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| Some Days You Eat the Bear and Some Days the Bear Eats You | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1974 | |||
| Recorded | December 1973–January 1974 | |||
| Studio | Elektra, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 33:41 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Ian Matthews | |||
| Ian Matthews chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Some Days You Eat the Bear and Some Days the Bear Eats You is the 1974 album bycountry rock/folk rock musicianIan Matthews.
The original vinyl album was released worldwide by Elektra Records, the second of two Ian Matthews solo albums released on that label (the first beingValley Hi in 1973), and featured various well-known session musicians such as David Lindley, Al Garth, Jeff Baxter from Steely Dan, and others. It also featured bandmates, guitarist Andy Roberts and drummer Timi Donald, from the first Plainsong album,In Search of Amelia Earhart.
The album was reissued on CD by Elektra in 1991 and has twice been reissued as a 2-on-1 remastered release withValley Hi, first by Water Records in 2003, and more recently by BGO Records in 2017.
