Fear of Fours
# Fear of Fours

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Melody Maker | |
| Mixmag | 4/5 |
| Muzik | |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 7/10 |

Fear of Fours is the second studio album by English electronic music duo Lamb. It was released on 17 May 1999 by Fontana Records and Mercury Records.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes, except where noted.

Sample credits

* "Bonfire" contains samples of C. P. E. Bach: Cello Concertos.
* "Ear Parcel" contains samples of "How High the Moon", performed by Charlie Parker.

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Lamb

* Andy Barlow – performance, brass arrangements (track 5)
* Lou Rhodes – performance

Additional musicians

* Nell Catchpole – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14), viola (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* David Clack – horn (track 5)
* Graham Clarke – violin (track 11)
* Kevin Davy – trumpet
* Tanera Dawkins – cello (tracks 5, 7, 14), string arrangements (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Alison Dods – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Alan Gibson – double bass (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Jimi Goodwin – guitar (track 3)
* Helen Kamminga – viola (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Alice Kinloch – trombone (track 5), sousaphone (track 5)
* Kathryn Locke – cello (tracks 5, 7, 14), string arrangements (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Ben Park – baritone saxophone (track 5), brass arrangements (track 5)
* John Rayson – viola (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Cathy Rimer – cello (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Crispin "Spry" Robinson – percussion (track 10)
* Niroshini Thambar – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Jon Thorne – double bass
* Matthew Ward – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Mikey Wilson – drums
* Anne Wood – violin (tracks 5, 7, 14)

Production

* Jim Abbiss – mixing (track 11)
* Andy Barlow – mixing (tracks 6, 13)
* Ian Carmichael – engineering, mixing (tracks 6, 10, 13)
* Alan Douglas – recording (tracks 5, 7, 14)
* Jared Hawkins – mixing (assistance)
* Lamb – production
* Al Stone – mixing

Design

* Rich Mulhearn – photography
* Jeremy Murch – photography
* Rick Myers – art direction, design

## Charts

| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 25 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 61 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 22 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 82 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 37 |
| UK Dance Albums (OCC) | 5 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 35 |
