What is "face the music"

vb. (context idiomatic English) to accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

v. accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions [syn: carry-the can]

Face the Music is the fifth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and features a new line-up following their previous studio album, Eldorado.

Face the Music may refer to:

Face the Music was a weekly BBC television programme in the form of a classical music quiz. It began in 1966 and continued until 1979, with revivals in 1983-84 and 2007.

Face the Music was an American television game show that aired daily in syndication from January 14, 1980 to September 1981. The show was hosted by actor Ron Ely, with Dave Williams as announcer for the first season and John Harlan the second with Art James as a substitute. The Tommy Oliver Orchestra, with Lisa Donovan as vocalist, was also featured. Face the Music was produced and distributed by Sandy Frank Productions.

The basic premise of Face the Music was a musical guessing game in the same vein as Name That Tune, which Sandy Frank was also distributing when Face the Music premiered and for whom Tommy Oliver had been the orchestra director during the mid-1970s. The twist, however, was that in addition to identifying the songs that the orchestra played, the contestants had to link the song titles to famous people, places, and things.

Face the Music is the fourth studio album by New Kids on the Block, released on January 25, 1994. The album debuted at number 37 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, with first-week sales of 27,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album had sold 138,000 copies in the U.S. as of 2008.

Face the Music is a musical, the first collaboration between Moss Hart (book) and Irving Berlin (music and lyrics). Face the Music opened on Broadway in 1932, and has had several subsequent regional and New York stagings. The popular song " Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" was introduced in the musical.

Face the Music is an album by Melody Club released on August 25, 2004.

Face the Music (released in the U.S. as The Black Glove) is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Alex Nicol and Eleanor Summerfield.

Face the Music is a youth new music ensemble comprising more than 160 students from the New York City area, ages 9–17, who focus on performing works by living composers. One of the few American youth ensembles that is dedicated to contemporary music, they have been called "polished, exuberant" and one of “New York’s favorite contemporary-classical ensembles”

The group has given world premieres of commissioned works by Joe Phillips and Frances Schwartz, as well as the U.S. premieres of works by Gérard Grisey and Anton Batagov. They have also performed works by Nico Muhly, Terry Riley, Tristan Perich and Steve Reich. In residence at Kaufman Music Center, they have performed numerous times at Merkin Concert Hall, as well as Brooklyn Lyceum, BAMCafe, Le Poisson Rouge, Queens Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, The Tank and Poets House. They have also participated in Make Music New York, Look and Listen Festival, Bang On A Can Marathon Ecstatic Music Festival and the Vox Novus Festival.

Face the Music was a weekly game show from New Zealand that aired on TV2 from 1992-1994, hosted by TV presenter Simon Barnett, along with Dwayne Francks as co-host. Jeoff Barraclough was the announcer (as well as music coordinator).

Face the Music: The EP (also known as Face the Music) is the title of the second extended play released by Canadian pop-rock group Marianas Trench. Featuring popular songs from the group's most recent album, Ever After (2011), the EP marks Marianas Trench's first official US music release. It was first released May 10, 2013 in New Zealand before being released in North America later that month, and was distributed through 604 Records, Cherrytree Records, and Interscope Records.