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“Ready to Fall” by Rise Against
From the album The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
“Ready to Fall” by Rise Against appears on 18 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2006 and 2010. It was first released in 2006 on the album The Sufferer & The Witness. Its best result is #9 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 alternative song of 2006, #3,732 alternative song of all time and #347 of the '00s.
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"Ready to Fall" led the charge for Rise Against's fourth album, The Sufferer & the Witness, in 2006, and it's the sound of a band that had tasted a breakthrough with Siren Song of the Counter Culture two years earlier and decided the answer was to get more punk, not less. Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore produced and recorded it, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it for Geffen.
It's melodic hardcore at a midtempo stomp: Tim McIlrath keeps the verses on a tight leash, then lets the chorus blow wide open with a throat-shredding scream. Joe Principe's bass rumbles underneath without a break, Chris Chasse and McIlrath handle the guitars, and Brandon Barnes keeps the whole thing driving.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 171 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2009 | 477 | Live 105 | Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) | 500 |
| 2009 | 81 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 80 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
Also listed as: Ready to Fal; Ready to FAll; Ready To Fall.
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