Lions and Tigers and Bears
Lions and Tigers and Bears | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992-1993 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Pat Collier; Stephen Lipson on "Monday Monday" | |||
The Adventures chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | link |
Lions and Tigers and Bears is the fourth album by rock band The Adventures, released in 1993.
The album contained the minor hit "
The Mamas and Papas hit) stalled outside the official UK top 75 at #83. The album title was adopted by the band at the suggestion of Pat and Eileen Gribben's daughter (according to journalist Malcolm Dome
, who wrote the sleeve notes for the reissued version of the album mentioned below).
Like the group's previous album, Allmusic also giving it 1.5 out of 5 stars. The album failed to chart and to date remains the group's last studio release.
The album was remastered and reissued in May 2011 by Cherry Red Records,[1] who had previously re-released the band's debut album Theodore and Friends in July 2009. This release includes four bonus tracks, which were all B-Sides to the two tracks released as singles.
Track listing
All songs written by Pat Gribben, except where noted[2]
- "Monday Monday" (John Phillips) 4.19
- "Marianne" (Pat Gribben, Serge Gainsbourg) 5.31
- "Raining All Over the World" 4.26
- "Come the Day" 4.08
- "I Don't Want to Play This Game" 4.03
- "The Only World I Know" 4.36
- "This Crazy Heart" 5.05
- "Impossible You" 2.21
- "I Really Don't Mind" 4.11
- "Here It Comes Again" 4.13
- "Too Late for Heaven" 3.50
- "Say I'm Sorry" 4.04
- "Perfect Day" 5.14
Bonus tracks on 2011 re-issue:
- "Straight to Heaven" 3.50 (the same track as "Too Late for Heaven" as on the main album)
- "In the Garden" 4.00
- "Lost Train" (Pat Gribben, Terry Sharpe) 4.20
- "Queen of Sorrow" 4.08
Notes
- ^ Cherry Red Records - Lemon Discography: Lions and Tigers and Bears - The Adventures Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ album sleeve notes