Fear Not the Obvious

Fear Not the Obvious
Studio album by
The Yayhoos
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2001
Recorded1996
GenreRock, Americana, alternative country
Length46:50
LabelBloodshot[1]
ProducerEric Ambel
The Yayhoos chronology
Fear Not the Obvious
(2001) 		Put The Hammer Down
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[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

  1. "What Are We Waiting For" (Eric Ambel, Terry Anderson) – 2:57
  2. "Get Right with Jesus" (Dan Baird) – 4:17
  3. "Monkey with a Gun" (Ambel) – 3:29
  4. "I Can Give You Everything" (Anderson, Anderson) – 3:08
  5. "Bottle and a Bible" (Anderson, Baird) – 3:33
  6. "For Cryin' Out Loud" (Keith Christopher) – 4:15
  7. "Oh! Chicago" (Baird) – 4:19
  8. "Wicked World" (Baird) – 5:08
  9. "Baby I Love You" (Ambel) – 4:00
  10. "Hunt You Down" (Anderson) – 3:20
  11. "Hankerin'" (Baird) – 3:48
  12. "Dancing Queen" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 4:23

References

  1. ^ "Fear Not The Obvious". Bloodshot Records. December 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "AllMusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Yayhoos". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "The Yayhoos | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Wurster, Jon (September 26, 2001). "Fear Not The Yayhoos". INDY Week.
  6. ^ "Declarations of Independents". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 7, 2001 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Yayhoos – Fear Not The Obvious". No Depression. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. ^ "THE YAYHOOS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  9. ^ "Yayhoos Fear Not The Obvious". exclaim.ca.
  10. ^ "Real Life Rock Top 10". Salon. June 12, 2001.



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