Fear of the Unknown explained

Fear of the Unknown
Type:studio
Artist:Martin Briley
Cover:mbfotu.jpg
Released:August 1981[1]
Recorded:July–August 1981
Studio:Howard Schwartz Recording (New York City)
Genre:Pop rock
Label:Mercury
Producer:Allan Blazek, Martin Briley
Next Title:One Night with a Stranger
Next Year:1983

Fear of the Unknown is the debut solo album by the English rock musician Martin Briley, released in 1981 by Mercury Records.

Although most of the album features the same brand of pop that Briley would play throughout his solo career, the title track is a final salute to Briley's progressive rock background, featuring menacing distorted vocals and paranoiac violin riffs reminiscent of King Crimson. Fear of the Unknown is more self-contained than most of Briley's solo albums, being the only one on which he played all the guitars himself, and the only one which he co-produced.

The cover artwork was painted by Norman Walker. Briley, having studied graphic design, had a lot of input on the artwork and wanted the album to have a photo-realistic cover.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Martin Briley.

Side one

  1. "Slipping Away" – 3:22
  2. "The Man I Feel" – 4:02
  3. "I Feel Like a Milkshake" – 3:53
  4. "First to Know" – 3:06
  5. "Heart of Life" – 5:00

Side two

  1. "A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing" – 3:12
  2. "I Don't Feel Better" – 3:12
  3. "More of the Same" – 2:56
  4. "One Step Behind" – 5:49
  5. "Fear of the Unknown" – 3:57

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Novitsky . Ed . Ruppli . Michel . 1993 . The Mercury Labels: The 1969–1991 Era and Classical Recordings . . 466 . 9780313290343 . Google Books.
  2. Web site: The Art . 31 December 2006 . 30 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061230215749/http://martinbriley.com/the_art.htm . dead .