I Am Kurious Oranj is the eleventh studio album by English post-punk band The Fall. It was released on 10 October 1988 through record label Beggars Banquet. The album's release came at the end of a relatively successful year for the group, which had also seen the release of an 'accessible' album, The Frenz Experiment. Cultureministry, cum, cumberlandarms, cummer, cumminup, cunard, cunt, cunts, cuntsville, cuny, cup, cupcake, cupcakes, cupid, cuponoodle, cups, cupsaucer, curb, cure, curieuse, curious, curl, curled, curlicue, curlingiron, curlupanddry, curly, curses, curtain, curtains, curtis, curtishixonpark, curve, curves, curzoncrescent,.

The Fall - Kurious Oranj (from 'I am Kurious Oranj' 1988) Pained and intense, man They were inquiring. They were curious orange. They rode over peasants like you, they rode over peasants like you, And their horses loved them too, and their horses loved them too. Super Mario World Game on this page. They Were Kurious Orange. They Were Curious Orange.

They built the world as we know it, all the systems you traverse. Rode slipshod over all dumbshits. They were curious orange. They freed the Blacks too. They built church in one day, man, Amish They were curious orange.

Their clothes were cool. Paved way for atom bomb--didn't know. They made the Jews go to school. They made Hitler laugh in pain. They sent missionary girls to Arab states, and the sun-baked men did drool. They were curious orange. They made Hitler laugh in pain.

They turned Napoleon over and didn't know. They invented birth control They were invulnerable to cool. They were curious orange They were beyond Ooobenblief They were primo efficient to a man. They were Stuyvestant smoking.

They were the Reformation spring And everybody in the world turned Reformation blue. They were invulnerable to cool And everybody in the world. And they were inquiring. They were positively deranged and they were curious orange. They were curious orange.

• 'Jerusalem/Big New Prinz' Released: 11 November 1988 • 'Cab It Up' Released: 5 June 1989 I Am Kurious Oranj is the eleventh studio album by English band. It was released on 10 October 1988 through record label. The album's release came at the end of a relatively successful year for the group, which had also seen the release of an 'accessible' album,, and a handful of singles in the UK charts. However there was internal strife within the band; Smith was increasingly dependent on alcohol and, and his marriage to Fall lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist was coming to an end.

Although she wrote many of the most acclaimed songs on the album, including 'Overture from 'I Am Curious Oranj', 'Van Plague?' And 'Bad News Girl', she was excluded from the writing and publishing credits. Considered one of The Fall's strongest, if not cohesive, albums, I Am Kurious Oranj was intended as the soundtrack for the ballet I Am Curious, Orange, a collaboration with the dancer. The music was mostly pre-written by Brix Smith and bassist. A live version was recorded during an performance of the ballet, and issued in 2000 as I Am as Pure as Oranj.

Contents • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] I Am Kurious Oranj was intended as the soundtrack for the ballet I Am Curious, Orange, produced by contemporary dance group, and loosely based on the 300th anniversary of 's ascension to the English throne. The album combines studio recordings with tracks recorded live during performances in Edinburgh in June 1988. The opening track 'New Big Prinz' (as well as its alternative version, 'Big New Priest') is based on 'Hip Priest' from the group's 1982 album; the original track was also used in the ballet as a backing tape. 'Jerusalem' is an adaptation of 's using 's original music (although Parry does not appear in the credits).

'Last Nacht' is a remix of 'Bremen Nacht' from the group's poorly received previous album,. 'Dead Beat Descendant' was written for the ballet and performed live, but did not make the album. It was later re-recorded and released as a track on the compilation.

