Game Theory [Explicit Lyrics]

1. Intro

2. Club D-I-Z

3. Crazy

4. High Speed - Big Duke, , Diz,

5. N.C.P.C. - Big Duke, , Diz,

6. Dollars & Cents

7. Game - C.J. Mac, Diz

8. It's a Shame - Diz,

9. You's My N

10. Angel

11. Hot - Big Duke, Diz, E.L.S.

12. Do for Self - Diz, E.L.S.

13. Hold On

14. Funny What Love

15. Hip Hop Hustlin

Game Theory,Diz,Familt Rekords,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop

Average customer rating: Game Theory Review The Roots' darkest offering to date. 3.5 stars. not good enough for the roots Lyrics Great album for non-hip-hop-fans

Game Theory The Roots Manufacturer: Def Jam ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Idlewild Food and Liquor Feedback True Magic Things Fall Apart ASIN: B000GPIPJC Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

1. Dilltastic Vol Won(derful)
2. False Media
3. Game Theory
4. Don't Feel Right
5. In The Music
6. Take It There
7. Baby
8. Here I Come
9. Long Time
10. Livin' In A New World
11. Clock With No Hands
12. Atonement
13. Can't Stop This

Amazon.com

Despite their signing to Def Jam, on Game Theory the Roots head in a direction opposite from all the trendy, commercial formulas that the label has pioneered. This is as intensely a "Roots album" as anything they've put out, the rightful sequel to their brilliant, creative Phrenology (unlike their last album, the off-balance Tipping Point. Game Theory is a dark and brooding affair, not just in Black Thought's foreboding lyricism but also in its musical textures. There's a layer of melancholia running beneath nearly every song, whether in the heavy thump of "In the Music" or the frenetic verve of "Here I Come." Track-for-track, this isn't The Roots' most scintillating collection of songs, but listened to from end-to-end, it's actually a remarkable achievement in album-making. Every song builds into the next one, and those willing to experience Game Theory as a 47-minute suite of 13 songs will be richly rewarded by how precisely the whole puzzle fits together. --Oliver Wang

Customer Reviews:

Game Theory Review.......2007-07-16

I really enjoyed listening to this album from the minute I put it in. The songs are great because they have a message and they have real musical quality to them. What I mean to say by that is that there are actual melodies to the songs as opposed to just beats, which makes this album so much more than just another hip-hop album. It has definitely become one of my favorite albums in the month that I have owned it. On the downside, sometimes the songs drag on just a bit. Overall though, this album is really great.

The Roots' darkest offering to date........2007-06-19

Def Jam has really brought themselves back to the forefront of hip-hop over the last two years. While a lot of people criticize President Carter, like the artists he push or not, albums from the label over the last two years have been some of the finest offerings in commercial hip-hop. Rarely do you see a hip-hop label as diverse as Def Jam today; featuring artists as different Nas, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Fabolous, Beanie Sigel, Lady Sovereign, Ghostface, Method Man, Redman, Joe Budden, and numerous others. One of the acts Jay-Z signed during his presidency is none other than The Roots, a group that has been cherished among the hip-hop community for over a decade. The Illadelph group has brought raw hip-hop dope to the game for years, and their most recent offering as of this writing, Game Theory, is one of their finest.

Game Theory is significantly darker than the Roots' previous albums. Black Thought, who has always been a highly talented emcee, has never really expressed the more melancholic side of his mind. As someone who had his parents murdered as a child, Thought's lack of introspection on previous albums was a bit dissapointing. On Game Theory, Black Thought breaks away from his battle-rapper beginnings, and builds himself into more of an anti-hero of hip-hop. Not an anti-hero in the sense that he's the bad guy everyone wants to cheer for, but like the fictious Bruce Wayne, Black Thought has become a freedom fighter who lurks in the darkness, only emerging to protect the lives around him.

To accompany this new Black Thought, The Roots crew changes up their musical stylings a bit as well. While the jazz influences are still strong, and the band still creates some stunning melodies, the music itself is significantly more dramatic in tone. Adding haunting choruses on tracks such as Don't Feel Right and Clock With No Hands certainly adds something to the atmosphere this album creates, and the beautiful voices singing on these respective tracks certainly raise the bar even higher. The pure hip-hop soul of tracks like Long Time featuring the highly promising Peedi Crakk, or the Radiohead-sampling Atonement are also more highlights of a virtually flawless album.

Game Theory was not only one of the best hip-hop albums of 2006, but it will also be remembered for years beyond most modern hip-hop albums' sell-by-dates. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't already.

3.5 stars. not good enough for the roots.......2007-05-22

the roots are the most consistant and innovative rap group to date. blackthought has no equal on the mic and each time they experiment with new sounds, it works. nonetheless, and i may be in the minority, but 'game theory' just isnt that good. ive had it since it came out and i still cant really get into it. malik b makes a long-awaited comeback, but seems to have lost a step. same with dice raw. blackthought is message-rapping here a lot more than usual, at the expense of battle-rapping. the music is good because the roots are excellent, but none of the beats really move me except for the first half of 'take it there'. its a worthwhile purchase though, because any roots release will be.

Lyrics.......2007-05-02

"He said James, you better come out with your hands up-we got you surrounded-I'm in the back changin' my outfit-he said Blake, we gon' send the housing-I said WAIT-Here I come-Here I come-Here I come You boys get ready-Here I come. Black Thought needs to take over Hip Hop. Nas lost it, Jay is tryin' to become Mr. Knowles and the rest of these commercial cats need to get there diplomas. As 'Pac said "They got the juice now!"

Great album for non-hip-hop-fans.......2007-04-03

I'm not really a fan of hip-hop, but I REALLY like this album. While the rest of hip-hop seems more like slapstick comedy to me, this album is clever and intense, at times aggressive, at times ironically understated. It's art. And 'nary a mention about bitches, ho's, pimps or gangstas (but still not something I'll be playing for my kids anytime soon, due to the dark subject matter and coarse language). Best of all, Game Theory isn't just a collection of songs, it's an ALBUM. All the songs flow into each other, so you can listen to it from start to finish -- almost like one continuous 45 minute song. This is not just a great hip-hop album, this is a great album period.

