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cotton wool

gold

lamb

god bless

gorecki

b line

fear of fours

all in your hands

softly

gabriel

what sound

sweet

gabriel (remix)

between darkness and wonder

wonder


misc.

fly (98 version)

songs from peepshow


HIP OPTIMIST

anafey

remixes...

SUGIZO:
archetype of kannon


featuring Lou on vocals...

808 STATE:
azura

A GUY CALLED GERALD:
humanity

PALE 3: escape (afraid of no one)


"fear of fours"

all songs written by a.barlow / l.rhodes.
published by warner chappell music ltd. (US admin. by ub music corp. (ascap))
except "softly" & "lullaby" written by a.barlow / l.rhodes / j.thorne. published by published by warner chappell music ltd. (US admin. by ub music corp. (ascap)) / copyright control

further credits

U.K. RELEASE (17 May 1999)


double LP
558 821-1 (baalp2)
fontana / mercury

1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54

9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56
fear of fours LP

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inner sleeve 1
inner sleeve 2
inner sleeve 3
inner sleeve 4
back cover scan

cassette
558 821-4
fontana / mercury

1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56

no scan available (yet!)

CD
558 821-2 (baacd2)
fontana / mercury

lullaby (version)* 2:18
1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56

* bonus track hidden before track 1...

fear of fours CD

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booklet pic 1
booklet pic 2
booklet pic 3
booklet pic 4
booklet pic 5
booklet pic 6
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tray scan
back cover scan

promo CD
lfo p1
fontana / mercury

lullaby (version)* 2:18
1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56

* bonus track hidden before track 1...

fear of fours promo CD

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promo CDR
fontana / mercury

1  little things 3:18
2  b line 2:45
3  all in your hands 4:38
4  bonfire 4:22
5  softly 3:53
6  alien 4:08
7  lullaby 2:56

this has been mastered from the original CD.
the ending of track 2 is cut-off and you can hear the split-second beginnings of "Ear Parcel" and "Five" after tracks 4 & 6...

fear of fours promo CDR

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U.S. RELEASE (29 July 1999)


cassette
558 821-4
fontana / mercury /
island def jam music group / universal


1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56

no scan available (yet!)

CD
558 821-2 (baacd2)
fontana / mercury /
island def jam music group / universal


lullaby (version)* 2:18
1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56

* bonus track hidden before track 1...

fear of fours US CD


double CD
314 546 417-2
fontana / mercury /
island def jam music group / universal


lullaby (version)* 2:18
1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56

bonus remix CD

1  b line (andy votel mix) 5:33
2  gorecki (global communication
mix)
9:44
3  cottonwool (fila brazilia mix) 8:24
4  trans fatty acid (kruder & dorfmeister session mix) 8:59
5  gold (hipoptimist alchemy mix) 6:30

* bonus track hidden before track 1...

fear of fours US CD

promo CD
MEAD 1021-2
fontana / mercury /
island def jam music group / universal


1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56
fear of fours US promo CD

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"video reel"
mevd 1031-3
fontana / mercury /
island def jam music group / universal


1  b line (from fear of fours)
2  cotton wool (from lamb)
3  gorecki (from lamb)
4  god bless (from lamb)
5  TRICKY with DJ MUGGS & GREASE: juxtapose (audio only)

promo only video - the tracks have store
captions all the way through, alas....
also, the tracks are listed in the
wrong order on the sleeve

video reel

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AUSTRALIAN RELEASE


CD
546 228-2 (baacd2)
fontana / mercury / universal music australia

1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
4  all in your hands 4:38
5  less than two 1:18
6  bonfire 4:23
7  ear parcel 7:54
8  softly 3:55
9  here 3:22
10  fly 5:14
11  alien 4:08
12  five 5:46
13  lullaby 2:56
14  gorecki global communication
mix
9:48
15  b line herbaliser mix 4:31
16  b line lamb lounge mix 4:50
fear of fours Australian CD

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JAPANESE RELEASE


CD
PHCW-122
fontana / mercury / polygram k.k.

1  soft mistake 3:15
2  little things 3:18
3  b line 2:51
5  all in your hands 4:38
6  less than two 1:18
7  bonfire 4:23
8  ear parcel 7:54
9  softly 3:55
10  here 3:22
11  fly 5:14
12  alien 4:08
13  five 5:46
14  lullaby 2:56
15  b line [lamb lounge mix] 4:50
16  gorecki [global communications
remix]
9:48

this release also comes with a
lyric translation sheet...

fear of fours Japanese CD

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further credits

recorded at the toyshop, manchester except "lullaby" &
strings & brass on "all in your hands" & "bonfire" recorded at townhouse, london.
engineer (toyshop) ian carmichael.
brass & strings on "all in your hands", "bonfire" & "lullaby" recorded by alan douglas,
string arrangements by katheryn locke & tanera dawkins (the chainsaw sisters)
brass arrangements on "all in your hands" by ben park and andy barlow
all musicians on "all in your hands", "bonfire" & "lullaby" fixed by katheryn locke

mixed by al stone for sso at nomis studios, london, assisted by jared hawkins except
"here" mixed by ian carmichael at the toyshop.
"less than two" & "five" mixed by andy barlow / ian carmichael at the toyshop.
"fly" mixed at the strongroom by jim abyss.
musicians
jon thorne - double bass
kevin davy - trumpet
mikey wilson - drums
crispin 'spry' robinson - percussion on "here"
jimi goodwin - guitar on "b line"
graham clarke - violin on "fly"

the chainsaw strings on "all in your hands", "bonfire" & "lullaby" are:
violins - niroshini thambar, neil catchpole, ann wood, alison dods, matthew ward
violas - john rayson, helen kamminga, neil catchpole
cellos - katheryn locke, tanera dawkins, cathy rimer
double basses - jon thorne and alan gibson

brass section on "all in your hands" are:
baritone saxophone - ben park
horn - david clack
trombone & sausaphone - alice kinloch

mikey wilson appears courtesy of polydor records and uses arbiter drums and zildjian cymbals. jon thorne uses trace elliot amplification.

samples
"bonfire" contains a sample of cpe bach cello concerto coutesy of naxos
"ear parcel" contains a sample from charlie parker's "how high the moon"
courtesy of charly licensing aps.

all art direction & design by rick myers
photography by rick mulhearn
centre page shots by jermey murch
cheers dan unit 1 & ruse

management: Rage

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