''Fear of Fours'' is the second

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by English

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duo Lamb. It was released on 17 May 1999 by

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and

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Track listing

Sample credits * "Bonfire" contains samples of ''C. P. E. Bach: Cello Concertos''. * "Ear Parcel" contains samples of " How High the Moon", performed by

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Lamb * Andy Barlow – performance, brass

arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

s (track 5) *

Lou Rhodes Lou Rhodes is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, now living in Wiltshire. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the band Lamb, Rhodes has released four solo albums: ''Beloved One'', '' Bloom'' and '' One Good Thing'' and ...

– performance Additional musicians * Nell Catchpole – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14), viola (tracks 5, 7, 14) * David Clack – horn (track 5) * Graham Clarke – violin (track 11) *

Kevin Davy Kevin G. Davy (born 29 October 1961, Nottingham, UK) is a British jazz trumpeter/flugelhorn player, composer, arranger and bandleader. He has recorded with and toured with Finley Quaye, Lamb, Adam F and Lemn Sissay's Secret Society. He has led t ...

– trumpet * Tanera Dawkins – cello (tracks 5, 7, 14), string arrangements (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Alison Dods – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Alan Gibson – double bass (tracks 5, 7, 14) *

Jimi Goodwin Jimi Goodwin (born Jamie Francis Alexander Goodwin 28 May 1970 in Manchester) is the bassist, vocalist and guitarist for Doves. Before their incarnation as Doves, the three members were in a house music group, Sub Sub. Goodwin is best known as ...

– guitar (track 3) * Helen Kamminga – viola (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Alice Kinloch – trombone (track 5),

sousaphone The sousaphone ( ) is a brass instrument in the tuba family. Created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa (after whom the instrument was then named), it was designed to be easier to play than ...

(track 5) * Kathryn Locke – cello (tracks 5, 7, 14), string arrangements (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Ben Park –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

(track 5), brass arrangements (track 5) * John Rayson – viola (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Cathy Rimer – cello (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Crispin "Spry" Robinson – percussion (track 10) * Niroshini Thambar – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Jon Thorne – double bass * Matthew Ward – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Mikey Wilson – drums * Anne Wood – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14) Production * Jim Abbiss – mixing (track 11) * Andy Barlow – mixing (tracks 6, 13) *

Ian Carmichael Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010) was an English actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. He found prominence in the films of the Boulting brothers, including ' ...

–

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, mixing (tracks 6, 10, 13) * Alan Douglas – recording (tracks 5, 7, 14) * Jared Hawkins – mixing (assistance) * Lamb –

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* Al Stone – mixing Design * Rich Mulhearn – photography * Jeremy Murch – photography * Rick Myers –

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, design

Charts

References

External links

* 1999 albums Lamb (band) albums Fontana Records albums Mercury Records albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub