Fear and Bullets

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Fear and Bullets
Fear and Bullets cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Released1994, re-released in 1998
Genre Alternative rock, Punk rock, Industrial rock, Gothic rock
Label Nothing
Producer John Bergin, James O'Barr
The Crow soundtrack chronology
Fear and Bullets
(1994)
The Crow
(1994)
John Bergin chronology
Trinity
(1992)
Fear and Bullets
(1994)
He Swallows the Ground
(1994)

Fear and Bullets is a soundtrack album by Trust Obey created through a collaboration between James O'Barr and longtime friend John Bergin as a soundtrack to O'Barr's graphic novel The Crow . It was originally released in 1994 along with a limited edition hardcover copy of the graphic novel. The release also coincided with the publicity received from the film. In 1998, Fear and Bullets was re-released with a new cover, almost all the songs completely re-recorded or remixed, and the addition of two new tracks (but other two were removed). The release included previously unreleased drawings by O'Barr. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listings

1994 version

  1. Fear And Bullets - 6:36
  2. C17H19NO3 - 1:54
  3. The Tides Of Sin - 9:21
  4. Don't Look - 3:14
  5. Lead Poisoning - 5:57
  6. Seven Blackbirds - 10:40
  7. True Love Always - 4:19
  8. Sleeping Angel - 6:44
  9. The Blessing Of The Pig - 11:44
  10. The Crow - 7:54
  11. Forever, Now - 3:42

1998 version

  1. Lead Poisoning - 5:55
  2. Seven Blackbirds - 11:02
  3. A Murder Of Crows - 1:36
  4. The Tides Of Sin - 9:19
  5. C17H19N03 - 1:53
  6. Fear And Bullets - 5:54
  7. Sleeping Angel (The Dreaming) - 6:56
  8. True Love Always - 4:18
  9. The Blessing Of The Pig - 11:41
  10. The Crow - 9:07
  11. Now, Forever - 4:21

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1994Graphitti Designs CD
1999Deezal/Invisible INV 4003
1999Enjoy the Ride LP ETR07

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