Face Your Fear is the second studio album by American singer Curtis Harding, released October 27, 2017, by Anti-.

Face Your Fear
Black-and-white photograph of a man looking into the camera with the words "Curtis Harding" and "Face Your Fear"
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2017
GenreSoul
Length41:15
LabelAnti-
ProducerSam Cohen, Danger Mouse, Curtis Harding, Nic Jodoin
Curtis Harding chronology
Soul Power
(2014)
Face Your Fear
(2017)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Clash8/10[3]
The Guardian     [4]
PopMatters          [5]

Mark Deming writes, "Curtis Harding can write and sing like a soul man with a mind of his own, and here he sounds even more open, expressive, and fearless than he did on his very fine debut. Face Your Fear ups the ante for Harding, bumping him from promising newcomer to major artist, and if you like good songs played and sung with true conviction, you won't want to sleep on this."[2] The song, "On and On" was used for the ending scene of the Disney+ MCU television series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.[6]

Track listing

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Adapted from AllMusic.[2]

All tracks are written by Sam Cohen and Curtis Harding, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Wednesday Morning Atonement" (Brian Burton, Cohen and Harding)4:28
2."Face Your Fear"3:54
3."On and On"4:01
4."Go as You Are"3:58
5."Till the End"3:11
6."Need Your Love"2:57
7."Dream Girl"3:22
8."Welcome to My World"3:36
9."Ghost of You"4:29
10."Need My Baby"3:17
11."As I Am" (Harding and Nic Jodoin)4:02

Personnel

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Adapted from AllMusic.[7]

  • Josh Aguiar – trumpet
  • John Anderson – celesta, guitar
  • Sasami Ashworth – string arrangements
  • Chris Camacho – bass
  • David Christian – drums
  • Sam Cohen – bass, composer, drums, guitar, keyboards, mixing, producer
  • Matthew Correia – photography
  • Danger Mouse – composer, producer
  • Tomas Dolas – organ
  • Jeremy Gill – saxophone
  • Curtis Harding – composer, guitar, primary artist, producer, vocals
  • Trevor Hernandez – design
  • Oliver Hill – viola, violin
  • Nic Jodoin – composer, producer
  • Ali Jones – cello
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Amber Mark – background vocals
  • Raymond Mason – French horn, trombone
  • Nick Murray – drums
  • Elizabeth Pupo-Walker – percussion
  • Gillian Rivers – violin
  • Hedi Slimane – cover photo
  • Derek Stein – cello
  • Matt Zuk – guitar

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 111
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 152
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 79
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 78

References

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  1. ^ "Face Your Fear". Metacritic. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Deming, Mark. "Face Your Fear". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Rosberry, Will (November 6, 2017). "Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear". Clash. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Empire, Kitty (October 29, 2017). "Curtis Harding: Face Your Fear review – thoughtful vintage soul". The Guardian. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  5. ^ Horowitz, Steve (December 5, 2017). "Curtis Harding: Face Your Fear". PopMatters. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Orquiola, John (April 27, 2021). "Why Falcon And Winter Soldier's Happy Ending Worked". ScreenRant.
  7. ^ "Face Your Fear - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  8. ^ "Curtis Harding Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Curtis Harding – Soul Power" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Curtis Harding – Soul Power" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  11. ^ "Lescharts.com – Curtis Harding – Soul Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Curtis Harding – Soul Power" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  13. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Curtis Harding – Soul Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
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