Rhyme & Reason (Missing Persons album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rhyme & Reason
| type = studio
| artist = Missing Persons
| cover = Missing Persons - Rhyme & Reason.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 21, 1984
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = * New wave
| length = 40:16
| label = Capitol
| producer = * Terry Bozzio
| prev_title = Spring Session M
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Color in Your Life
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Rhyme & Reason
| type = studio
| single1 = Give
| single1date = March 1984 (US)
| single2 = Right Now
| single2date = May 1984 (US)
| single3 = Surrender Your Heart
| single3date = August 1984 (US)
}}
}}
Rhyme & Reason is the second studio album by American band Missing Persons, released in 1984.{{cite web |title=Missing Persons Biography by Jason Ankeny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/missing-persons-mn0000898275/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=10 June 2023}} It was a commercial disappointment. A video was created for "Surrender Your Heart" featuring animations from Peter Max.{{cite news |last1=Ara |first1=Yardena |title=Missing Persons' Dale Bozzio is still top female punk pinup |work=Daily Breeze |date=September 7, 1984 |page=E10}} "Give" and "Right Now" were also released as singles, and videos made for both received airplay on MTV. Missing Persons embarked on a successful tour, but the album quickly fell off the sales charts.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Rhyme & Reason Review by Alex Ogg |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rhyme-reason-mw0000623374 |website=AllMusic |access-date=10 June 2023}}
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The Christian Science Monitor wrote that "the most accurate description of the album's tone is that it's consistently bland... The pace, beat, and modulation of the music sounds the same; the only change is in the lyrics."{{cite news |title=Missing Persons: 'Rhyme and Reason' |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=12 June 1984 |department=Arts}} The Omaha World-Herald concluded that "Missing Persons continues to show why it is one of the worst of the trendy Los Angeles new wave bands."{{cite news |last1=Catlin |first1=Roger |title=Missing Persons continues... |work=Omaha World-Herald |date=May 15, 1984}}
Track listing
- "The Closer That You Get" (Dale Bozzio, Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo) – 4:54
- "Give" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn) – 4:54
- "Now Is the Time (For Love)" (T. Bozzio) – 3:40
- "Surrender Your Heart" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn) – 4:22
- "Clandestine People" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:00
- "Right Now" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 3:29
- "All Fall Down" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 3:23
- "Racing Against Time" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:24
- "Waiting for a Million Years" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 5:23
- "If Only for the Moment" (D. Bozzio, O'Hearn) – 3:47
CD bonus tracks
{{ordered list|start=11
|"Fight for Life" [Instrumental/*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 5:21
|"Action Reaction" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 2:53
|"Windows" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 4:59
|"I Like Boys" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 2:53
|"Here and Now" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:14
|"Walking in L.A." [Live 1981] (T. Bozzio) – 4:05}}
CD bonus tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition){{Cite web|url=https://www.rubellanremasters.com/missingpersons2|title=Missing Persons / Rhyme & Reason|website=Rubellan Remasters}}
{{ordered list|start=11
|"Fight for Life" [Instrumental] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo)
|"Give (Dance Mix)" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn)
|"If Only For The Moment (Full Version) (D. Bozzio, O'Hearn)
}}
Personnel
- Dale Bozzio – vocals
- Terry Bozzio – synthesizer, percussion, drums, vocals
- Warren Cuccurullo – guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Patrick O'Hearn – synthesizer, bass, electric bass
- Chuck Wild – synthesizer, keyboard
Production
- Producers: Terry Bozzio, Bruce Swedien
- Mastering: Kit Watkins
- Art direction: Larry Vigon
- Design: Larry Vigon
- Photography: Bob Leafe, Helmut Newton
- Liner notes: Ken Sharp
Charts
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| Chart (1984)
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|43|artist=Missing Persons|rowheader=true|access-date=31 December 2023}} |
References
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