''Adventure Time'' is the second album by the
rock
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pop trio
The Elvis Brothers
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The album was released in 1985 on
Portrait Records
Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Notable artists Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered.
History ...
. The basic tracks and first mixes were recorded at Fifth Floor Recorders in Cincinnati, OH, with producer
Adrian Belew
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. The redubbing and remixing were done by George Tutko and
John Boylan at
Cherokee Studios
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in Los Angeles.
The album was reissued in 1995 by
Sony
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/Recession Records with their debut album ''
Movin' Up'', with both albums on a single CD.
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Reception
*Writing for AllMusic
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, Stewart Mason said "There's perhaps a little too much of the standard mid-'80s production gloss, but not so much that the largely impressive batch of rootsy pop songs is overwhelmed."[
*]Ira Robbins
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
wrote: "Adrian Belew's more complex production of ''Adventure Time'' doesn't dampen the E-Bros.' lighthearted spirit."[
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Tracks
#Burnin' Desire
#Somebody Call The Police
#Don't Take My Guns Away
#Holy Moly
#Crosswinds
#Count To Three
#I Wonder Why
#Akiko Shinoda
#Chin Up
#Big Ideas
Personnel
*Rob Elvis (Rob Newhouse) - guitar, vocals
*Graham Elvis (Graham Walker) - bass, vocals
*Brad Elvis (Brad Steakley) - drums
References
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1985 albums
Albums produced by Adrian Belew
The Elvis Brothers albums
Portrait Records albums