Fear Not the Obvious
| Fear Not the Obvious | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Americana, alternative country | |||
| Length | 46:50 | |||
| Label | Bloodshot[1] | |||
| Producer | Eric Ambel | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | File:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2] |
| Robert Christgau | (2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[3] |
Fear Not the Obvious is the first album by The Yayhoos, released in 2001.[4] "Bottle and a Bible" was included on the Ace Records compilation of songs played on Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour.[citation needed]
Production
The album was recorded and produced by band member Eric Ambel at drummer Terry Anderson's father's barn in rural North Carolina.[5] It was released about five years after it was recorded.[6]
Critical reception
No Depression wrote that the band sound "like every band that ever staggered through three sets a night for all the beer they could drink."[7] The Washington Post wrote that "the Yayhoos go for the most reliable basics of rock 'n' roll -- a whomping 4/4 beat, lyrics full of barroom jokes and pick-up lines, noisy guitars, three chords and a cloud of dust."[8] Exclaim! wrote: "It's actually a little unnerving how easily Baird and Ambel are able to update the classic Faces vibe when contemporaries like the Black Crowes seem to labour over it."[9] Greil Marcus described the sound as "a foursome with bad teeth in a fearless stumble into the Faces' A Nod Is as Good as a Wink ... to a Blind Horse."[10]
Track listing
- "What Are We Waiting For" (Eric Ambel, Terry Anderson) – 2:57
- "Get Right with Jesus" (Dan Baird) – 4:17
- "Monkey with a Gun" (Ambel) – 3:29
- "I Can Give You Everything" (Anderson, Anderson) – 3:08
- "Bottle and a Bible" (Anderson, Baird) – 3:33
- "For Cryin' Out Loud" (Keith Christopher) – 4:15
- "Oh! Chicago" (Baird) – 4:19
- "Wicked World" (Baird) – 5:08
- "Baby I Love You" (Ambel) – 4:00
- "Hunt You Down" (Anderson) – 3:20
- "Hankerin'" (Baird) – 3:48
- "Dancing Queen" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 4:23
References
- ↑ "Fear Not The Obvious". Bloodshot Records. December 20, 2013.
- ↑ "AllMusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Yayhoos". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ↑ "The Yayhoos | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ Wurster, Jon (September 26, 2001). "Fear Not The Yayhoos". INDY Week.
- ↑ "Declarations of Independents". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 7, 2001 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Yayhoos – Fear Not The Obvious". No Depression. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ↑ "THE YAYHOOS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ↑ "Yayhoos Fear Not The Obvious". exclaim.ca.
- ↑ "Real Life Rock Top 10". Salon. June 12, 2001.
