| The Bears | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Royal Recording Studios, Lake Geneva WI | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Label | Primitive Man Recording Company, I.R.S. [1] | |||
| Producer | Adrian Belew [1] | |||
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The Bears is the debut studio album by the rock band the Bears, released in 1987. [2] [3] [4]
The cover art was created by Mort Drucker. [5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [7] |
AllMusic wrote that "the tunes are tight, smart pop gems, distinguished from so many other bands by the wild antics of Belew's guitar." [6] The Washington Post called the album "a little too precious and labored ever to attain the unforced grace of good old rock 'n' roll." [1]
Trouser Press wrote: "Challenging, muscular, tuneful, idiosyncratic and accessible, The Bears ... is a superlative record." [8] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music remarked that the album "invoked comparisons with Squeeze and XTC, and for good reason." [7]
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