I Am Kurious Oranj's title is derived from Swedish director 's films (1967) and (1968). It appears as I Am Kurious, Oranj on some packaging formats. Critical reception [ ] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating A– 8/10 favourable I Am Kurious Oranj was critically well received at the time. Wrote '[The Fall have] retained the power to surprise, to provoke and occasionally outrage that only could pretend to possess in the '80s.' A later review of the album by, however, is more indifferent, opining, 'As a cohesive Fall album it fails [.] I Am Kurious Oranj would have been more interesting to see than hear.' Track listing [ ] As with other Fall albums released through, I Am Kurious Oranj featured a different track listing across the various formats on which it was originally released. In addition to extra tracks 'Guide Me Soft' and 'Big New Priest', the UK CD featured several alternative and extended versions of songs (tracks 3, 5, 7, 8 and 12).

In 2013, Beggars Banquet remastered and reissued the album on CD as a part of the 5 Albums box set; the new edition used the CD mixes re-ordered according to the vinyl track order with alternate vinyl mixes added as bonus tracks. Original UK CD/cassette version [ ] No. Title Writer(s) Length 1.

'New Big Prinz' Craig Scanlon, Marcia Schofield,, Stephen Hanley 3:25 2. 'Overture from ' I Am Curious, Orange' 2:48 3. 'Dog Is Life/Jerusalem', M. Smith 8:54 4. 'Kurious Oranj' Hanley, M. Smith, 6:20 5.

'Wrong Place, Right Time' M. Smith 2:52 6. 'Guide Me Soft' M. Smith 2:15 7.

Win Fall 2088 AD' M. Smith, Schofield 4:41 8. 'Yes, O Yes' B. Smith 3:25 9. 'Van Plague?' Smith 4:56 10. 'Bad News Girl' B.

Smith 5:22 11. Smith 4:54 12.

'Last Nacht' M. Smith, 3:56 13. 'Big New Priest' Hanley, Scanlon, Schofield, M. Smith 3:08 Note: 'Van Plague?' Is listed as 'Van Plague' on the cassette edition. Vinyl version (also original US CD/cassette version) [ ] Side one No. Title Length 1.

'New Big Prinz' 3:20 2. 'Overture from ' I Am Curious Orange' 2:48 3. 'Dog Is Life/Jerusalem' 7:20 4. 'Kurious Oranj' 6:18 5.

'Wrong Place, Right Time' 2:54 Side two No. Speed Memorial Best Rar Program. Title Length 1. 'Win Fall C.D.

2080' 2:40 2. 'Yes, O Yes' 3:34 3. 'Van Plague?' 'Bad News Girl' 5:19 5. 'Last Nacht' (excerpt; unlisted on the album's sleeve) 1:04 Total length: 45:30: Note: 'New Big Prinz' is misspelled as 'New Big Prize' on the record label. 2013 CD ( 5 Albums box set) [ ] No.

Title Length 1. 'New Big Prinz' 3:26 2.

'Overture from ' I Am Curious, Orange' 2:48 3. 'Dog Is Life/Jerusalem' 8:54 4. 'Kurious Oranj' 6:19 5. 'Wrong Place, Right Time' 2:52 6. Win Fall 2088 AD' 4:43 7. 'Yes, Oh Yes' 3:24 8. 'Van Plague?'

'Bad News Girl' 5:20 10. 'Cab It Up' 4:55 11. 'Last Nacht' (excerpt) 1:05 Bonus tracks No. Title Length 12. 'Dog Is Life / Jerusalem' (vinyl mix) 7:24 13.

'Wrong Place, Right Time' (vinyl mix) 2:45 14. 'Guide Me Soft' 2:17 15. 'Win Fall C.D. 2080' (vinyl version) 2:44 16. 'Yes, O Yes' (vinyl mix) 3:23 17. 'Last Nacht' 3:56 18. 'Big New Priest' 3:08 Personnel [ ] The Fall • – lead vocals, production • – electric guitar, acoustic guitar • – electric guitar, vocals, percussion • – bass guitar • – drums • Marcia Schofield – keyboards, percussion Technical • – production • – • C.J.

(Chris Jones) – engineering • Dian Barton – engineering • Stu (Stuart Hawkes) – • – sleeve photography (band photos) • Richard Haughton – sleeve photography (stage photos) References [ ].