Ian McCulloch - Proud To Fall (1989)

"Proud to Fall" is the first single released by Ian McCulloch from his debut solo album Candleland in 1989. The song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and number fifty-four on the UK Singles Chart.

I remember buying the cassette tape album during my college days at Adamson University with Norman at Masagana Department Store. The album "The Best New Wave Music Nouveau 3" and recalling this as the first track. Also include James - What For, Cactus World News - The Bridge, Three O' Clock - On Paper, Soup Dragon - Soft As Your Face, The Railway Children - Every Beat of the Heart... Sounds like good old 89.1 DMZ - Wave 180 every Sunday...

Proud To Fall
1989
IAN McCULLOCH
Ian McCulloch(v),Ray Shulman(b,k),Boris Williams(d)

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"Proud To Fall" - Live at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral January 22, 2011

3-inch CD single (YZ417CD)

1. "Proud To Fall" - 3:40
2. "Pots of Gold" – 4:20
3. "The Dead End" – 4:45
4. "Proud To Fall (Long Night's Journey Mix)" – 7:10

nWu Bonus

"Proud to Fall (Acousic Version)" (From Honey Drip Single 1992)

7-inch single (YZ417)

1. "Proud to Fall" – 3:40
2. "Pots of Gold" – 4:20

12-inch single (YZ417T)

1. "Proud To Fall (Long Night's Journey Mix)" – 7:10
2. "Pots of Gold" – 4:20
3. "The Dead End" – 4:45

12-inch single (YZ417TX)

1. "Proud to Fall" (album version) – 3:57
2. "Everything Is Real"
3. "The Circle Game

PROUD TO FALL (LYRICS)

here you come again acting like a saviour
there you go again talking like a stranger
you said we all must learn to face what we're becoming
and then i saw you in the distance off and running

but from start to finish i was proud to fall
and I fell so deep within it i got lost inside it all
inside it all, inside it all

looks like rain again feels like it's rained forever
can't remember when don't remember whether
i ever really told you who i was it must have been because
because, because

from start to finish i was proud to fall
and I fell so deep within it, i got lost inside it all
inside it all, inside it all

i fell between the bruises and the red curtain call
i prayed you'd light the fuses and we'd burn and torch it all
long day's journey into, long night's journey out
knee-deep, so deep within you, i kept and keep without

you said we all must learn to face what we're becoming
and then i saw you in the mirror off and running

but from start to finish..