Rhyme & Reason (Missing Persons album)

Rhyme & Reason is the second album by the American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1984.[1] It was a commercial disappointment. A video was created for "Surrender Your Heart" featuring animations from Peter Max.[2] "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.

Rhyme & Reason
Studio album by
Missing Persons
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1984
GenreNew wave, rock
Length40:16
LabelCapitol
ProducerTerry Bozzio, Bruce Swedien
Missing Persons chronology
Spring Session M
(1982)		 Rhyme & Reason
(1984)		 Color in Your Life
(1986)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

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."[4] 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."[5]

Track listing
  1. "The Closer That You Get" (Dale Bozzio, Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo) – 4:54
  2. "Give" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn) – 4:54
  3. "Now Is the Time (For Love)" (T. Bozzio) – 3:40
  4. "Surrender Your Heart" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn) – 4:22
  5. "Clandestine People" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:00
  6. "Right Now" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 3:29
  7. "All Fall Down" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 3:23
  8. "Racing Against Time" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:24
  9. "Waiting for a Million Years" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 5:23
  10. "If Only for the Moment" (D. Bozzio, O'Hearn) – 3:47

CD Bonus Tracks

  1. "Fight for Life" [Instrumental/*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 5:21
  2. "Action Reaction" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 2:53
  3. "Windows" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 4:59
  4. "I Like Boys" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 2:53
  5. "Here and Now" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:14
  6. "Walking in L.A." [Live 1981] (T. Bozzio) – 4:05

* = previously unreleased

CD Bonus Tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition)[6]

  1. "Fight for Life" [Instrumental] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo)
  2. "Give (Dance Mix)" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn)
  3. "If Only For The Moment (Full Version) (D. Bozzio, O'Hearn)

Personnel

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

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1984 The Billboard 200 43

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1984 "Give" The Billboard Hot 100 67

References
  1. "Missing Persons Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. Ara, Yardena (September 7, 1984). "Missing Persons' Dale Bozzio is still top female punk pinup". Daily Breeze. p. E10.
  3. "Rhyme & Reason Review by Alex Ogg". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. "Missing Persons: 'Rhyme and Reason'". Arts. The Christian Science Monitor. 12 June 1984.
  5. Catlin, Roger (May 15, 1984). "Missing Persons continues...". Omaha World-Herald.
  6. "Missing Persons / Rhyme & Reason". Rubellan Remasters.
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