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{{Infobox album
| name       = Prayer for the Halcyon Fear
| type       = album
| artist     = [[Tiny Lights]]
| cover      = Tiny Lights - Prayer for the Halcyon Fear.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1985
| recorded   = Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, NJ
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk rock]]
| length     = 29:43 ([[Gramophone record|vinyl]] edition)<br>36:43 (CD & [[compact Cassette|cassette]] edition)
| label      = Uriel Music
| producer   = Donna Croughn, Jonathan Hamilton, Henry Hirsch
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Hazel's Wreath]]
| next_year  = 1988
}}
'''''Prayer for the Halcyon Fear''''' is the debut album of [[folk rock]] band [[Tiny Lights]], released in 1985 through Uriel Music.
== Release and reception ==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Nitsuh |last=Abebe |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20244|pure_url=yes}}|title=Prayer for the Halcyon Fear |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2012}}</ref>
}}
Nitsuh Abebe of [[allmusic]] said the album has "the continual loose brilliance that's typically only found on debut records." He awarded ''Prayer for the Halcyon Fear'' four out of five stars, calling it the band's best effort to date.<ref name="allmusic"/> Critics of the ''[[Trouser Press]]'' called it "a delightful debut" that has "a mildly psychedelic sense of play that sets the band apart."<ref name="trouserpress">Frampton, Scott, Schinder, Scott. [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=tiny_lights "TINY LIGHTS"]. trouserpress.com. Retrieved August 4, 2012.</ref>
In 1990, the album was re-issued by Absolute A Go Go Records on CD and [[compact Cassette|cassette]], containing "Flowers Through the Air" and "Zippity-Do-Dah" as bonus material. [[Bob Bert]] provided liner notes which detailed the band's history.<ref name="allmusic"/>
== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_lyrics      = Donna Croughn & John Hamilton, except "Sweet Solutions" by [[Jane Scarpantoni]]
| all_music       = Donna Croughn & John Hamilton
| title1          = Country Song
| length1         = 3:50
| title2          = Singing at Your Door
| length2         = 3:01
| title3          = Song of the Weak
| length3         = 3:12
| title4          = G. Does the Limbo
| length4         = 3:35
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1          = Sweet Solutions
| length1         = 3:51
| title2          = Painted Skies
| length2         = 4:20
| title3          = Chesterfield Gorge
| length3         = 5:30
| title4          = Blue Dot Cleanser
| length4         = 2:19
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = CD & Cassette Version
| title1          = Flowers Through the Air
| length1         = 3:57
| title2          = Zippity-Do-Dah
| length2         = 3:02
| title3          = Country Song
| length3         = 3:50
| title4          = Singing at Your Door
| length4         = 3:01
| title5          = Song of the Weak
| length5         = 3:12
| title6          = G. Does the Limbo
| length6         = 3:35
| title7          = Sweet Solutions
| length7         = 3:51
| title8          = Painted Skies
| length8         = 4:20
| title9          = Chesterfield Gorge
| length9         = 5:30
| title10          = Blue Dot Cleanser
| length10         = 2:19
}}
== Personnel ==
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;Tiny Lights
* Donna Croughn&nbsp;– vocals, violin, percussion, production
* Andy Demos&nbsp;– drums, [[soprano saxophone]]
* [[Dave Dreiwitz]]&nbsp;– bass guitar, double bass, trumpet
* John Hamilton&nbsp;– guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, piano, production
* [[Jane Scarpantoni]]&nbsp;– cello, vocals
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;Additional musicians and production
* Henry Hirsch&nbsp;– production, vocals and keyboards on "Song of the Weak" & "G. Does the Limbo"
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== External links ==
* {{Discogs master |master=188044 |name=Prayer for the Halcyon Fear |type=album}}
== References ==
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{{Tiny Lights}}
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[[Category:1985 debut albums]]
[[Category:Tiny Lights albums]]