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–based hard rock trio

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, released in 1984 by

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. The album was a commercial disappointment, peaking at No. 84. However, "Bears" did get some radio airplay on hard rock stations. The original compact disc version was made in West Germany for the US market in 1984 and is very rare. It was reissued in 2007 as a 2-on-1 CD along with the third Zebra album ''

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'', which had been deleted as well. Long out-of-print in single disc form for decades, ''No Tellin' Lies'' became available again as a stand-alone CD in 2013, with separate reissues from the UK-based

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and as part of a reissue of the first three Zebra albums in Japan.

Track listing

Personnel

Zebra

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(all but track 9), keyboards *

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, backing and lead vocals on track 9, keyboards *Guy Gelso –

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, backing vocals,

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Additional musicians

*Stan Bronstein: Saxophone, Synthesizers *Michael Finlayson: Programming *George Small: Piano (2, 7) *Bob Rosa: Programming

Production

*Produced By Jack Douglas *Engineers: Ron Cote, Bill Dooley, Michael Finlayson, Bob Rosa *Assistant Engineers: Eddie Garcia, Roey Shamir *Mixing: Bill Dooley

Chart history

References

{{Authority control Zebra (band) albums 1984 albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Jack Douglas (record producer)