Fear Not the Obvious

Fear Not the Obvious
Studio album by The Yayhoos
Released	September 26, 2001
Recorded	1996
Genre	Rock, Americana, alternative country
Length	46:50
Label	Bloodshot [1]
Producer	Eric Ambel
The Yayhoos chronology
Fear Not the Obvious (2001) Put The Hammer Down (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[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.