Adventure Time (album)

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Adventure Time
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Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedFifth Floor Recorders in Cincinnati, OH
Genre Rock/pop
Length34:56
Label Portrait Records
Producer Adrian Belew
The Elvis Brothers chronology
Movin' Up
(1983)
Adventure Time
(1985)
Now Dig This
(1992)
Singles from Adventure Time
  1. "Somebody Call The Police"
    Released: 1985
  2. "Don't Take My Guns Away"
    Released: 1985

Adventure Time is the second album by the rock/pop trio The Elvis Brothers. [1] The album was released in 1985 on Portrait Records. The basic tracks and first mixes were recorded at Fifth Floor Recorders in Cincinnati, OH, with producer Adrian Belew. The redubbing and remixing were done by George Tutko and John Boylan at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles.

Contents

The album was reissued in 1995 by Sony/Recession Records with their debut album Movin' Up , with both albums on a single CD. [2]

Reception

Tracks

  1. Burnin' Desire
  2. Somebody Call The Police
  3. Don't Take My Guns Away
  4. Holy Moly
  5. Crosswinds
  6. Count To Three
  7. I Wonder Why
  8. Akiko Shinoda
  9. Chin Up
  10. Big Ideas

Personnel

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