Average customer rating: Awesome. AK47.. Chaotic Indeed... Simply Breathtaking Amon Rocks Again

Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack Amon Tobin Manufacturer: Ninja Tune ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Anime & Video Game Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Supermodified Permutation Out From Out Where Bricolage The Foley Room ASIN: B00070FUG2 Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. The Lighthouse
2. Ruthless
3. Theme From Battery
4. Kokubo Sasho Stealth
5. El Cargo
6. Displaced
7. Ruthless (Reprise)
8. Kokubo Sasho Battle
9. Hokkaido
10. The Clean Up

Customer Reviews:

Awesome........2007-02-13

I really enjoyed this soundtrack. It brought back a lot of memories of sneaking up behind people in the game, and is definitely one of my more played soundtracks. The sound is very distinctive, and the compositions are incredible; Amon Tobin's mastery of sound shows in every piece.

AK47.........2006-07-18

This CD is spine chillingly brilliant. Relighting memories of hiding in the shadows, and lurching out at your unsuspecting enemies. It's only once you have heard Amon Tobin's work, without being chased by an AK47, that you can really start to appreciate every aspect of this masterpiece. It makes you feel emotions that would never see the light of day in normal music. Simply outstanding! A must buy for a Splinter Cell fan, or for someone that has never played the game. You can't go wrong, in feeling something for this.

Chaotic Indeed..........2006-06-25

I love the title "Chaos Theory". Bit of a contradiction, innit?

Having had this album now for some time, since its release date anyway, I can confirm 2 things:

a) It's still mind bendingly different

and

b) It's absolutely brilliant.

This is quite a departure for Mr Tobin. Being a sound pincher a la DJ Shadow and other Ninja Tune stable mates, it must have been quite a challenge to make this album, considering that it is an album created by REAL musicians. Even more of a challenge considering that they all spoke completely different languages and the two brothers that worked on the record didn't get along (see sleeve notes and various internet reviews). And how did Amon get them to make the sounds he wanted if he himself is not a musician? Did he whistle them? Did he fart them? HOW? Thats what he leaves me wondering after every record. How?

This is the only score (not soundtrack) that I have repeatedly listened to ever, and that goes for films too. It's extraordinary how Tobin manages to bring together a group of instrumentalists to create the sound he has, which is where his studio engineering comes into play, I guess. Chances are we wont see a live show of this.

This is essentially a dark, broody, paranoid, schizophrenic sound murdering excercise that has probably been accentuated due to heavy bouts of weed smoking. A remarkable factor of this album are the things that you think you heard, but are not quite sure. Felt bass rather than heard bass has been an Amon trade mark for a while and he plays with this throughout. The arrangement and complexity of the beats are unprecedented for a pop band setup (anybody care to challenge this?) and I dare anybody to listen to it and NOT feel something. Be it panic, paranoia, power (end of El Cargo), you will feel something. Probably nauseous.

Amon's love of jazz really shines through on this record and I find it subtly blending bits of Permutation with Out from Out Where (Kokubo Sosho Stealth) a real treat to the ears.

Mr Tobin makes it clear that this is NOT a 6th album (incl. Cujo), so just enjoy it for what it is. It doesn't get five stars because it is missing the one essential ingredient that his best album (Permutation) has: a wickedly dark sense of humour that makes you want to chuckle and hide at the same time.

Look at that. An review about a game soundtrack without a mention of the game. Times are a changing. Will it be the case that some day a score for a film will totally outshine the film itself? Who knows, but Amon has finished the score to a film called Taxidermia. I don't have a clue what the film is about, but the score is good though...

Simply Breathtaking.......2005-07-27

Prior to the Playing of SC: Chaos Theory, i didn't even know who Amon Tobin was, and boy was I missing out. Soon after hearing the in-game music, I did some investigating and found out who the artist was. I can tell you that after getting this CD, I love every single track on this disk. The dark, moving melodies can almost draw you into a different world and stir up different emotional reactions within you. If you are even a passing Amon Tobin Fan, this CD is for you.

Amon Rocks Again.......2005-06-03

I've loved Amon's work for years and this is no exception to the high-octane high quality music this guy seems to effortlessly perfect album after album.
For those who know Amon's work, this is a little more `accessible' than his older stuff but don't let that put you off. But for those who don't know it, maybe for the gamers, this is the ideal gateway into his world.
His talent is something to behold, and he reaches new levels with the full orchestra behind his beautifully choreographed strings, samples and heart-breakingly fast beats.
The first track kicks off with a fantastic hard-core riff that promises deeper and darker paths ahead. I'm not much of a gamer, so I can only imagine that the images conjured by the music match and enhance the game to no end. Like walking through a spider-web and the horror dawning on you that you're the prey.
Theme From Battery is one of my favourites, slow and atmospheric, bleeding into the next track with more familiar break beats and industrial sounds. El Cargo is haunting and eerie, letting Displaced slam huge steel doors behind you as you run for cover.
This is total Tobin, at his very best. What I love about it is that I can thoroughly recommend it to anyone who knows serious music when they hear it.

Average customer rating: Scott Miller's humble, but often remarkable, beginnings this is not an EP ! Scott is at his best

Distortion of Glory Game Theory Manufacturer: Alias Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Real Nighttime Big Shot Chronicles Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things ASIN: B000001HV2 Release Date: 1993-08-16

Tracks:

1. Something To Show
2. Tin Scarecrow
3. White Blues
4. Date With An Angel
5. Mary Magdalene
6. The Young Drug
7. Bad Year At UCLA
8. All I Want Is Everything
9. Stupid Heart
10. Sleeping Through Heaven
11. It Gives Me Chills
12. T.G.A.R.T.G.
13. Dead Center
14. Penny, Things Won't
15. Meal And Glass Exact
16. Selfish Again
17. Life In July
18. Shark Pretty
19. Nine Lives To Rigel Five
20. The Red Baron
21. Kid Convenience
22. Too Late For Tears

Customer Reviews:

