Rise and Shine (The Bears album) explained

Rise and Shine
Type:Album
Artist:The Bears
Border:yes
Released:1988
Recorded:November and December 1987
Studio:Royal Recorders, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Label:Primitive Man Recording Company[1]
Producer:Adrian Belew
Prev Title:The Bears
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Car Caught Fire
Next Year:2001

Rise and Shine is a studio album by the American band the Bears, released in 1988.[2] [3] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4]

It was digitally recorded and mixed at Royal Recorders in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in November and December 1987. It was mastered at Sterling Sound, in New York City, by Ted Jensen.

Critical reception

The Sun-Sentinel wrote that "Rise and Shine has a much harder instrumental edge than The Bears ... Belew's guitar stands up and roars on the dance-groove running through 'Rabbit Manor,' and on 'Complicated Potatoes,' a lyrically silly song with unexpectedly vicious guitar riffs."[5] The Chicago Tribune argued that the band traded "bouncy good humor for serious concerns and simple upbeat melodies for a more angular, oblique approach."[6] The Richmond Times-Dispatch opined that "the necessity of arranging around curious progressions, meter and lyrics leaves the group little room to sound relaxed."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Aches and Pains"
  2. "Save Me"
  3. "Robobo's Beef"
  4. "Not Worlds Apart"
  5. "Nobody's Fool"
  6. "Highway 2"
  7. "Little Blue River"
  8. "Rabbit Manor"
  9. "Holy Mack"
  10. "Complicated Potatoes"
  11. "You Can Buy Friends"
  12. "The Best Laid Plans"
  13. "Old Fat Cadillac"
  14. "Girl With Clouds"

Personnel

The Bears

Notes and References

  1. Book: Legends of Rock Guitar. Pete. Prown. H. P.. Newquist. February 1, 1997. Hal Leonard. 9781476850931. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Adrian Belew . Trouser Press . 15 July 2020.
  3. Web site: IN SEARCH OF SYNTHESIS. Mark. Jenkins. May 1, 1988. www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. News: Gallo . Phil . Bears bring 2nd album's tour to Toad's tonight . New Haven Register . April 28, 1988.
  5. Web site: ALL FUN BUT NO VOCAL STRENGTH. MIKE. SAUNDERS. Sun-Sentinel.com.
  6. Web site: SPRING SHOWERS FANS WITH GEMS FROM SEVERAL FINE BANDS. Chris. Heim. chicagotribune.com.
  7. News: McCarty . Patrick . Bears Turn Serious, Subdued . Richmond Times-Dispatch . April 19, 1988 . 30.