The Splendour of Fear
by Felt
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1984
- Label: Cherry Red
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 30:41
- Community rating: 3.91/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Mick Lloyd, Maurice Deebank, Gary Ainge, Lawrence
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Expanding their pristine jangle-pop into highly atmospheric, extended instrumental passages, Felt delivered a deeply melancholic, poetic masterwork. Maurice Deebank's classical-inspired, reverb-drenched guitar lines completely dominate the record, evoking a calm, incredibly ethereal, and introspective neo-psychedelic landscape. 'The Splendour of Fear' is a sparse, hypnotic touchstone that significantly prefigured the dream pop movement.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, jangly, literate, twee, guitars, melodic
Tracklist
- Red Indians (1:56)
- The World is as Soft as Lace (4:15)
- The Optimist an the Poet (7:54)
- Mexican Bandits (3:51)
- The Stagnant Pool (8:25)
- A Preacher in New England (4:18)
Credits
- Felt - primary artist
- Mick Lloyd - bass
- Gary Ainge - drums
- Lawrence - guitar, guitar, music by, guitar, vocals, words by, music by, vocals, guitar [second solo], words by, music by
- Maurice Deebank - guitar, lead guitar, music by
- Pounda - mastered by
- John A. Rivers - producer