Scott Miller's humble, but often remarkable, beginnings.......2004-05-22

When I saw this on Amazon I was pretty excited to get my hands on it, after all, I had greatly enjoyed the first two Game Theory albums that received large scale (well, sort of large scale) releases - Real Nighttime and Big Shot Chronicles. I didn't know what to expect from this album, which consists of every track from Blaze of Glory, the EP Pointed Accounts of People You Know, and the EP Distortion (except for two tracks written by early group member Fred Juhos - one of which was the college radio fave "I Wanna Get Hit By A Car"). Sadly, it avoids inclusion of any tracks by Scott Miller's previous band Alternate Learning, though maybe we will see a compilation of their work someday. Anyway, there are quite a few gems to be found on this record, though you have to sift through a few duds and the production on the Blaze of Glory tracks leaves a bit to be desired (I read somewhere you can hear his mom's vacuum on one track, but I haven't heard it yet). From sunny pop songs like "Date with An Angel" to depressing Big Star/new wave hybrids like "Bad Year At UCLA", Blaze of Glory is a promising start, but you'll find yourself jumping ahead to the great tracks from the EP's like "Penny, Things Won't", "The Red Baron", and "Shark Pretty". Worth the usually large price tag you'll find here if you're a Game Theory or Loud Family fan.

Best Tracks:
"Date With An Angel" - A nice little love song with a straightforward riff that you wouldn't expect from Miller - but it's quite effective and catchy.
"Bad Year at UCLA" - Fantastic lyrics - I wish I could be this smart at 22.
"It Gives Me Chills" - Ethereal and quietly enticing, this song adds snapping fingers and a swinging bass to a Big Star 3rd-styled song to make it unique. Good chorus vocals too.
"Penny, Things Won't" - This jangly gem is one of Miller's all time best tunes. Great hook, sad lyrics, and nice drum intro. This could have been a hit in a perfect world.

"Metal And Glass Exact" - Don't know what Miller is singing about here - weird obtuse lyrics and a jerky beat keep this rocker firmly in the college-rock realm.
"Shark Pretty" - Ah, a much more straightforward rocker with a swinging riff. This was co-written with Michael Quercio of the Three O'Clock.
"The Red Baron" - Miller does depression better than anyone else. Features his self-described "miserable whine" of a voice on prominent display, but it sounds angelic to these ears.

this is not an EP !.......2002-02-22

the actual title of this CD is something like Distortion of Glory, and it's the first Game Theory album Blaze of Glory (tracks 1-12 here) plus most if not all of two subsequent EP's, Pointed Accounts of People You Know and Distortion. all the critics back in the 80's used to say that later game theory was the best, especially lolita nation, but this is by far my favorite cd by them, particularly the 'pointed accounts...' tracks included (metal & glass exact, life in july, penny things won't). a high point of the early 80's college radio scene.

Scott is at his best.......1999-08-11

Love this album. Penny, Things Won't is my favorite song. Great album. Wished they'd re-release it.

Average customer rating: Here GT begins to make good on its promise Fragility and beauty ala Big Star No game and too well practiced to be just a theory

Real Nighttime Game Theory Manufacturer: Alias Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Big Shot Chronicles Distortion of Glory Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things What If It Works ASIN: B000001HV1 Release Date: 1993-08-02

Tracks:

1. Here Comes Everybody
2. 24
3. Waltz The Halls Always
4. I Mean It This Time
5. Friend Of The Family
6. If And When If Falls Apart
7. Curse Of The Frontierland
8. Rayon Drive
9. She'll Be A Verb
10. Real Nighttime
11. You Can't Have Me
12. I Turned Her Away
13. Any Other Hand
14. I Want To Hold Your Hand
15. Couldn't I Just Tell You

Customer Reviews:

Here GT begins to make good on its promise.......2007-02-01

I've rated many Loud Family & Game Theory recordings now on Amazon, and I seem to give them all four stars, even though LF remains securely in my top five favorite bands and GT's always a strong contender for top 10. Scott Miller here brings his sound into its mid-80s maturity. He leaves behind the more callow, awkward phase of studio tinkering and cheap budgets. Produced by Mitch Easter, this 1984 disc is the first of seven LPs that he'd work with Scott and his two bands on over the next decade or so. Clearly Mitch had an ear for the potential within GT and SM, and he begins here to broaden and expand their rather tinny power-pop sound. Freed of the limitations of self-production, under Easter the music that Miller and mates made began to reach the summits of smart pop-rock that refused to be cloying and dared to be erudite.

Some songs plod along dutifully but lack pizazz, at least as I hear them two decades later. Rayon Drive shows Miller's love of keyboard tinkering, but fails to sustain momentum. Curse of the Frontierland is a great title, but the song gets whiny, always a danger with Miller as he knows! She'll Be a Verb is a well-written song, but too close to its influences. The middle of the album drags somewhat into plaintitive moaning about the unfairness of it all. It improves with the last five entries, however.

My favorites are, in order: Waltz the Halls-- this shows the strong melodies and catchy choruses GT began to create. Scott and band begin here to find their style and recognize its potential within three-minute bursts. Friend of the Family-- a rather rare example of the band rocking out harder than usual, but done with aplomb. Is it about the Manson cult? The cover of Alex Chilton's You Can't Have Me seems a surrender to the Big Star-GT comparisons Scott Miller probably welcomed, but while it captures the desolation of the original, it is a bit rushed along. On the other hand, seeing it's a song one can wallow in, perhaps a better arrangement was made by GT to hurry up the song a wee bit! The maudlin dangers that Chilton and Miller both could fall prey to weaken 24, which too self-consciously imitates earlier power-pop sensitive mid-tempo angst-fests, and the title track also skitters too fast past to make much of an impression.

The highlight, I agree with the other reviewers before me, is I Turned Her Away. Sort of like the indie-label take on REM's The One I Love? A rejection song done equally well by former REM producer Easter and GT on probably a much smaller budget! Any Other Hand sounds like a throwaway near the record's end, but it's done with brio. I like the Beatles cover tucked in as well; it takes no liberties with the original, but it does convey its sunny spirit, which this record (and Miller's general worldview) needs a dose of to allay the gloom. The economic closer, a cover of Todd Rundgren's Couldn't I Just Tell You, recalls GT's earlier Davis college radio days in its reversion to Chiltonesque and early 70s songcraft-- this is meant as praise! Ten years before, this band could have been the Raspberries or Badfinger in its ability to condense longing and lingering into a 45/7".

