Lions and Tigers and Bears

This article is about the album. For the line from a movie, see The Wizard of Oz (1939 film). For the comic book series, see Lions, Tigers and Bears (comics). For the Jazmine Sullivan song, see Lions, Tigers & Bears (song). For the song by Todrick Hall, see Straight Outta Oz.

Lions and Tigers and Bears
Studio album by The Adventures
Released	March 1993
Recorded	1992–1993
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Polydor
Producer	Pat Collier; Stephen Lipson on "Monday Monday"
The Adventures chronology
Trading Secrets with the Moon (1990) Lions and Tigers and Bears (1993)

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Allmusic	link

Lions and Tigers and Bears is the fourth album by rock band The Adventures, released in 1993.

The album contained the minor hit "Raining All Over the World", signalling the end of their chart activity. The follow-up single "Monday Monday" (a cover of The Mamas and Papas hit) stalled outside the official UK top 75 at #83. The album title was adopted by the band at the suggestion of Pat and Eileen Gribben's daughter (according to journalist Malcolm Dome, who wrote the sleeve notes for the reissued version of the album mentioned below).

Like the group's previous album, Trading Secrets with the Moon, the album was panned by critics ^[citation needed], with Allmusic also giving it 1.5 out of 5 stars. The album failed to chart and to date remains the group's last studio release.

The album was remastered and reissued in May 2011 by Cherry Red Records,[1] who had previously re-released the band's debut album Theodore and Friends in July 2009. This release includes four bonus tracks, which were all B-Sides to the two tracks released as singles.

Track listing

All songs written by Pat Gribben, except where noted[2]

1. "Monday Monday" (John Phillips) 4.19
2. "Marianne" (Pat Gribben, Serge Gainsbourg) 5.31
3. "Raining All Over the World" 4.26
4. "Come the Day" 4.08
5. "I Don't Want to Play This Game" 4.03
6. "The Only World I Know" 4.36
7. "This Crazy Heart" 5.05
8. "Impossible You" 2.21
9. "I Really Don't Mind" 4.11
10. "Here It Comes Again" 4.13
11. "Too Late for Heaven" 3.50
12. "Say I'm Sorry" 4.04
13. "Perfect Day" 5.14

Bonus tracks on 2011 re-issue:

1. "Straight to Heaven" 3.50 (the same track as "Too Late for Heaven" as on the main album)
2. "In the Garden" 4.00
3. "Lost Train" (Pat Gribben, Terry Sharpe) 4.20
4. "Queen of Sorrow" 4.08

Notes

1. Cherry Red Records - Lemon Discography: Lions and Tigers and Bears - The Adventures Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
2. album sleeve notes