{"product_id":"city-of-fear","title":"City of Fear","description":"Personnel: Ben Mink (vocals, mandolin, electric mandolin, violin); Cameron Hawkins (vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar); Pamela Silverstein (spoken vocals); Martin Deller (drums, percussion, electronic percussion).\u003cbr\u003eLiner Note Author: Malcolm Dome.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: House Of Music, West Orange, NJ; Phase One, Toronto; Soundstage, Toronto, Ontario.\u003cbr\u003eThe last album FM released before going into hiatus, City of Fear showed the band moving more toward a pop sound while still retaining a firm grip on their progressive rock tendencies; though you could certainly point toward either Rush or Yes as comparison points for the sound of this album, it would probably be more accurate to look at the forward-thinking Peter Gabriel albums from around the same period. The production is very crisp, songs are fairly tightly written, and there's a fairly dark and menacing edge to the sound here -- keyboards and other electric\/electronic instruments add a fairly dissonant edge to the otherwise traditional songwriting, which adds a very fitting claustrophobic feel for an album so titled. ~ Sean Carruthers","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45447780696351,"sku":"5013929438347","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/684c7437930eafc93a6352a436ae5abe.jpg?v=1778943254","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/city-of-fear","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}