You Know the Rules

you know the rules

Track Listings
1. Opulent Canine
2. Critics
3. Vacation
4. Bed of Tines
5. Cindy Lou
6. Robert Smith
7. Lonely
8. Fidelity
9. Dirty Whispers
10. Palace
11. Fishin' Jim

You Know the Rules,The Gay,Mint Records,Chamber Pop,Indie Pop,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

You Know the Rules
You Know the Rules
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent & underappreciated POP!
 You Know the Rules
The Gay
Manufacturer: Mint Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000C3I1J
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

  1. Opulent Canine
  2. Critics
  3. Vacation
  4. Bed of Tines
  5. Cindy Lou
  6. Robert Smith
  7. Lonely
  8. Fidelity
  9. Dirty Whispers
  10. Palace
  11. Fishin' Jim

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Excellent & underappreciated POP!.......2004-07-22

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I love pop music. I want hooks, I want melodies, and I want fun. I love it when a song gets stuck in my head, and I love it when I become so infatuated with a song that my only immediate goal in life is to simply hear it one more time.

"Critics," track 2 on The Gay's new record, is one of those songs. I first listened to "You Know the Rules" last night, and since then, I have been playing "Critics" at least once an hour. When I'm not listening to it, it's embedded in my brain.

And that's what strikes me so profoundly about The Gay: they know pop music. "You Know the Rules" isn't soured by a single bad track, never wallows in experimental pop excess, and stunningly, knows exactly what I want to hear. It may sound self-centered, but often when I listen to a record, many times I hear a melody or harmony in my head that I think would compliment a certain song, but unfortunately does not exist. The Gay never leave out a great harmony, always know how to supplement a melody, and can write hooks so catchy that you nearly go insane.

With a completely unique sound and firm grasp on what songwriting should be, The Gay are one the most exciting bands working right now, and "You Know the Rules" is one of the best albums of the year.
Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss [Hybrid SACD]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Urgently recommended despite some production missteps
 Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss [Hybrid SACD]

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Vaughan Williams, RalphVaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
EnglishEnglish | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000DIGLL
Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. No. 2. Opening Chorus: 'Secret Are The Sounds...'
  3. No. 3. Scena. Gallanthus: 'What's That?'
  4. No. 4. Scena. Angelica: 'Day Is Dawning'
  5. No. 5. Duet. Gallanthus: 'It's Really Time...'
  6. No. 6. Ensemble. Hob, Lob And Gob: 'Here We Come...'
  7. No. 7. Duet And Chorus. Dipsacus: 'I'm A Sorcerer Bold'
  8. No. 8. Duet. Amaryllus: 'It's True I'm Inclined...'
  9. No. 9. Ensemble. Tormentilla: 'Hush, Lovely Cobra'
  10. Amaryllus: 'Desist, Lest You Die!'
  11. No. 10. Duet. Amaryllus: 'I Know We See...'
  12. Amaryllus: 'Blue Larkspur In A Garden'
  13. No. 11. Ensemble. Dipsacus: 'Who's In My Forest?'
  14. Dipsacus: 'North Wind, South Wind'
  15. Tormentilla: Angelica?
  16. Amaryllus And Gallanthus: 'O, Come To Our Arms'
  17. No. 12. Song. Tormentilla: 'O, Who Would Be...'
  18. No. 13. Finale. Dipsacus: 'All Is Ready!'
  19. No. 14. Introduction
  20. No. 15. Chorus: 'Here We Come'
  21. No. 16. Song And Chorus. Angelica And Flower Girls: 'By All The Powers...'
  22. No. 17. Trio. Lob: 'Ho There!'
  23. No. 18. Duet. Angelica: 'It Does Not Apear...'
  24. No. 19. Trio. Third Medium: 'If You Want To Escape'

Tracks:

