

Joey_White

The Fall by this point had already released over ten records - and on their 1991 effort "Shift-Work" they finally disappoint. While not an awful project, there is no denying that this is a misfire - the album sounds bored with itself. These tracks either feel like watered-down "Extricate" outtakes or spineless, placid attempts at moody or introspective cuts that completely miss the mark. It's not all bad though: the album isn't without its highlights and lacks any truly poor ... read more

sandpaperherpes

So What About It? - 70
Idiot Joy Showland – 65
Edinburgh Man - 70
Pittsville Direkt - 70
The Book of Lies - 70
High Tension Line - 70
The War Against Intelligence - 70
Shift-Work - 70
You Haven’t Found It Yet - 70
The Mixer - 70
White Lightning – 65
A Lot of Wind - 80
Rose - 80
Sinister Waltz – 65

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Track List

	Earth's Impossible Day
1	So What About It? 3:24	80
2	Idiot Joy Showland 3:43	78
3	Edinburgh Man 4:42	83
4	Pitsville Direkt 4:02	82
5	The Book Of Lies 2:57	71
6	The War Against Intelligence 3:16	80
	Notebooks Out Plagiarists
7	Shiftwork 4:37	84
8	You Haven't Found It Yet 4:07	73
9	The Mixer 3:37	80
10	A Lot Of Wind 3:46	77
11	Rose 3:20	84
12	Sinister Waltz 4:14	73