Some Days You Eat the Bear


Some Days You Eat The Bear And Some Days The Bear Eats You is the 1974 album by country rock/folk rock musician Ian Matthews.
The original vinyl album was released worldwide by Elektra Records, the second of two Ian Matthews solo albums released on that label, 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 with Valley Hi, first by Water Records in 2003, and more recently by BGO Records in 2017.

Track listing

  1. "Ol' '55" - 3:12
  2. "I Don't Wanna Talk About It" - 3:48
  3. "A Wailing Goodbye" - 2:52
  4. "Keep On Sailing" - 4:37
  5. "Tried So Hard" - 3:00
  6. "Dirty Work" - 2:51
  7. "Do I Still Figure In Your Life" - 2:51
  8. "Home" - 3:12
  9. "Biloxi" - 4:18
  10. "The Fault" - 3:00

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