The Best Worst-Case Scenario

• Artist: Fair
• Rating:
• Release Date: June 06, 2006
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Christian indie rockers Fair are the new project by singer/songwriter Aaron Sprinkle, whose previous band, Poor Old Lu, and ongoing solo career are much beloved by folks on the somewhat edgier side of the CCM marketplace. Fundamentally, The Best Worst-Case Scenario is of a piece with Sprinkle's earlier work; the Seattle native has a distinctive vocal style -- a winsome, boyish tenor with just a hint of twang -- that's his most appealing attribute, and also one that would be difficult to downplay. But The Best Worst-Case Scenario lacks the emo-tinged heaviness and distortion of much of Sprinkle's earlier work. This album is filled with moody guitar pop songs not at all dissimilar to fellow artists of the Pacific Northwest like the Shins and the Decemberists, but with a more slickly commercial edge, as if Sprinkle was approaching this album with an ear toward the alterna-rock radio mainstream. This would also explain the considerably more oblique lyrical style on this album; songs like "The Attic" and "The Dumbfound Game" couch Sprinkle's spiritual side in lyrics so allegorical that listeners who don't know of his beliefs may well not be any wiser after they've heard them. More doctrinaire fans of Poor Old Lu or Aaron Sprinkle's solo albums might be somewhat put off as a result of these shifts toward the musical and lyrical mainstream, but the resulting album is melodically satisfying enough to make lyrical disagreements somewhat beside the point. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Monday (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(3:16)
The Attic	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(4:03)
Carelessness (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(4:22)
The Dumbfound Game	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(3:43)
Pause (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(4:13)
Grab Your Coat (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Nick Barber	Fair	(2:16)
Bide My Crime (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(3:04)
Get You Out Alive (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(4:06)
Cut Down Sideways (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(3:47)
Confidently Dreaming (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(3:32)
Blurry Eyed (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(3:16)
Unglued (Lyrics)	Aaron Sprinkle, Erick Newbill	Fair	(5:14)

Credits

J.R. McNeely (Mixing), Aaron Sprinkle (Guitar), Aaron Sprinkle (Percussion), Aaron Sprinkle (Keyboards), Aaron Sprinkle (Programming), Aaron Sprinkle (Vocals), Aaron Sprinkle (Producer), Aaron Sprinkle (Engineer), Aaron Sprinkle (Mixing), Aaron Sprinkle (Group Member), Brandon Ebel (Executive Producer), Brian Sanchez (Vocals), Nick Barber (Bass), Nick Barber (Guitar), Nick Barber (Guitar (Rhythm)), Nick Barber (Vocals), Nick Barber (Group Member), Jesse Sprinkle (Vocals), Aaron Mlasko (Drum Technician), Troy Glessner (Mastering), Phil Peterson (Cello), Phil Peterson (String Arrangements), Randy Torres (Engineer), Randy Torres (Vocal Engineer), Matt Carter (Stomping), Sherri DuPree (Vocals), Stacy DuPree (Vocals), John Davis & the Georgia Sea Island Singers (Pedal Steel), John Davis & the Georgia Sea Island Singers (Vocals), Joey Sanchez (Drums), Joey Sanchez (Vocals), Joey Sanchez (Group Member), Brynn Sanchez (Vocals), Josh Jeter (A&R), Victoria Parker (Violin), Aaron Lipinski (Assistant Engineer), Aaron Lipinski (Mixing), Aaron Lipinski (Mixing Assistant), Greg Lutze (Photography), Erick Newbill (Guitar), Erick Newbill (Keyboards), Erick Newbill (Programming), Erick Newbill (Vocals), Erick Newbill (Group Member), Jeff Carver (A&R)

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