Should the World Fail to Fall Apart

Should the World Fail to Fall Apart
Studio album by Peter Murphy
Released 1986
Recorded 1986
Genre Alternative rock
Length 43:00
Label RCA, Beggars Banquet
Producer Ivo Watts-Russell, Peter Murphy, Howard Hughes, Gerry Kitchingham
Peter Murphy chronology
Should the World Fail to Fall Apart
(1986)
Love Hysteria
(1988)
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Should the World Fail to Fall Apart is the first album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy, formerly of the gothic rock band Bauhaus. The album contains Murphy's covers of Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me" and Pere Ubu's "Final Solution." It was released in 1986.

Track listing

Original LP track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Murphy and Howard Hughes (Stephen Betts); except where indicated

  1. "Canvas Beauty"
  2. "The Light Pours Out of Me" (Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley, John McGeoch)
  3. "Confessions"
  4. "Should the World Fail to Fall Apart"
  5. "Never Man" (Peter Murphy)
  6. "God Sends"
  7. "Blue Heart"
  8. "The Answer Is Clear"
  9. "Final Solution" (David Thomas, Craig Bell)
  10. "Jemal" (Peter Murphy)

Canadian LP track listing

The Canadian version of the LP, released on Vertigo/PolyGram, has a different cover as well an alternative track listing:

  1. "Should The World Fail To Fall Apart"
  2. "Never Man"
  3. "Tale of The Tongue"
  4. "God Sends"
  5. "Blue Heart"
  6. "The Answer Is Clear"
  7. "Confessions
  8. "Final Solution"
  9. "Jemal"
  10. "The Light Pours Out of Me"

In addition to reordering, the track "Canvas Beauty" was dropped in favor of "Tale of The Tongue", which had been released in the UK as a non-album single.

2011 deluxe edition bonus CD

In July 2011 a 25th anniversary deluxe edition of the album with a bonus disc of 14 B-sides and remixes was released.

  1. "Canvas Beauty (Up Version)"
  2. "The Light Pours Out Of Me (Original Version)"
  3. "Confessions (Remix)"
  4. "Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (Version)"
  5. "Stay"
  6. "Tale of the Tongue (12″ Version)"
  7. "Blue Heart (12″ Version)"
  8. "The Answer is Clear (Version)"
  9. "Final Solution (Club Mix)"
  10. "Jemal (Version 2)"
  11. "Canvas Beauty (Fast Mix)"
  12. "Tale of the Tongue (7″ Edit)"
  13. "Final Solution (Full Version)"
  14. "Final Solution (Third and Final Mix)"

Personnel

References

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