{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Fervor EP | type = EP | artist = Jason & the Scorchers | cover = Jason-scorchers-fervor.jpg | alt = | released = 1983 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Country rock, alt.country, cowpunk | length = | label = EMI America | producer = Jim Dickinson, Terry Manning | prev_title = Restless Country Soul EP | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = White Lies | next_year = 1985 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r41690}}</ref> |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2score = A−<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=640&name=Jason+&+the+Scorchers|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Jason|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=586}}</ref> }}
'''''Fervor EP''''' is a 1983 EP by Jason & the Scorchers.<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Jason and the Nashville Scorchers |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/jason-and-the-nashville-scorchers/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/30/jason.scorchers/|title=CNN.com - Blazing trails with Jason and the Scorchers - January 31, 2002|website=www.cnn.com}}</ref> Originally released by Praxis, it was expanded and rereleased by EMI the following year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/03/01/from-minor-to-major/c15bf160-a32c-401c-a227-5f48e57035c6/|title=From Minor to Major|first=Joe|last=Sasfy|date=March 1, 1984|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>
==Production== Ringenberg convinced the band to record Bob Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie" after claiming that he was the author of the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/features/article/21138129/nashville-byline-the-scorcher-turned-farmer|title=Nashville Byline: The Scorcher Turned Farmer|website=Nashville Scene}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''The Guardian'' wrote that the EP was "cleaner and better" than the debut, calling the Dylan cover "a staggeringly exciting version."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/apr/12/cult-heroes-jason-and-the-scorchers-greatest-rock-band-1985|title=Cult heroes: Jason and the Scorchers – the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world. In July 1985|first=Michael|last=Hann|date=April 12, 2016|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Absolutely Sweet Marie" (Bob Dylan) – 3:09 # "Help There's a Fire" (Jason Ringenberg) – 2:26 # "I Can't Help Myself" (Tim Krekel) – 2:51 # "Hot Nights in Georgia" (Jeff Johnson, Ringenberg) – 2:28 # "Pray For Me, Mama (I'm A Gypsy Now)" (Johnson, Ringenberg) – 3:49 # "Harvest Moon" (Ringenberg) – 3:19 # "Both Sides of the Line" (Ringenberg, Michael Stipe) – 3:47
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1985) !scope="col"|Peak<br>position |- | US ''Billboard'' 200 |align="center"|157 |}
== Personnel == *Jason Ringenberg - guitar, harmonica, vocals *Perry Baggs – drums, vocals *Warner Hodges – electric guitar, steel guitar, vocals *Jeff Johnson – guitar, bass *Michael Stipe - harmony vocals on "Hot Nights in Georgia" ;Technical *Terry Manning – producer, engineer *Charlie Ainley - engineer *Richard Rosebrough – engineer *Jack Emerson - executive producer
==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{Jason & the Scorchers}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1983 EPs Category:Jason & the Scorchers EPs Category:Albums produced by Jim Dickinson