Fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album)

Infobox Album |
Name = fear
Type = Album
Artist = Toad the Wet Sprocket


Released = August 27, 1991
Recorded = Granny's House in Reno, Nevada, 1991
Genre = Rock
Length = 46:37
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Gavin MacKillop
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9dsylkjxpvb link]
Last album = "Pale"
(1990)
This album = "fear"
(1991)
Next album = "Five Live"
(1993)

"fear" is an album by Toad the Wet Sprocket released in 1991.the album was preceded by the single "Is It For Me", which failed to chart well. a second single, "Hold Her Down" was deemed too angry and many stations passed on it.

Its best known single,the third radio release "All I Want", which reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, helped launch their career. On November 6, 1992, "fear" was certified gold and on September 1, 1994, it was certified platinum. [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH RIAA search page through which album's Gold status can be verified.] ]

Track listing

All songs written by Toad the Wet Sprocket.
# "Walk on the Ocean" – 3:00
# "Is It For Me?" – 3:24
# "Butterflies" – 4:26
# "Nightingale Song" – 2:03
# "Hold Her Down" – 3:07
# "Pray Your Gods" – 5:03
# "Before You Were Born" – 3:44
# "Something to Say" – 4:02
# "In My Ear" – 3:10
# "All I Want" – 3:17
# "Stories I Tell" – 5:35
# "I Will Not Take These Things for Granted" – 5:46

The "Fear" sessions yielded over an albums worth of material that never made it to the CD, some of the outtakes included "Are We Afraid", "So Alive", "Good Intentions", "Francesca", "Cover Me", "Walking Awake", "Hobbit On The Rocks", and "All In All"

Several of these outtakes were used as b-sides to the singles from "Fear" and later appeared on the bands 1995 raraties compilation "In Light Syrup"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References