Fragility and beauty ala Big Star.......2003-09-24

Game Theory was quite an anomaly in the early 80's - while most power pop bands wanted to sound like Cheap Trick or Rick Springfield, Scott Miller and crew were channeling Big Star to great effect, with some modern flourishes such as female backing vocals and occasional synths. Even with an early album like Real Nighttime, the first produced by pop hero Mitch Easter, Miller's songs sound accomplished and mature - although unlike his newer band Loud Family the ballads far outshine the rockers. This may be his most direct and accessible effort - I was lucky to find it for $30, snag it for anything less than $50 because it doesn't seem likely to be remastered.

Best Tracks:
"24" - After the 8 seconds of the jerky intro "Here Comes Everybody" (in tribute to Finnegan's Wake, like the liner notes), 24 kicks in with delicate acoustics and grows into a simply great song. Hilarious low volume fade out with chords from "Stairway To Heaven."
"Waltz The Halls Always" - New wave fluff that beat the pants out of Animotion or Culture Club or ABC or Depeche Mode or (you get the picture)
"If And When It Falls Apart" - Big Star's Third meets the Velvet Underground's self titled third. Beautiful song and vocals.
"I Turned Her Away" - Though Miller is often the victim of his heartless romantic interets in his songs, in this song he turns the girl away, and makes you feel even more sorry for him. Insanely catchy song that isn't just a lyrical waste.

"Couldn't I Just Tell You" - Todd and Scott should collaborate - I love this cover.

No game and too well practiced to be just a theory.......2002-03-13

Sprinkle some of the Beatles in with some of the Beach Boys and add a Northern California sensibility. Keep the quality high.
Somehow find a way to keep the publicity low: I have no idea how.

Well, there's undoubtedly no recipe to produce a band as special as Game Theory. "Real Nighttime" is just one of many excellent works by them. A very clean one with many excellent songs. Some of my favorites are "24", "Friend of the Family", and especially "I Turned Her Away" but it's not easy to choose. The cover of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" holds its own. The cover of "Couldn't I Just Tell You" goes beyond that.

I have no music training and not such good karma but the first time I heard this (about 10 years ago) I felt I had found something very special. Still do. Some things in life are pure gift.

Average customer rating: one of the best albums of the year Jay Z's tax write-off Project

Game Theory The Roots Manufacturer: Def Jam ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Food and Liquor Fishscale In My Mind Hip Hop Is Dead Idlewild ASIN: B000GPIPK6 Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

1. Dilltastic Vol Won(derful) - The Roots
2. False Media - The Roots
3. Game Theory - Malik B., The Roots
4. Don't Feel Right - The Roots, Maimouna Youssef
5. In the Music - Malik B., , The Roots
6. Take It There - Wadud Ahmad, The Roots
7. Baby - The Roots
8. Here I Come - Malik B., Dice Raw, The Roots
9. Long Time - Peedi Peedi, The Roots, Bunny Sigler
10. Livin' in a New World - The Roots
11. Clock with No Hands - Mercedes Martinez, The Roots
12. Atonement - Jack Davey, Jack Davey, The Roots
13. Can't Stop This - The Roots

Customer Reviews:

one of the best albums of the year.......2006-09-14

mistermaxxxx (aka r kelly's wife) has a grudge with the roots because they haven't made a tribute album to r kelly yet. anyway, on to the album.

i've been a fan since illidelph halflife. while their last two albums were a tad inconsistant, this brings back memories of things fall apart and illidelph. though not as classic as those albums, it is up there with them. my only problems with the album:

atonement is kinda of a filler track to me. not bad, but not great.

and livin in a new world is WAYYYY to short.

if you love hip hop, chances are you're gonna love this album. but don't take my word for it, take damn near every reviewers'.

Jay Z's tax write-off Project.......2006-09-10

The Roots are vastly overrated. Black THought is not cutting it as a Lead Rapper in the group. he should have tried at a solo career a long time ago when they mattered. they don't deserve to be on VH1 soul which I pay alot of money for on my cable bill putting up there wack Albums which always go Wood. nobody buys that mess. also they aren't that important musically. yeah they can play,but ain't put out anything memorable. you don't see real Major Artists like R.Kelly having there whole new Album played on that channel.but then again when it comes to the Roots the Bootleggers take the day&week off. they still ain't learned how to write a song yet. I don't care to have to see the Afro always on all these channels promoting that wack Music. dang how I wish Suge Knight didn't like them,but then again they ain't even on the Radar in Suge Knight's world. unless you are R.Kelly, Michael Jackson, Beyonce,Usher,Mary J.Bliege, ,,, then there is no reason to be having a whole Album put on there year to year especially when there are no hits on there. to me they are a Insult to the Philidelphia sound of Kenny Gamble,Leon Huff&Thom Bell because the Philly sound had hits&great music. the Roots can play,but would rather sit behind like puppets for Jay Z,Eminem,etc.. than do anything on there own. nobody cares. Jimmy Iovine got tired of having them as a Tax Write off year&now it's Jay Z' s time. this is kinda what they get for standing by Dave Chappelle. two peas who choke all the time when it counts.

Average customer rating: Add pop, rock, unclassifiable, press for frothy thick blend I'm really the first to review this?

Lolita Nation Game Theory Manufacturer: Red Distribution, in ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008FVI Release Date: 1988-08-24

Customer Reviews:

Add pop, rock, unclassifiable, press for frothy thick blend.......2006-02-06

I'm posting this review here as well as there, the two places the album's listed, for maximum exposure. By the way, The Loud Family has a website and links to Scott Miller's earlier band, Game Theory. The "Ask Scott" column on the site reveals him to be not only witty and erudite but gracious and as eclectic in his reading, thinking, and listening as you'd expect.

