Should the World Fail to Fall Apart is the first album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy (musician)

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, formerly of the gothic rock

Gothic rock

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 band Bauhaus

Bauhaus (band)

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. The album contains Murphy's covers of Magazine

Magazine (band)

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's "The Light Pours Out of Me" and Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu

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's "Final Solution." It was released in 1986.

Original LP track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Murphy and Howard Hughes (Stephen Betts

Stephen Betts

Stephen Betts, also known as L. Howard Hughes, was the keyboardist for the band the Associates. He also co wrote and co produced Peter Murphy's first solo album 'Should The World fail To Fall Apart'Betts is currently a member of Vachement Bath....

) ; except where indicated

1. "Canvas Beauty"
2. "The Light Pours Out of Me" (Howard Devoto
   Howard Devoto
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   , Pete Shelley
   Pete Shelley
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   , John McGeoch
   John McGeoch
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   )
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
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   , David Taylor, Tom Herman, Scott Krauss, Tim Wright
   Tim Wright (bassist)
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   , Peter Laughner
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   , Craig Bell)
10. "Jemal" (Peter Murphy)

Canadian LP track listing

The Canadian version of the LP, released on Vertigo

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/PolyGram

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, 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)"

• Track 1 released on Beggars Banquet 7″ BEG 162 (U.K.), 1986
• Tracks 3 and 10 released on Beggars Banquet 12″ BEG 179T (U.K.), 1987
• Track 4 is a previously unreleased alternate mix
• Track 5 exact origin unknown
• Track 6 released on Beggars Banquet 12″ BEG 174T (U.K.), 1986
• Track 7 released on Beggars Banquet 12″ BEG 162T (U.K.), 1986
• Track 8 released on Beggars Banquet 7″ BEG 143 (U.K.), 1985
• Tracks 9 and 13 released on Beggars Banquet 12″ BEG 143T (U.K.), 1985
• Track 11 released on Beggars Banquet 12″ EP SOVE 2359 (CA), 1986
• Track 12 released on Beggars Banquet 7″ BEG 174 (U.K.), 1986
• Track 14 released on Beggars Banquet 12″ BEG 143TP (U.K.), 1985

Personnel

• Peter Murphy - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Howard Hughes
  Stephen Betts
  Stephen Betts, also known as L. Howard Hughes, was the keyboardist for the band the Associates. He also co wrote and co produced Peter Murphy's first solo album 'Should The World fail To Fall Apart'Betts is currently a member of Vachement Bath....
  
   - guitar, keyboards
• Chris Pye, John McGeoch
  John McGeoch
  John Alexander McGeoch, , was a Scottish guitarist who played with a number of bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage and Public Image Ltd....
  
  , Peter Bonas, Phillip Rambow, Steve Turner, Daniel Ash
  Daniel Ash
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   - guitar
• Erkan Oğur
  Erkan Ogur
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   - acoustic guitar, E-bow
• Eddie Branch, Paul Cover - bass
• Martin McCarrick
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  - cello
• Gini Bell - violin
• Joji Hirota - congas
• Jon Keleihor - percussion
• Jon Self - harmonica