Fear

by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Fear cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 August 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:27
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Ellen Turner, Gavin MacKillop, Van Vinikow, Peter Lenz

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Breaking the band into the mainstream, their third studio album balances mellow, acoustic-driven folk-rock with earnest alternative pop sensibilities. The massive radio success of singles like 'All I Want' cemented their place in the burgeoning 90s jangle-pop and roots-rock revival.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, acoustic, earnest, twee, male-vocals, guitars, rhythmic, bombastic

Tracklist

  1. Walk On the Ocean (2:58)
  2. Is It For Me (3:24)
  3. Butterflies (4:26)
  4. Nightingale Song (2:02)
  5. Hold Her Down (3:04)
  6. Pray Your Gods (5:01)
  7. Before You Were Born (3:44)
  8. Something to Say (4:01)
  9. In My Ear (3:08)
  10. All I Want (3:16)
  11. Stories I Tell (5:33)
  12. I Will Not Take These Things for Granted (5:46)

Credits

  • Toad the Wet Sprocket - primary artist, music by
  • Nancy Donald - artwork [art conductor]
  • Dean Dinning - band [toad the wet sprocket], bass, keyboards, vocals, bass keyboard, vocal
  • Randy Guss - band [toad the wet sprocket], drums, membranophone
  • Todd Nichols - band [toad the wet sprocket], guitar, vocals, music by, vocal
  • Glen Phillips - band [toad the wet sprocket], vocals, guitar, mandolin, lyrics by, music by, guitar mandolin, vocal
  • Peter Lenz - guest, cello
  • Van Vinikow - guest, violin

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