The legend of this album has only grown since it appeared, and the impossibility of finding a CD version (unless auctioned for over $100) makes it all the more desired. As the comments here accurately summarize, this ambitious collection should not be the first, but probably the fourth album you listen to. I am exactly the same age as Scott Miller, and so I have always felt as if he was speaking for me. Amazing to think that I read a review of their first or so EP in the same issue of BAM that mentioned on the same page another indie EP: REM's "Chronic Town." The other GT releases I'd recommend in order are Big Shot Chronicles, the most compact and punchy; Real Nighttime, the first strong one from the mid-80s; and either Two Steps, not nearly as lackluster as I thought it was in the wake of Lolita Nation when it first appeared, or the wonderfully titled Tinker to Evers to Chance compilation. Distortion of Glory collects, and re-records, some of the early ep's.

I had transferred LN from my LPs to digital files (recommended as the LPs can still be found used at a fraction asked for the much rarer CD), rather time-consuming, but it also allowed me to punch up the bass levels, for as much as I love Mitch Easter's production, the trebly quality and Scott Miller's pitch do make for a rather wobbly sonic assault at times as the minutes accumulate in an album that demands attention and concentration, and isn't background music. This is what made GT so engrossing: Miller and his ever-changing crew may have made him the Mark E Smith of college rock's heyday, but his talent, intellect, and self-deprecating persona made his gift for hooks and his ear for tunes and those who could express his musical swirl as if effortlessly--all this is concentrated and pulverized on these 27 tracks. It was compared to Finnegans Wake in one review; the possibilities of language and its fracturing and reassembly have, remarkably, been little exploited by others in indie rock before the advent of sampling and ProTools. Leave it to a computer code-writing genius with a penchant for recording on the side to make this a mind-expanding reality.

I played it the other day to see how it had weathered time. The collages and the tinkly keyboards, two characteristic features throughout Miller's career, come to the forefront here, sometimes at the expense of the guitar-bass-drum crunch. The album does go on at times beyond one's ability to sit through it, but the sprawl invites one's admiration, if not always promotes its willfully eccentric accessibility. The contributions of Gui, Gil, Shelley, Donette, and the supporting musicians Easter invited (along with himself) to play deserve acclaim. This is a perhaps inevitably uneven and at times playfully annoying album, but for sheer reach, it far surpasses nearly everything else from its time. Five stars for effort, if only four, honestly, for achievement: this could have been crafted for CD if not 2 LPs originally and better have used its running time, in hindsight. It's fun, but wearying in its density. Half of it's great, the other half never less than listenable, which for a struggling indie band working in bits and pieces on a tiny label and small budget is quite a success.

In closing, I might add that a former member of GT told me that even her CD copy of LN had been given to her by a fan years after it had been issued! Such is the rarity of it, apparently. So, tape the LPs and we can only hope for its reissue one day in some remastered remodeled 20th anniversary edition. I suppose some legal wrangling must be preventing the re-release of GT (and Loud Family) records? Here's a plea for them again, as new fans who missed out the first time around should not have to languish when such enjoyable and smart music awaits.

I'm really the first to review this?.......2005-09-02

"Lolita Nation" is one of the very best power-pop (if that term even begins to encompass the depth and breadth of this band) albums of the 80's (came out in '87). Scott Miller may be familiar to some as the leader of the Loud Family, whose most accessible long player was 92's "Plants & Birds & Rocks & Things". Scott is an extremely literate lyricist, a writer of great pop hooks, but has a bit of a grating vocal style (at least for the uninitiated). His body of work includes all the Game Theory LPs, along with the Loud Family canon. He has been out of commission since 2000, and the loss is immense. If you can get past the quirks, you will find some of the best pop songs ever written right here.

Lolita Nation (at 26 songs) is a huge undertaking initially, until you get the hang of where Scott is going (some songs are snippets, some repeat themselves in later albums, some backward-reference earlier records, it all ties together eventually, believe me). But patience allows the major songs to emerge, and the hooks will stay in your head forever.

I originally found this in a used bin in Lincoln NE in 1992, on the recommendation of a friend that I just had to own the song "The Real Sheila". He was right. I had just bought "Plants, etc." and had an idea of the structure and self-referential style.

Initially, this perfect song appears to overshadow everything else on the LP. But be patient. The songs all assert themselves over a few listens (think about discovering Zen Arcade, Get Happy or Disintegration, and watching the gems fall out). "Last Day That We're Young" captures a moment we all have gone through, and has never been stated better. He generously gives air time to one of his female musicians, and "Mammoth Gardens" and "Look Away" are 80s classics that the Bangles or the Go Go's should have done.

"One More For St. Michael" will thrill Star Trek" junkies, and "Waist and Knees" rocks as well as anything out at the time. This record (as far as I can tell) starts some Scott patterns, such as songs with two women in the title, and the "Where" series of songs (see "Interbabe Concern" for more on this).

In summary, this is a truly coherent album. The more you listen, the more it makes sense, and the more you see the beginning/middle/end and make the journey with Scott. I know punk was supposed to blow off these "rock opera" like structures, but look at Husker Du, and how they embraced a "concept" album (twice, actually).

You should also check out the other GT releases available, especially "Big Shot Chronicles", and all the Loud Family releases. The man has absorbed his sixties gods, but more than anything, he absorbed the sprit of Alex Chilton. His own voice and studio tricks obscure the picture a bit, but at heart, this is music in the true spirit of "#1 Record" and "Big Star".

Buy it, love it, make it a part of your life. This is a guy who will be "discovered" 20 years from now, and his praises will be sung to the rooftops. Beat the masses, and discover him now.

Art Blose

Average customer rating: A real trip Osterized power-pop, new-wave, studio-snips ANOTHER LOST MASTERPIECE... Brilliant, unspeakably good, soo hard to understand groovey pop masters

Lolita Nation Game Theory Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Big Shot Chronicles Real Nighttime Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things ASIN: B00008EU6J Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Kenneth, What's the Frequency?
2. Not Because You Can
3. Shard
4. Go Ahead, You're Dying To
5. Dripping With Looks
6. Exactly What We Don't Want to Hear
7. We Love You, Carol and Alison
8. Waist and the Knees
9. Nothing New
10. World's Easiest Job
11. Look Away
12. Slip
13. Real Sheila
14. Andy in Ten Years
15. Watch Who You're Calling Space Garbage Meteor Mouth/Pretty Green ...
16. Where They Have to Let You In
17. Turn Me on Dead Man
18. Mammoth Gardens
19. Little Ivory
20. Museum of Hopelessness
21. Toby Ornette
22. All Clockwork and No Bodily Fluids Makes Hal a Dull Humbert/In ...
23. One More for Saint Michael
24. Choose Between Two Sons
25. Chardonnay
26. Last Day That We're Young
27. Together Now, Very Minor

Customer Reviews:

A real trip.......2006-09-24

Lolita Nation was my first Game Theory album. They were playing it at a cool record store I frequented and I was captivated. Lucky thing that I picked up the CD (who knew?). I didn't even have a CD player yet, but I knew I would one day (I borrowed a friend's to dub off a copy).

