Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool

Artist: Ruby
Label: Thirsty Ear
Category: Music

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Format: EP
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 700435710122
EAN: 0700435710122
ASIN: B00005AVOD

Release Date: 2001-04-24

Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool

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Tracks:

Beefheart
Queen Of Denial
Lilypad
Waterside
Lamplight
Roses
Grace
Fly
Cargo
Sweet Is
Fuse Again

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Album Description

Ruby is a duo featuring Lesley Rankine. 'Short Staffed At The Gene Pool' is a marvelous pop album in a trip-hop setting (think of Bjork/Maxwell, etc). It's the sound of the movement and by next week everyone will be doing it-but NOT as well. Rankine surprises not only with stick-in -your-head hooks and melodies but also with a compelling voice, one filled with presence and personality. Brilliant! 11 tracks. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Where is My Honey?.......2005-05-12

It's now 2005.
Where are you Ruby? I miss you so much!

Let me say that this is one of the best albums ever. I can't
believe or understand how anyone can be disappointed with this
masterpiece. Yes, it is more trip-hop then industrial, and when I first heard it I was suprised since I was used to "Salt Peter". But, soon my ears were delightfully entertained by this wonderful woman; her voice, her ideas. I wanted to dance, sing, masturbate, etc.

Songs like "Beefheart" and "Grace" can stick in your mind for hours. How can anyone dislike these jems?

If anything, there is a great leap in maturity displayed here compared to the Salt Peter CD. There are great songs on Salt Peter too, but that album as a whole isn't as strong. I would say that the only song on Short Staffed that doesn't appeal to me is "Sweet Is". It's not a bad song. I just have to be in the "mood" for it.

The leap in maturity is found in the jazzy style within the music, and Leslie can compete with the best of them, like Suzanne Vega, Edie Brickell, Carlie Simon, Tori Amos, or any modern "Stupid, Spoiled Whore" that has come out since 1990.

By the way, my 11 year old daughter (and I) love the song Lilypad. I also, for some strange reason, neglected to hear the song "Fuse Again" (which is the last song) for about 1 year after I purchased said recording. It happens to be one of my favorite tracks now. It has an 80's pop rock feel to it, but of course Ruby updates the sound so that it is currently hip and not at all cheesey.

There is so much good music out there! You just have to look for it!

Ruby, come back! I want to marry you!

classic and brilliant!.......2003-09-24

With Ruby's first album "Salt Peter", I knew the woman had some talent with her amazingly erotic vampy growl, and TripHopesque industrialized factory beats. Yet, there was something lacking. On this record the lyrics are just as fierce, but her vocal sound is deeper, and almost jazzier. She still has a rough edge , but the music is actually melodic , and more danceable. She also includes more live instrumentation such as horns and string arrangements, which add the PERFECT touch to this allready flawless electronic composition. I truely believe this is one of the most perfectly crafted recordings ever, and look forward to future releases.

What the heck kinda spunk is this?.......2003-05-08

I first heard Lesley Rankine on Pigface's "Notes From Thee Undergound" and fell in love.

Years later I FINALLY learned of Ruby and set out in search of their recordings. What did I find? This extremely disappointing piece of work. I've never heard the "Salt Peter" album and never will, because this lady is not getting anymore of my money. This has got to be the worst produced album I've ever heard. Most of the so-called electronica on this album sounds like it was done on one of those [reasonably proced] little Casio keyboards from [local store]. And what gives with all the songs that start with "bop, ba, bop, ba da doo" and the like? ...P>Thanks, but no thanks, I'll stick to Meg Lee Chin.

Worth the wait..........2003-01-17

After waiting a very long time for a follow up to Ruby's debut cd "Salt Peter" I wasn't sure if I liked "Short Staffed at the Gene Pool" or not. Mainly because I had spent so much time with her first cd that I was thrown to here something new.

But after about a week with the cd it quickly became as amazing to listen to as her first cd and I think that this album holds together better then Salt Peter. Songs like "Lilypad" and "Cargo" show a new direction for Ruby while still sounding like classic Ruby. If you were a fan of the first one then there is no reason why you shouldn't at least give this cd a listen. I feel it was well worth the wait.

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