''Fear of the Dawn'' is the fourth studio album by the American

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musician

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, released on April 8, 2022, through

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. The album was written in

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and recorded throughout 2021 at Third Man Studio.

Promotion and release

In October 2021, White released " Taking Me Back", his first solo single since 2018. In November, White revealed that he would release two solo albums in 2022: ''Fear of the Dawn'', which will feature White's traditional rock sound, and ''

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'', a

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album, planned for release on July 22. White released a video for "Taking Me Back" on November 11. In December 2021, White announced the Supply Chain Issues Tour kicking off on April 8, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan. The tour covers North America and Europe. On February 11, 2022, White released the title track "Fear of the Dawn" as the

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of the lead single from ''Entering Heaven Alive'', "Love Is Selfish", and uploaded the music video for "Fear of the Dawn" on

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the same day. On March 3, 2022, White released the song " Hi-De-Ho" (which features rapper Q-Tip, formerly of hip hop group

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) as the second standalone single from ''Fear of the Dawn''. Finally on April 7, 2022, White released "What's the Trick?" as one last surprise single the day before the album was released. ''Fear of the Dawn'' was released on April 8, 2022.

Track listing

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, written by Cab Calloway,

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and Jack Palmer. * "Into the Twilight" contains a sample of

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from the track "Origin and Theory of the Tape Cut-Ups" originally released on the album ''Break Through in Grey Room'', produced by

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and Bill Rich. * "Into the Twilight" contains a sample of "Another Night in Tunisia" performed by

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, written by John Dizzy Gillespie,

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and

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. * "Into the Twilight" contains a sample of "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" performed by

, music written by

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and

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, lyrics by Alan Paul.

Personnel

Primary artist *

– vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–12), drums (tracks 1–4, 8, 12), guitar (tracks 1–3, 5–11), bass (tracks 1–3, 8, 12), synthesizers (tracks 1–4, 6), percussion (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11), theremin (tracks 2, 3), lead electric guitar (track 4), lead acoustic guitar (track 4), samples (track 6), piano (tracks 6, 12), electric guitar (track 12), vibraphone (track 12), acoustic guitar (track 12) Session musicians * Q-Tip – vocals (track 4), handclaps (track 4) *

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– electric guitar (track 4), acoustic rhythm guitar (track 4) * Daru Jones – drums (tracks 5, 9–11) * Dominic Davis – bass guitar (tracks 5, 10, 11) * Quincy McCrary –

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(tracks 5, 10),

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(track 6), synthesizer (track 9), harmony vocals (track 9) * Scarlett White – bass guitar (track 6) *

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– Juno synthesizer (track 7), synthesizer (track 11) * Bone Dust Mancini – 1975 Harley-Davidson Ironhead (track 8) * Jack Lawrence – bass guitar (track 9) *

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– rhythm guitar (track 11), guitar solo (track 11) Technical personnel * Jack White – production, engineering, mixing * Joshua V. Smith – engineering, mixing * Bill Skibbe – engineering, mixing, mastering * Dan Mancini – engineering assistant Packaging * Jennifer Dionisio – cover illustration * Sara Deck – page 1 illustration *

– page 5 illustration * Mikel Janín – page 3 illustration * Ben Jenkins – side 1 label illustration, side 2 label concept, raven * Bruce Yan – sun emblem, side 2 label illustration * Johnny Dombrowski – page 4 illustration, back cover illustration, back cover camouflage patterns, paneled illustration

Charts

References

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