Fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album)

Fear
Studio album by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Released	August 27, 1991
Recorded	Granny's House in Reno, Nevada January 2–27, 1991
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	46:37
Label	Columbia
Producer	Gavin MacKillop
Toad the Wet Sprocket chronology
Pale (1990) Fear (1991) Five Live (1993)

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fear is an album by Toad the Wet Sprocket that Columbia Records released in 1991. The album was preceded by the single "Is It For Me", which failed to chart well.

Its best known single, the second commercial release "All I Want", which reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, helped launch their career. On November 6, 1992, fear was certified gold and on September 1, 1994, it was certified platinum.

Track listing

All songs written by Toad the Wet Sprocket.

1. "Walk on the Ocean" – 3:00
2. "Is It For Me?" – 3:24
3. "Butterflies" – 4:26
4. "Nightingale Song" – 2:03
5. "Hold Her Down" – 3:07
6. "Pray Your Gods" – 5:03
7. "Before You Were Born" – 3:44
8. "Something to Say" – 4:02
9. "In My Ear" – 3:10
10. "All I Want" – 3:17
11. "Stories I Tell" – 5:35
12. "I Will Not Take These Things for Granted" – 5:46

The sessions produced songs that were not released on fear. "Good Intentions" was released on the Friends television show soundtrack. Several of these outtakes were used as B-sides to the singles from fear and later appeared on the band's 1995 rarities compilation In Light Syrup. A number still remain unreleased.

Credits

• Glen Phillips: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin
• Todd Nichols: Guitars, Mandolin
• Dean Dinning: Bass, Keyboards
• Randy Guss: Drums, Percussion
• With-Laurel Franklin: Spoken Word, Additional Vocals

Production

• Produced By Gavin McKillop
• Engineered By Don Evans, Gavin McKillop & Bjorn Thorsrud
• Mixed By Gavin McKillop

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1992	Heatseekers	1
	The Billboard 200	49

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1992	"All I Want"	Adult Contemporary	14
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	22
		Modern Rock Tracks	22
		The Billboard Hot 100	15
		Top 40 Mainstream	4
1993	"Walk on the Ocean"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	27
		The Billboard Hot 100	18
		Top 40 Mainstream	10