I Am Kurious Oranj

I Am Kurious Oranj
Studio album by The Fall
Released	24 October 1988[1]
Recorded	Mid-late 1988 at: Suite 16 Studios, Rochdale, England; King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre	Post-punk alternative rock art rock
Length	56:54
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Ian Broudie Mark E. Smith
The Fall chronology
The Frenz Experiment (1988) I Am Kurious Oranj (1988) Seminal Live (1989)
Singles from I Am Kurious Oranj
"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 post-punk band the Fall. It was released on 24 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, and a handful of singles in the UK charts. However, there was internal strife within the band; Mark E. Smith was increasingly dependent on alcohol and speed, and his marriage to Fall lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Brix Smith was coming to an end. Although she wrote many of the most acclaimed songs on the album, including "Overture From Kurious Oranj", "Van Plague?" and "Bad News Girl", she was excluded from the writing and publishing credits.

I Am Kurious Oranj was intended as the soundtrack for the ballet I Am Curious, Orange, a collaboration with the dancer Michael Clark. The music was mostly pre-written by Brix Smith and bassist Steve Hanley. A live version was recorded during an Edinburgh Festival performance of the ballet, and issued in 2000 as I Am as Pure as Oranj.