''Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)'' is the eighteenth studio album by the British
neo-prog
Neo-progressive rock (commonly abbreviated neo-prog) is a subgenre of progressive rock that developed in the UK in the early 1980s. The genre's most popular band, Marillion, achieved mainstream success in the decade. Several bands from the ge ...
band
Marillion
Marillion are a British neo-prog band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979. They emerged from the post-punk music scene in Britain and existed as a bridge between the styles of punk rock and classic progressive rock, becoming the mo ...
, released in 2016.
Production
As with many of their recent recordings, Marillion, who are widely considered
crowdfunding
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pioneers, turned to their fans to finance the new album. This time the group decided to join the online
direct-to-fan music platform
PledgeMusic
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in order to expand their management and customer service possibilities. The pre-order campaign was launched on 1 September 2015 and by 6 October fans from 67 countries pledged to buy the album. The money received enabled Marillion to tour across South America in May 2016 and North America in October 2016. The album was recorded between 2014 and 2016 at the group's own Racket Club Studios in
Buckinghamshire
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, as well as at
Peter Gabriel
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's
Real World Studios
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in
Wiltshire
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, where Marillion spent a week in the end of the winter in 2016. On 7 April 2016, the band revealed the cover art and announced the album title as ''Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)''.
Singer Steve Hogarth commented on the title, saying,
Release
On 7 July, customers of the PledgeMusic campaign received access to download the song suite ''The New Kings'', and an edited version of the song was made available to the public on Marillion's
YouTube
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channel.
The campaign offered various options of pre-ordering the album—called only by the code name ''M18'' at that time—including CD, download only, and a limited Ultimate Edition box, containing, among others, a Blu-ray Disc containing a making-of-the-album film. Originally the album was slated to be released on 1 May 2016, but was later postponed to 9 September, and again to 23 September. ''Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)'' was released as a standard
CD, a multi-channel
Super Audio CD
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The SACD format allows multiple a ...
, and also as a 33⅓ rpm double-
vinyl
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LP with a slightly different track order. A special limited golden vinyl version of the album was released for
Record Store Day
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2017 on 22 April.
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The album peaked at #4 in the UK, marking the band's highest chart position since ''
Clutching at Straws
''Clutching at Straws'' is the fourth studio album by the British neo-prog band Marillion, released on June 22, 1987. It was the last album with lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988, and is a concept album.
Although ''Clutching at Straw ...
'' in 1987.
Track listing
2xLP edition
; Side one
# "El Dorado"
; Side two
# "Living in F E A R"
# "White Paper"
; Side three
#"The Leavers"
; Side four
# "The New Kings"
# "Tomorrow's New Country"
Personnel
Marillion
*
Steve Hogarth
Steve Hogarth (born Ronald Stephen Hoggarth, 14 May 1956), also known as "h", is an English musician. Since 1989, he has been the lead singer of the rock band Marillion, for which he also performs additional keyboards and guitar. Hogarth was f ...
– lead vocals,
hammered dulcimer
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(on "The New Kings"),
bass xylophone (on "The Leavers")
*
Steve Rothery
Steven Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is an English musician who is the original guitarist and the longest continuous member of the progressive rock band Marillion. Outside Marillion, Rothery has recorded two albums as part of the duo The Wis ...
– guitar, additional fretless bass on "White Paper"
*
Pete Trewavas
Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the progressive rock band Marillion. He joined in 1982, replacing Diz Minnitt, while acting as a backing vocalist and occasional guitarist.
Biography
...
– bass, additional vocals
*
Mark Kelly
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– keyboards
*
Ian Mosley
Ian F. Mosley (born 16 June 1953) is an English drummer. He is best known for his long-time membership of the neo-prog band Marillion, which he joined for their second album, ''Fugazi'', released in 1984. He had previously been an in-demand ses ...
– drums
Additional musicians
* Sofi Hogarth – additional vocals on "El Dorado", "The Leavers", and "The New Kings"
* Jennie Rothery – additional vocals on "The Leavers"
* Eleanor Gilchrist –
violin
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* Geraldine Berreen – violin
* Teresa Whipple –
viola
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* Abigail Trundle –
cello
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Technical personnel
* Michael Hunter – producer, mixing engineer
* Simon Ward – artwork, design
Charts
References
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Marillion albums
2016 albums