  1. No. 20. Chorus: 'Tormentilla! Tormentilla!'
  2. No. 21. Song And Duet. Tormentilla: 'There Was...'
  3. No. 22. Ensemble. Amaryllus: 'Twas Here It Bade...'
  4. No. 23. Serenade. Amaryllus: 'Dear Love, Behold...'
  5. No. 24. Duet. Tormentilla: 'Sleeping Or Waking'
  6. Tormentilla: 'You Must Not Kiss Me'
  7. No. 26. Finale. Tomentilla: 'Too Dark For Me...'
  8. No. 27. Introduction
  9. No. 28. Trio. Mediums: 'Behold Our Mystic...'
  10. No. 29. Ensemble. Empress: 'Monstrous Vision!'
  11. No. 30. Ballad. Empress: ' When I Was Young...'
  12. No. 31. Ensemble. Empress: 'You Can Leave Us'
  13. No. 32. Duet. Tormentilla: 'Is My Love Alive?'
  14. Empress: 'Love Breaks All The Rules...'
  15. No. 33. Invocation. Empress: 'Imps And Demons'
  16. No. 34. Ensemble. Empress: 'Come, O Gentle Powers'
  17. No. 35. Duet. Empress: 'Can You, Can You Remember'
  18. No. 36. Quartet. All: 'Love In A Hut...'
  19. No. 37. Sextet. First Medium: 'Horrid Monster!'
  20. No. 38. Duet. Gallanthus: 'It's The Proper Thing To Do'
  21. No. 39. Finale. Chorus: 'Love Has Conquered!'

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Urgently recommended despite some production missteps.......2007-01-07

This premiere recording makes some very beautiful music available for the first time. The opera was first performed in 1936, and Vaughan Williams continued to make revisions into the mid 1950s. The music is representative of the composer's mature style. In the opera's later version given here, Evelyn Sharp's original book was revised by Ursula Vaughan Williams.

The Poisoned Kiss is a romantic comedy, a fairy tale about the triumph of true love over revenge. The opera is not through-sung; rather, the dramatic action is carried forward by dialogue in a manner reminiscent of Gilbert and Sullivan or the West End. At times, the witty, good-naturedly sarcastic text and playful rhyme schemes are reminiscent of Noel Coward.

The musicians are just about ideal. Hickox leads a luscious performance, capturing by turn the music's pastoral beauty and (not very threatening) irony. The singers are of uniformly high quality, with the characterization and fresh voices of James Gilchrist and Janice Watson as the young lovers deserving special mention. Anne Collins's fruity, wide-vibratoed contralto at times seems to be a musical caricature, but it works nicely in the role.

The production has two major flaws. First, the sound image is placed rather distant from the listener. I felt as if I were sitting towards the back of the auditorium and wanted to move up closer to the stage. The SACD's surround mode did add compensatory perspective and body to the sound, as well as a little extra punch to the thunder, cat shrieks, and other fairy-tale sound effects. The two-channel version sounded significantly flatter and more distant. Second, almost all of the dialogue has been omitted. It would have been enjoyable to hear the music in its dramatic context. Indeed, the abrupt juxtaposition of musical numbers that in performance would be separated by dialogue and a shift of dramatic tone is sometimes jarring. With less than an hour on each disc (and with singers who display such fine diction and acting skills), this is a major missed opportunity. Fortunately, the dialogue is printed in the libretto.

Despite these quibbles, this set is still urgently recommended!
You Know the Rules
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    		You Know the Rules

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00012PMVY
    Release Date: 2003-09-16
    You Know the Rules
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      		You Know the Rules
      Gay
      Manufacturer: Allegro Corporation
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B0002B9NQY
      Release Date: 2003-09-16
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      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Y-100 It's All Good a Collection of Today's Hit Music: Breaking All the Rules By She Moves, This Is Your Night By Amber, Do You Know What It Takes By Robyn, 4 Seasons of Loneliness By Boyz Ii Men, Tell Me By Billie Myers, Hold Me By Brian Mcknight, How Bizarre By Omc, Lovefool By the Cardigans, Say It By Voices of Theory, I Do By Lisa Loeb, Open up Your Eyes By Tonic, Call Me By Le Click

        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000FVMSBI

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