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Fear of the Unknown is the debut solo album by the English rock musician Martin Briley, released in 1981 by Mercury Records.
Fear of the Unknown | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 1981[1] | |||
Recorded | July–August 1981 | |||
Studio | Howard Schwartz Recording (New York City) | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Allan Blazek, Martin Briley | |||
Martin Briley chronology | ||||
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Singles from Fear of the Unknown | ||||
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Although most of the album features the same brand of pop that Briley would play throughout his solo career, the title track is a final salute to Briley's progressive rock background, featuring menacing distorted vocals and paranoiac violin riffs reminiscent of King Crimson. Fear of the Unknown is more self-contained than most of Briley's solo albums, being the only one on which he played all the guitars himself, and the only one which he co-produced.
The cover artwork was painted by Norman Walker. Briley, having studied graphic design, had a lot of input on the artwork and wanted the album to have a photo-realistic cover.[3]
Track listing
editAll songs written and arranged by Martin Briley.
Side one
- "Slipping Away" – 3:22
- "The Man I Feel" – 4:02
- "I Feel Like a Milkshake" – 3:53
- "First to Know" – 3:06
- "Heart of Life" – 5:00
Side two
- "A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing" – 3:12
- "I Don't Feel Better" – 3:12
- "More of the Same" – 2:56
- "One Step Behind" – 5:49
- "Fear of the Unknown" – 3:57
Personnel
editMusicians
- Martin Briley – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass guitar, percussion
- Eric Parker – drums
- Tommy Mandel – synthesizers
- Graham Preskett – piano, violin
- Robert Brissette – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Eric Troyer – backing vocals
Technical
- Allan Blazek – engineer
- Richard Brownstein – assistant engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Norman Walker – illustrations
- Waring Abbott – photography
- Bill Lewy – cover concept
- Bob Heimall – design
References
edit- ^ Novitsky, Ed; Ruppli, Michel (1993). The Mercury Labels: The 1969–1991 Era and Classical Recordings. Greenwood Press. p. 466. ISBN 9780313290343 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 41. 17 October 1981. p. 79 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Art". Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2006.