The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer

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The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 6, 2010 (2010-04-06)
RecordedAugust – September 2009
StudioInfrasonic Sound, Los Angeles
Genre Post-rock
Post-metal
Length43:02
Label Sargent House
Producer Red Sparowes, Toshi Kasai
Red Sparowes chronology
Aphorisms
(2008)
The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer
(2010)

The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer is the third studio album by post-rock band Red Sparowes, released April 6, 2010. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk (8.4/10) [2]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork Media (5.2/10) [4]
Is This Revolutionary?Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Truths Arise"1:49
2."In Illusions of Order"7:37
3."A Hail of Bombs"4:22
4."Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors"6:09
5."A Swarm"7:11
6."In Every Mind"3:06
7."A Mutiny"5:32
8."As Each End Looms and Subsides"7:16
Total length:43:02

Personnel

Red Sparowes
Additional

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