Rhyme & Reason is the second album

Album

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 by American

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 new wave

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 band Missing Persons, released in 1984

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

. After the successful debut album

Spring Session M

Spring Session M is the debut album by American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1982 . The title of the album is an anagram of the band's name. Tracks from this album: "Words", "Windows", "Destination Unknown", and "Walking in LA" all had videos created and all received heavy play on...

 by the band, this LP fell flat in sales. The pleasant-sounding "Surrender Your Heart" was its signature single. A video was created for it featuring animations from famous artist Peter Max

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 and received heavy rotation on MTV

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, but the track was largely ignored by AOR

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 radio. "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.

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

* bonus tracks on CD

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# previously unreleased

Personnel

• Dale Bozzio
  Dale Bozzio
  Dale Bozzio, born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, Massachusetts March 2, 1955, is an American progressive rock and new wave vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons. She is also known for her work with Frank Zappa...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Terry Bozzio
  Terry Bozzio
  Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
  
   - synthesizer
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  , guitar
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Warren Cuccurullo
  Warren Cuccurullo
  Warren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...
  
   - guitar, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , vocals
• Patrick O'Hearn
  Patrick O'Hearn
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   - synthesizer, bass
  Bass guitar
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  , electric bass
• Chuck Wild - synthesizer, keyboard
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Production

• Producers: Terry Bozzio, Bruce Swedien
• Mastering: Kit Watkins
• Art direction: Larry Vigon
• Design: Larry Vigon
• Photography: Bob Leafe, Helmut Newton
  Helmut Newton
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• Liner notes: Ken Sharp

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1984	The Billboard 200	43

Singles - Billboard (North America)

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