Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue (album)

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Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue
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Studio album by
Released1 Sep 2004
Genre Alternative rock
Length45:25
Label Rooster Teeth Productions
Producer Trocadero
Trocadero chronology
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue
(2004)
Ghosts That Linger
(2009)

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue is the first album by the alternative rock band Trocadero, released in 2004. It contains "songs from and inspired by Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles ". The album was independently released, with manufacturing and distribution handled by Rooster Teeth Productions.

Contents

Several distinct musical techniques were implemented on the album. Most songs use polyphonic lead vocals, usually between Nico Audy-Rowland and Wendy Mittelstadt. Many of the electric instruments have a recognizable reverberation effect.[ citation needed ]

The album contains genre elements influenced by the blues, disco, spirituals, western narrative, and types of rock.[ original research? ]

Track listing

  1. "Intro" (Audy-Rowland) – 0:18
  2. "Blood Gulch Blues" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt) – 2:24
  3. "Steady Ride (Gun Metal Green)" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt) – 4:24
  4. "Spiritual" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt) – 2:42
  5. "No One" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt/Erdos) – 2:49
  6. "Funny Farm" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt) – 5:10
  7. "A Girl Named Tex" (Audy-Rowland) – 3:27
  8. "Punch It" (Audy-Rowland) – 0:38
  9. "Space Invader" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt/Erdos) – 3:32
  10. "(617)" (Audy-Rowland/Hsia/Erdos) – 3:32
  11. "Superhero" (Audy-Rowland/Hsia/Erdos) – 3:34
  12. "Vale Deah" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt/Erdos) – 3:01
  13. "All as One" (Audy-Rowland/Hsia/Erdos) – 4:09
  14. "Oh Five!" (Audy-Rowland) – 0:51
  15. "Half Life" (Audy-Rowland) – 4:39
  16. "BATE" (Audy-Rowland/Mittelstadt/Hsia/Erdos) – 0:26

Personnel

Nico Audy-Rowland and Jeff Williams Nico Audy-Rowland and Jeff Williams (5791014950).jpg
Nico Audy-Rowland and Jeff Williams

Trocadero

Guest musicians

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References

  1. "Artists". Trocadero. Retrieved August 27, 2014.