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{{Infobox album
| name         = Rhyme & Reason
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]
| cover        = Missing Persons - Rhyme & Reason.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = February 21, 1984
| recorded     =
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = * [[New wave music|New wave]]
* [[Rock music|rock]]
| length       = 40:16
| label        = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer     = * [[Terry Bozzio]]
* [[Bruce Swedien]]
| prev_title   = [[Spring Session M]]
| prev_year    = 1982
| next_title   = [[Color in Your Life]]
| next_year    = 1986
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Rhyme & Reason
| type        = studio
| single1     = Give
| single1date = March 1984 (US)
| single2     = Right Now
| single2date = May 1984 (US)
| single3     = Surrender Your Heart
| single3date = August 1984 (US)
}}
}}
'''''Rhyme & Reason''''' is the second studio album by American band [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]], released in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Missing Persons Biography by Jason Ankeny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/missing-persons-mn0000898275/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> It was a commercial disappointment. A video was created for "Surrender Your Heart" featuring animations from [[Peter Max]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ara |first1=Yardena |title=Missing Persons' Dale Bozzio is still top female punk pinup |work=Daily Breeze |date=September 7, 1984 |page=E10}}</ref> "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.
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Rhyme & Reason Review by Alex Ogg |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rhyme-reason-mw0000623374 |website=AllMusic |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
}}
''[[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."<ref>{{cite news |title=Missing Persons: 'Rhyme and Reason' |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=12 June 1984 |department=Arts}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Catlin |first1=Roger |title=Missing Persons continues... |work=Omaha World-Herald |date=May 15, 1984}}</ref>
==Track listing==
#"The Closer That You Get" (Dale Bozzio, Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo) – 4:54
#"Give" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn) – 4:54
#"Now Is the Time (For Love)" (T. Bozzio) – 3:40
#"Surrender Your Heart" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn) – 4:22
#"Clandestine People" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:00
#"Right Now" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 3:29
#"All Fall Down" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 3:23
#"Racing Against Time" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:24
#"Waiting for a Million Years" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 5:23
#"If Only for the Moment" (D. Bozzio, O'Hearn) – 3:47
'''CD bonus tracks'''
{{ordered list|start=11
|"Fight for Life" [Instrumental/*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 5:21
|"Action Reaction" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 2:53
|"Windows" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio) – 4:59
|"I Like Boys" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 2:53
|"Here and Now" [Live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:14
|"[[Walking in L.A. (song)|Walking in L.A.]]" [Live 1981] (T. Bozzio) – 4:05}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> previously unreleased
'''CD bonus tracks''' (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rubellanremasters.com/missingpersons2|title=Missing Persons / Rhyme & Reason|website=Rubellan Remasters}}</ref>
{{ordered list|start=11
|"Fight for Life" [Instrumental] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo)
|"Give (Dance Mix)" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn)
|"If Only For The Moment (Full Version) (D. Bozzio, O'Hearn)
}}
==Personnel==
*[[Dale Bozzio]] – [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Terry Bozzio]] – [[synthesizer]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals
*[[Warren Cuccurullo]] – guitar, [[electric guitar]], vocals
*[[Patrick O'Hearn]] – synthesizer, [[bass guitar|bass]], electric bass
*[[Chuck Wild]] – synthesizer, [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]
==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==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (1984)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|43|artist=Missing Persons|rowheader=true|access-date=31 December 2023}}
|}
==References==
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