It alternates between "sound collage" and pop masterpieces. When I was younger I found the sometimes noisy mix pieces brilliant, as I aged they started to cloy a bit, older still, I've come full circle and like them again. They work well to bind the album together. It was a fun thrill to find that many of the snippets are from earlier albums.

The songs are what really shine, though. I love the quirky, jerky "World's Easiest Job". The straightfoward "Look Away" and "Mammoth Gardens" rock along nicely. "One More For Saint Michael" has a great Star Trek reference (how can you not love that...assuming of course you are into that kind of thing.) "We Love You, Carol and Allison" features the odd harmonies that feature heavily in later Scott's Loud Family work.

Completing this musical journey is the final track, "Together Now, Very Minor", a beautiful stripped down acoustic track.

The lyrics can be oblique and Scott's voice is unique (he mocks it himself), but there is no questioning his talent. It may not be relevant to this review, but I managed to catch them on this tour in Houston. Great show.

Others here recommend starting with Big Shot Chronicles and maybe they have a point since it is a much more instantly accessible album, but I'll never forget standing in that record store listening to the album as if in a trance. Magic.

Osterized power-pop, new-wave, studio-snips.......2006-02-05

The legend of this album has only grown since it appeared, and the impossibility of finding a CD version (unless auctioned for over $100) makes it all the more desired. As the comments here accurately summarize, this ambitious collection should not be the first, but probably the fourth album you listen to. I am exactly the same age as Scott Miller, and so I have always felt as if he was speaking for me. Amazing to think that I read a review of their first or so EP in the same issue of BAM that mentioned on the same page another indie EP: REM's "Chronic Town." The other GT releases I'd recommend in order are Big Shot Chronicles, the most compact and punchy; Real Nighttime, the first strong one from the mid-80s; and either Two Steps, not nearly as lackluster as I thought it was in the wake of Lolita Nation when it first appeared, or the wonderfully titled Tinker to Evers to Chance compilation. Distortion of Glory collects, and re-records, some of the early ep's.

I had transferred LN from my LPs to digital files (recommended as the LPs can still be found used at a fraction asked for the much rarer CD), rather time-consuming, but it also allowed me to punch up the bass levels, for as much as I love Mitch Easter's production, the trebly quality and Scott Miller's pitch do make for a rather wobbly sonic assault at times as the minutes accumulate in an album that demands attention and concentration, and isn't background music. This is what made GT so engrossing: Miller and his ever-changing crew may have made him the Mark E Smith of college rock's heyday, but his talent, intellect, and self-deprecating persona made his gift for hooks and his ear for tunes and those who could express his musical swirl as if effortlessly--all this is concentrated and pulverized on these 27 tracks. It was compared to Finnegans Wake in one review; the possibilities of language and its fracturing and reassembly have, remarkably, been little exploited by others in indie rock before the advent of sampling and ProTools. Leave it to a computer code-writing genius with a penchant for recording on the side to make this a mind-expanding reality.

I played it the other day to see how it had weathered time. The collages and the tinkly keyboards, two characteristic features throughout Miller's career, come to the forefront here, sometimes at the expense of the guitar-bass-drum crunch. The album does go on at times beyond one's ability to sit through it, but the sprawl invites one's admiration, if not always promotes its willfully eccentric accessibility. The contributions of Gui, Gil, Shelley, Donette, and the supporting musicians Easter invited (along with himself) to play deserve acclaim. This is a perhaps inevitably uneven and at times playfully annoying album, but for sheer reach, it far surpasses nearly everything else from its time. Five stars for effort, if only four, honestly, for achievement: this could have been crafted for CD if not 2 LPs originally and better have used its running time, in hindsight. It's fun, but wearying in its density. Half of it's great, the other half never less than listenable, which for a struggling indie band working in bits and pieces on a tiny label and small budget is quite a success.

In closing, I might add that a former member of GT told me that even her CD copy of LN had been given to her by a fan years after it had been issued! Such is the rarity of it, apparently. So, tape the LPs and we can only hope for its reissue one day in some remastered remodeled 20th anniversary edition. I suppose some legal wrangling must be preventing the re-release of GT (and Loud Family) records? Here's a plea for them again, as new fans who missed out the first time around should not have to languish when such enjoyable and smart music awaits.

ANOTHER LOST MASTERPIECE..........2005-03-19

I was lucky enough to receive a review copy of this album when it came out (late '80's), and I still consider it a high point in the realm of alternative pop/rock. Some folks carp about Scott Miller's voice, but there's no denying that the guy wrote great lyrics and had a deft touch for writing musical hooks. This is a sprawling, double LP masterpiece that goes in many directions but remains interesting throughout. Excellent...

