Rules for Jokers

2001 album by Thea Gilmore

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Rules for Jokers

Studio album by

Thea Gilmore

Released

2001 (2001)

Studio

Chapel Studios

Producer

Nigel Stonier

Thea Gilmore chronology

The Lipstick Conspiracies
(2000)

Rules for Jokers
(2001)

Songs from the Gutter
(2002)

Rules For Jokers is the third album by the English singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore, released in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

It was recorded at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire and produced by Nigel Stonier. The album was a breakthrough for Gilmore with the songs "Holding Your Hand" and "Saviours And All" receiving substantial airplay on BBC Radio 2. The song "Inverigo" was written in Italy, in the town of Inverigo, in honour of Bob Dylan.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

The album received positive reviews from AllMusic and Exclaim!.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thea Gilmore

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Apparition No. 12"	2:44
2.	"Holding Your Hand"	3:45
3.	"This Girl Is Taking Bets"	3:31
4.	"Saviours And All"	3:41
5.	"St. Luke's Summer"	3:44
6.	"The Things We Never Said"	4:52
7.	"Seen It All Before"	4:13
8.	"Benzedrine"	3:01
9.	"Movie Kisses"	3:23
10.	"Take Me Home"	3:14
11.	"Keep Up"	2:43
12.	"Saying Nothing"	3:21
13.	"Inverigo"	4:14

Personnel

Thea Gilmore - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, kalimba, cimbala, mbira
Nigel Stonier - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitar, piano, organ, harmonica, voice
Robbie McIntosh - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, voice
Ian Thomas - drums, percussion, griddle pan (5)
Oliver Kraus - cello
David Coulter - saw, tenor banjo, Q-chord, slide didgeridoo, jaw harp, accordion
Dave 'Munch' Moore - organ (12), harpsichord
Ewan Davies - percussion, organ (10), Blue Tube, finger cymbals, voice
Freyja Gilmore - voice (8,10,12)
Will Bartle - voice, cymbal (5)
Sarah Jane Morris - voice (11)
Steve Menzies - voice (11)

References

^ Wilson, MacKenzie (10 September 2001). "Rules for Jokers - Thea Gilmore". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- Hagerman, Brent (1 January 2006). "Thea Gilmore Rules For Jokers". Exclaim. Retrieved 22 January 2018.