IRS Records
RSD-42139
(1988)
Rock/Pop
CD, 16
Tracks, 49:27
Length
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01 |
Aches And Pains |
Rob Fetters |
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03:18 |
02 |
Save Me |
Adrian Belew; Rob Fetters |
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03:41 |
03 |
Robobo's Beef |
Bob Nyswonger |
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03:39 |
04 |
Not Worlds Apart |
Bob Nyswonger |
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03:33 |
05 |
Nobody's Fool |
Adrian Belew; Rob Fetters; Bob Nyswonger |
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02:56 |
06 |
Highway 2 |
Adrian Belew; Rob Fetters; Bob Nyswonger; Chris Arduser |
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00:52 |
07 |
Little Blue River |
Chris Arduser |
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03:05 |
08 |
Rabbit Manor |
Bob Nyswonger |
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02:47 |
09 |
Holy Mack |
Adrian Belew; Rob Fetters |
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03:18 |
10 |
Complicated Potatoes |
Adrian Belew |
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02:34 |
11 |
You Can Buy Friends |
Rob Fetters |
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02:41 |
12 |
The Best Laid Plans |
Adrian Belew |
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02:58 |
13 |
Old Fat Cadillac |
Adrian Belew |
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03:05 |
14 |
Girl With Clouds |
Adrian Belew; Rob Fetters; Bob Nyswonger; Chris Arduser |
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03:17 |
15 |
Man Behind The Curtain (Revisited) |
Adrian Belew; Rob Fetters; Bob Nyswonger; Chris Arduser |
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04:12 |
16 |
Figure It Out |
Adrian Belew; Rob Fetters; Bob Nyswonger; Chris Arduser |
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03:31 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Guitar |
Adrian Belew |
Drums |
Chris Arduser |
Bass |
Bob Nyswonger |
Guitar |
Rob Fetters |
Musician |
The Bears |
Producer |
Adrian Belew |
Engineer |
Rich Denhart |
Cover by |
Sotto Voce |
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Index |
#
191 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
New Wave, Power Pop |
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The guitar experimentation of Adrian Belew and Rob Fetters is top-notch on this record, but the material itself is not. Belew and his backing group of Cincinnati, Ohio-based musicians tend to sound like many other bands. On the first track, "Aches and Pains," the Bears literally break out all the bells and whistles, as those items are incorporated into what seems to be a second-rate Squeeze song. Belew and Fetters do manage to polish up some of the rough spots, however, on songs like "Robobo's Beef," which transforms a distorted electric guitar into what sounds like an electric violin helmed by Jean-Luc Ponty's evil twin brother. The album doesn't lack diversity, as heard on tracks ranging from lullabyes ("Little Blue River") to fusion worldbeat ("Rabbit Manor"), but it does lack fully developed writing. The record is a mixed palette with bits of music that could have made up a beautiful canvas if they were carefully thought out. -- Stephen Howell (allmusic.com)