| Rise and Shine | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | November and December 1987 | |||
| Studio | Royal Recorders, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | |||
| Label | Primitive Man Recording Company [1] | |||
| Producer | Adrian Belew | |||
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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.
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| AllMusic | |
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." [6] The Chicago Tribune argued that the band traded "bouncy good humor for serious concerns and simple upbeat melodies for a more angular, oblique approach." [7] The Richmond Times-Dispatch opined that "the necessity of arranging around curious progressions, meter and lyrics leaves the group little room to sound relaxed." [8]