Should the World Fail to Fall Apart
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| Should the World Fail to Fall Apart | ||||
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| Released | July 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 53:00 | |||
| Label | RCA, Beggars Banquet | |||
| Producer | Ivo Watts-Russell, Peter Murphy, Howard Hughes, Gerry Kitchingham | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
Should the World Fail to Fall Apart is the debut album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy, formerly of the gothic rock band Bauhaus.[4][5] The album contains Murphy's covers of Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me" and Pere Ubu's "Final Solution."[6] It was released in 1986.[7]
Many guest musicians appear on the album, including Howard Hughes and John McGeoch.[8]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote: "If Murphy could remove the melodrama from his delivery, a lot of the songs might have been quite nice. But even at low volume and languorous tempo, he can’t shake the old goth theatrics out of his voice."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album "the least perfunctory" of Murphy's solo releases.[10]