Brilliant, unspeakably good, soo hard to understand.......2005-02-24

Let me just start by saying that this is not an easy album to like. It's not even an easy album to listen to at times, and that's saying something. Scott Miller, enigmatic leader of Game Theory (and later Loud Family) was always known for his brainy pop, but never shined brighter than he did here. His trippy, quirky senses were firing on all fours here, resulting in a double album that just manages to fit into one full length CD. And what a CD, I mean he encompasses jokes about computer programming and Star Trek, snippets of old and new songs, Stanley Kubrick references (btw, the title of track 22 is wayyy longer than what is listed here), Big Star acoustic tunes, straight up rockers, tape manipulations, etc. It's a tough listen, no doubt, but a lot of fun. It's a great piece of art start to finish, and it almost makes you feel like you've accomplished something if you sit through it and pick up on some of his wry humor. Reviewers have likened it to Big Star's 3rd/Sister Lovers, and while that record is by no means an easy listen, it's still at least easy to understand Alex Chilton's motivation for making that record. Lolita Nation? I can't even imagine - if you took every drug that ever existed simultaneously while reading Finnegan's Wake and listening to the Beatles and playing on the computer, you might end up here. A quick rundown of the album opening sequence: The opener from the first Game Theory record is reprised with some spoken word and sound effects (including a snippet from the opener from the SECOND Game Theory record), followed by what sounds like a broken record drum loop, followed by a sloppy shuffle with indistinguishable lyrics. Then it moves on to a falsetto vocal and synth only reading of a single line from old GT track "Shark Pretty", into a male/female vocal & bass only 30 second track called "Go Ahead, I Know Your Dying To" - then into the first real "song", "Dripping With Looks," another real oddball with separate vocal tracks and crushing feedback. It's hard to see how this all fits together, and maybe it doesn't, but that's not the point anyway. NOT the place to start for newbies looking to investigate more of Scott Miller, those should turn to "Big Shot Chronicles". Ultimately, this is an absolute milestone in the field of indie rock - fans of Big Star, Elephant 6 bands, Sonic Youth, later period Beatles, and James Joyce would do well to check this out.

Best Tracks:
"Dripping With Looks" - Weird, weird, weird. One track is falsetto vocals, and at the third (?) "verse" the other vocal track kicks in, barely audible over the waves of sound.
"The Waist And The Knees" - Almost industrial in the creepy, metallic soundscapes and pounding drumbeat, the semi-normal verses and almost poppy choruses give way to a spoken word bit about contracts and multi-headed infants and such that sounds like something out of a horror movie.
"The Real Sheila" - Somewhere I read that this got a bit of MTV play. It actually is catchy and rather normal, so maybe a few Flock of Seagulls fans dug it. Good pop rock tune with clever (of course) lyrics.
"Chardonnay" - Another semi-pop track with B-52's keyboards, a monster chorus, and a joke about wine that could be lifted from the film "Sideways".
"Together Now, Very Minor' - A very delicate, acoustic only song that is very reminiscent of Big Star. Miller's sardonic lyrics are yet again indecipherable (who is the "nice guy as minor celebrities go?" maybe this is how he perceieves he is seen from a desired other's point of view?) Catchy and quick, a great closer to a great album.

groovey pop masters.......2004-01-10

I first heard these folks at the International Club in Austin sometime around 1987. They were touring for Lolita Nation. I was really impressed by their stage presence -- of course the intimate environment helped -- and their multiple encore's. They played for like 3+ hours ... They clearly love performing their tunes as much as writing them. What really turned me on was the interesting divergence from the typical pop dujour of the day. The tunes are clever and the lyrics interesting enough to make you want to play the tune over again, and again... there are phrases here (music and lyric) that I still find my self humming. A wonderful pop exploration, and it's really well produce (by Mitch Easter of course). I was fortunate to buy the original release cd way back when. I still take it for a spin.

Average customer rating:

Game Theory Manufacturer: Gametru Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAF3ZK Release Date: 2003-03-25

Tracks:

1. Into
2. At All Tymes
3. Fairfield, Flatlandz
4. Creepin n' Crackin
5. Non-Fiction Diction
6. 455 Gramz
7. Sheisty Ass Bastards
8. Intrumental
9. Mayo & Mustard
10. Late Nite

Average customer rating: "We make our mistakes young": now they are older Get it while you still can!

Two Steps from the Middle Ages Game Theory Manufacturer: Red Distribution, in ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Big Shot Chronicles Real Nighttime Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things Interbabe Concern Distortion of Glory ASIN: B000008FVJ

Customer Reviews:

"We make our mistakes young": now they are older.......2006-09-27

This is the last GT album, but since GT and Loud Family have been, Mark E Smith-like, a collective and unstable band (both with members coming and going and arriving again a few years later) under the direction of their only permanent member and long-time leader, the band here sounds far different than the first phase at the start of the 80s. Like Sonic Youth with Rather Ripped, Yo La Tengo with Summer Sun, Pere Ubu with Cloudland, the Velvets 3rd s/t LP or arguably The Fall's This Nation's Saving Grace, this record displays an experimental fringe band who decides well into its checkered career to follow efforts critically acclaimed but perhaps of less than chartbreaking sales with a streamlined, more accessible, pop album. Pop if only by comparison, of course.

Listening to this again recently, after I had been disappointed for a long time by TSFTMA, I found it has worn well with time. Mitch Easter here, in hindsight, applies some of the richer textures that he would apply to Pavement with Brighten the Corners: he takes a determinedly quirky and eccentric band with a literate and vocally challenged frontman and by deepening the sound's depth, produces a record that moves forward rather than sideways or spirally. Like BTC, TSFTMA at first may sound too mainstream. But, the vocal compression into the sonic density behind the singer on both albums builds into a propulsive vehicle rather than an ornamented artifact.

The backup vocals by Shelly LaFreniere and Donnette Thayer integrate much more into the leads by Scott Miller, who sings noticeably less idiosyncratically than on his previous fascinating but admittedly oblique LPs. This allows the band to eschew solos and tangents. In a De Lorean is one of the band's best songs since it fits the tune to the title, and soars. Leilani approaches slowly and swayingly like its title. Throwing the Election fits with its anthemic insistence the lyrical admonitions. Only Picture of Agreeability returns to the jittery keyboard ditties that earned the band one of its genre categories as New Wave. A few songs just meander along plainly, but this happens on any Scott Miller LP, as if to balance the exuberance on other tracks. His genius emerges on all of his total recordings, but not in all of his specific songs. In a way, the melancholy prevalent here also in hindsight resembles the autumnal last CD by LF, Attractive Nuisance. Mainly, for TSFTMA the amplified arrangements and close harmonies are very linear and cropped down--not that the synths and big drums are absent, for this very much sounds like an end-of-the-80s LP, --so they can be stacked on rather than spread out by Easter's production.

