Fool's Garden (album)

Fool's Garden
Studio album by Fool's Garden
Released	1991
Recorded	June 1990 – August 1991
Genre	Alternative rock, pop rock, indie pop
Length	50:21
Producer	Claudia & Gunter Koch
Fool's Garden chronology
Fool's Garden (1991) Once in a Blue Moon (1993)
Singles from Fool's Garden
"Tell Me Who I Am / Careless Games" Released: 1991

Fool's Garden is the first studio album by the rock band Fool's Garden. It was released in 1991. ^[1] The album is one of two records where singer Peter Freudenthaler and guitarist Volker Hinkel share lead vocals equally. The album is dedicated to John Winston Lennon.

Track listing

Music & lyrics by Volker Hinkel, otherwise stated.

Fool's Garden track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Awakenings"	4:34
2.	"Man in a Cage" (by Hinkel, Claus-Dieter Wissler)	3:42
3.	"Scared"	1:24
4.	"Careless Games"	3:58
5.	"Sandy" (by Peter Freudenthaler)	5:49
6.	"One Way Out" (music by Hinkel; lyrics by Hinkel & Wissler)	6:34
7.	"Cry Baby Cry" (by Lennon, McCartney)	2:29
8.	"Spirit of the Disappeared" (by Hinkel, Wissler)	4:22
9.	"Lena" (music by Hinkel; lyrics by Freudenthaler)	4:50
10.	"No Flowers by Request"	2:24
11.	"Tell Me Who I Am" (by Freudenthaler)	3:09
12.	"The Part of the Fool"	4:23
13.	"You're Not Forgotten"	2:43
Total length:		54:21

Singles

1. "Tell Me Who I Am / Careless Games" (double A-sided single released in 1991)

Musicians

• Volker Hinkel: guitars, keyboards, vocals, harmonica, additional drums, bass on tracks 2, 4 & 11, accordion on track 4, strings arrangement on track 7.
• Peter Freudenthaler: vocals and keyboards on tracks 5, 9 & 11, backing vocals on tracks 2 & 4.
• Bernhard Gail: solo guitar on tracks 9 & 12; backing vocals on track 4.
• Thomas Feucht: bass on track 1, 10 & 12.
• Ralf Gehring: acc. guitar on track 10.
• Andy Gail: mandolin on track 4.
• Nicole Freudenthaler: backing vocals on track 13.
• Roland Acht: drums.

References

1. "Lemon Tree: BMG kauft Rechte an Fools Garden-Aufnahmen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2025-06-15.