- Muretich, James (November 2, 1985). "Primal rock group dives headlong into anarchy". Calgary Herald. Retrieved April 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Rating: A
- "lyrics aren't structured, but rather single-line assaults caught up in slashing guitars and frenzied rhythms."
- "The music is a cacophony of sound that gives distortion direction and lifts the beating heart of rock 'n' roll from the dormant body of musical commercialism"
- "unbridled passions and never-ending series of chaotic climaxes"
- p. C7
- Halverson, Jim (November 9, 1985). "Grace from the Fall". The Sault Star. Retrieved April 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Rating: 3/5
- "Powered by two drummers, guitar feedback and ambiguous lyrics, The Fall dabbles with the punk image with flourishes of psychedelia from the likes of The Velvet Underground and countless guitar bands [from the] 1960s"
- "raw, open-ended and somewhat cruel approach to music"
- "hard-driving, sharp-edged rock band that makes no compromises [on the album]"
- p. 8
- Belton, Brian (November 30, 1985). "On Track". Times Colonist. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Rating: 2/4
- "No wonder Britain is in trouble: These guys' ideas of a good time is to mumble nonsense to the accompaniment of a thump, thump, thumping bass beat."
- p. C7
- "Tempting LP from The Fall". Nottingham Evening Post. October 18, 1985. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- "The Fall have a new LP to tempt you."
- "Mark Smith's outfit follows last year's superb The Wonderful and Frightening World Of... with a gatefold sleeve and This Nation's Saving Grace"
- "The dependable rag bag of moans, groans and bad-tempered guitars, it's one to annoy the neighbours with."
- p. 8
- Hinckley, David (January 3, 1986). "Record Reviews". Daily News. p. 14. Retrieved May 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Rating 2.5/4
- A bizarre, sometimes overly stylized group that still has a good amount of, pardon the term, energy running through its record. "My New House" is near-hypnotic. "Cruisers Creek" sounds a bit like Dire Straits.
- p. 14
- Sullivan, Jim (December 19, 1985). "1985's Top 10 Records". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Ranking: 5
- p. 16
- McKenna, Kristine (December 29, 1985). "Critic's Top-10 Album Poll: Activism and Americanism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Ranking: 7
- p. 64
- Sullivan, Jim (December 28, 1995). "Recordings". The Boston Globe. p. 25. Retrieved May 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- "I'm flattered ... In the 1980s ... the Fall ... titled an album This Nation's Saving Grace after a British critic's description of the band. The title of the new Fall disc, Cerebral Caustic, sounded familiar, so I looked it up: Yep, my own words about the Fall's 1994 effort, Middle Class Revolt.
- p. 25
Hi Ceoil, found this tidbit above about the naming of the album. It may likely be common knowledge for fans (?) but I didn't spot anything about it in the article yet, so possibly not. It'd be better if we could say who the specific British critic was. I did a super quick google search but didn't immediately find anything. Maybe you already know about this naming, but if not, you might be familiar with more sources for finding the answer. I could also try to do a longer google search, but didn't want to waste my time if you likely already know about this. :-) Cheers, Moisejp (talk) 03:34, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
Come back to:
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/260259553/
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/422346898/
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/438338611/
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/397254734 - same as Baltimore Sun review except this is the original publication it's from