Like Summer Sun or Rather Ripped, the results may sound samey, as if one song broken with only brief pauses. I would, however, not recommend this most accessible of their LPs as an introduction to GT, for its strongest melodies and most characteristic songs and lyrics occur on the three earlier LPs (see also the marvelously titled compilation Tinker to Evers to Chance). But, if you have the more acclaimed Lolita Nation, the more consistent Big Shot Chronicles, or the rawer Real Nighttime LPs, you should complete your collection of GT's "real" studio contributions with this often overlooked selection.

Get it while you still can!.......2005-10-23

Two Steps is an absolute must for Game Theory/Loud Family & Scott Miller fans in general.Very similar to Tinkers to Evers, but with a bit of Lolita Nation which is in my opinion one of thier very best. To be fair, if you are into this sound,you really need all of them as each one has its own distinctive mood & style. There will never be a band like Game Theory (with the exception of the Loud Family of coarse) Way ahead of their time,its a shame these cds just keep getting harder to find & keep going up in price. One things for sure at this rate it won't be long until thier unavailable. Get em'while ya still can!

Average customer rating: Growing up (as a cult band) in public An Excellent Introduction to Game Theory

Tinker to Evers to Chance Game Theory Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Real Nighttime Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things ASIN: B00008EUEM Release Date: 1990-03-16

Tracks:

1. Beach State Rocking
2. Bad Year at U.C.L.A.
3. Sleeping Through Heaven
4. Something to Show
5. Penny, Things Won't
6. Metal and Glass Exact
7. Shark Pretty
8. Nine Lives to Rigel Five
9. Red Baron
10. 24
11. Curse of the Frontierland
12. I Turned Her Away
13. Regenisraen
14. Erica's Word
15. Crash into June
16. Like a Girl Jesus
17. We Love You, Carol and Alison
18. Real Sheila
19. Together Now, Very Minor
20. Room for One More, Honey
21. Leilani
22. Throwing the Election

Customer Reviews:

Growing up (as a cult band) in public.......2007-02-26

This is the "Best of" collection; some tracks originally issued in the earliest stages of the band were re-recorded by the latest and last, otherwise nearly un-recorded version of the band. This makes it, therefore, an essential buy for any GT fan. Especially given that the early tracks were on very limited releases by very small indie labels, the interest of this admittedly uneven (all my ratings for GT and The Loud Family CDs on Amazon tend to fall around four stars for various reasons explained at each post) but enjoyable compilation lies in hearing the growth of the band and the sonics catch up in the studio with Scott Miller and his revolving crew of comrades' considerable ambition.

I don't play this much, to be honest, compared to the four LPs released by the band on Enigma in the latter half of the 80s. The production is what draws me in to the lyrical and stratified depths. Miller's delivery can grate in heavier doses, as he would admit! His expressive but wobbly voice is an acquired taste, his lyrics can be too coy or self-consciously clever, and his formidable skills at catchy riffs are countered by a penchant for tinny New Wave tinkles. But, for "college radio alternative" in the 80s, this Davis- and then SF-based Northern California band was one of the leading exponents, and their records have in the twenty-odd years since given me increasing rather than diminishing delight, which cannot be said for many of their once more lauded or more hyped peers.

The best song for me is "Sleeping Through Heaven," in which the band, under Miller, seems to find their own style gelling as the tune breaks into one of Miller's most fluid melodies that overcomes, or resists, that processed New Wave keyboard sound he loves. His vocals here take on the quality that he has shown since then at his best: wistful, yearning, yet a bit self-deprecating at his own wit and attitude. This comes across in his honesty, which all the studio tricks he and soon-to-be producer Mitch Easter would for nearly a decade apply to GT and LF. Miller's own skill in the studio is not to be diminished; even against one of the best producers in rock, Easter, Miller holds his own in combining jangle, depth, and density to power-pop derived structures that he ornaments and filigrees.

Other songs, more familiar than the early indies, are also found on his "proper albums." "Crash into June" from "Big Shot Chronicles" again shows the band at its peak, with Easter's punchier production boosting the song into full bloom. "I Turned Her Away" exemplifies the somewhat sparer, more desolate, sound that Miller and GT occasionally explored; "Like a Girl Jesus" applies a broader soundstage to an upended power ballad of sorts! Often compared to Alex Chilton/ Big Star, GT can sound rather derivative in the mid-period ("Real Nighttime" LP especially; "Big Shot" adds more variety) of their career, although it can be argued that it's a great influence to further elaborate upon.

The track selection from "Lolita Nation" and "Two Steps" is odd; Miller selected the band's "higlights 1982-89" and his always engaging annotations seem to reflect his own idiosyncracies, I guess! I would have chosen few of the songs from the last two GT LPs that he did. I encourage any listener curious about these LPs not to rely only on the few songs here, which I don't think represent the highlights from those LPs! Still, for the liner notes, the early songs, and the ability to hear the band mature, this is a fine anthology from an even better band than is heard here-- on their four Enigma-label LPs.

An Excellent Introduction to Game Theory.......2003-09-05

Before he formed the Loud Family, Scott Miller led Game Theory, arguably one of the finest bands to come out of California in the 1980's. This greatest hits package (some of which, in Miller's words, reached national obscurity, as opposed to regional obscurity) is a great introduction to the band. Miller, a gifted songwriter and underrated singer, and the various folks that play with him (Game Theory was sort of Miller and whomever was in the room with him at the time) created some terrific alternative pop, not unlike Let's Active, REM and the Three O'Clock. Highlights include "Erica's Word," "24" and "The Real Sheila."

Dance Music:

1. Ghetto Pop Life
2. Gone Till November [CD-single]
3. Gone Till November [CD-single]
4. Gone Till November [CD-single]
5. Grimey, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]
6. Hellafied [Explicit Lyrics]
7. Hit 56 [Import]
8. Hustlin' City2City Executive Decisionz [Explicit Lyrics]
9. I Came to Wreck [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Jackpot [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Overboard

Stay Well

Tender Feelings [Import]

New Chautauqua

The Art of Blacking Out

The Best of the Ward Singers [Import]

The Science Series: Space

Rossini - Stabat Mater / Gasdia, Zimmermann, Merritt, I Solisti Veneti, Scimone

The Wilburn Brothers [Import]

Que Pides Tu

The Champ

Show Me

Tech House Phenomena, Vol. 4

Jamaica Say You Will

House of Om: Kaskade