THE JACK RUBIES
See The Money In My Smile
1990 TVT Records
Notes:
A deluge of critical hype - and a cool name - couldn't convince music
fans that The Jack Rubies were doing anything original. Formed in
London, England, in 1986, The Jack Rubies consisted of vocalist Ian
Wright, guitarist Stephen D. Ineson, bassist Steve Brockway, and
percussionist Lawrence Giltnane. Wright and Ineson were also the group's
songwriters. Not in synch with the dance flavors of late-'80s British
rock, the Jack Rubies produced derivative jangle pop with biting lyrics
that hooked U.S. college radio. The haywire drums and sinister vocals of
"Be With You" immediately landed on left-of-the-dial stations in 1988;
the video for it also became a favorite of MTV's 120 Minutes. The band
also released their debut album, Fascinatin' Vacation, that year. The
group toured with They Might Be Giants and Modern English, and their
second LP, See the Money in My Smile, appeared in 1990.
(Review by Michael Sutton, All Music Guide)
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02. Baby Fire
03. Good Morning Heartache
04. A Walk Down Any Street
05. Beautiful Joe
06. Lost In The Crowd
07. Crazy Letter
08. Beautiful Joe's Bad Dream
09. Calamity Jane
10. Book Of Love
11. Western Sky
12. Tijuana Bible
13. I Saw The Glory
14. Bullfighters' Disco
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