Proud to Fall
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"Proud to Fall" is the first single released by Ian McCulloch
Ian McCulloch (singer)
Ian Stephen McCulloch is an English singer, born in Liverpool, and is best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen.-Career:...

 from his debut solo album Candleland
Candleland
Candleland is the first solo album by Ian McCulloch, released 17 September 1989. This album marked McCulloch's departure from Echo & the Bunnymen in 1989. The album features a guest appearance by the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on the title song, "Candleland"...

in 1989. The song reached number one on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and number fifty-four on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
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Track listing

All tracks written by Ian McCulloch
Ian McCulloch (singer)
Ian Stephen McCulloch is an English singer, born in Liverpool, and is best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen.-Career:...

.

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"

Personnel

  • Ian McCulloch
    Ian McCulloch (singer)
    Ian Stephen McCulloch is an English singer, born in Liverpool, and is best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen.-Career:...

     – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

     ("Everything Is Real", "The Circle Game")
  • Ray Shulman
    Ray Shulman
    Raymond Shulman is a British musician, and the youngest of three brothers in progressive rock band, Gentle Giant.Born in Portsmouth, Shulman's father was a trumpet player in a jazz band, and that was the first instrument he learned to play...

     – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , producer ("Proud to Fall", "Pots of Gold", "The Dead End")
  • Boris Williams
    Boris Williams
    Boris Peter Bransby-Williams is an English drummer best known for his extensive work with The Cure . He had previously worked with various artists, including Thompson Twins, Kim Wilde, Strawberry Switchblade and Tomato City...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Gil Norton
    Gil Norton
    Gil Norton is a British record producer known for his work with such bands as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, The Distillers, Maxïmo Park, Counting Crows, Terrorvision, The Triffids, Del Amitri, James, The Feelers, The Beekeepers,...

     – remix
    Remix
    A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

    ("Proud To Fall (Long Night's Journey Mix)")
  • Henry Priestman – producer ("The Circle Game")
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