The Jack Rubies - Lobster

THE JACK RUBIES
Lobster
1987 Idea

01. Lobster
02. A Horse With No Name
03. Over My Head
04. Vegas Throat

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The Jack Rubies - Fascinatin' Vacation

THE JACK RUBIES
Fascinatin' Vacation
1988 TVT Records

01. Be With You
02. Lobster
03. Fascinatin' Vacation
04. Over My Head
05. Vegas Throat
06. Wrecker Of Engines
07. Falling
08. You're So Wild
09. Diamond Mine
10. A Horse With No Name
11. Here Comes Love
12. Dallas Blues

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The Jack Rubies - Be With You

THE JACK RUBIES
Be With You
1987 Idea Records

01. Be With You
02. Falling
03. Fascinatin' Vacation

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The Jack Rubies - Foolish Boy

THE JACK RUBIES
Foolish Boy
1986 Lush Recordings

01. Foolish Boy

02. Here Comes Love

03. You're So Wild

04. Foolish Boy (Instrumental Version)

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The Jack Rubies - See The Money In My Smile

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) 

01. Mona Lisa
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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