City of Fear (album)
City of Fear is the fourth album by FM, a progressive rock group from Toronto, Canada, released in 1980 on Passport Records and distributed in Canada by Capitol Records, catalogue number PB-2028, and in the USA on Passport distributed by Jem Records, catalogue number PB-6004. It was produced by Larry Fast who was notable for his Synergy series of electronic music albums. A remastered edition was released by Esoteric Records on March 25, 2013.Track listing
All compositions by FM, all lyrics by Hawkins.
;Side one
- "Krakow" – 4:37
- "Power" – 3:28
- "Truth or Consequences" – 4:13
- "Lost and Found" – 4:25
- "City of Fear" – 5:07
;Side two
- "Surface to Air" – 5:18
- "Up to You" – 4:21
- "Silence" – 3:22
- "Riding the Thunder" – 4:06
- "Nobody at All" – 4:09
Personnel
- Martin Deller – Gretsch drums, Zildjian and Paiste cymbals, glockenspiel, Moog percussion controller with Minimoog, PAiA programmable drum synthesizer, tympani
- Ben Mink – 5 string "bent" mandolin, 5 string "Violite", 5 string viola, 1912 "The Gibson" mandolin, Fender amplifiers, vocals
- Cameron Hawkins – lead vocals, Mutron and Electro-Harmonix FX pedals, 9.95, Prophet 5, Minimoog, Taurus pedals, ELKA, Yamaha grand, Rickenbacker bass, Polyfusion sequencer, Larry's Moog 15, Mellotron
Additional personnel
- Pamela Silverstein – spoken word
Technical credits
- Produced by Larry Fast
- Engineered by Jim Frank and Charles Conrad, assisted by Scott Rea and Cliff Hodsdon
- Production assistance by Ian Murray
- Recorded at Soundstage, Toronto, Canada, and House of Music, West Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Additional material recorded at Phase One, Toronto by Mark Wright
- Mastered by Bub Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York City, USA
- Synthy maintenance by Rob Onedera
- Pre-production with Ed Stone, Ian Dunbar, Jim Frank, Ian Murray, Mark Wright
- Art direction and design: Murray Brenman
- Photography – cover: Eric Staller
- Photography – insider cover: Paul Till
- Photography – stand-ups: Bob Rock
