''Dice Rules'' is a comedy
double album
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by American comedian
Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman". In 1990, he became the fi ...
, released in 1991. It was released on record producer
Rick Rubin
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Rubin helped popula ...
's record label
Def American
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and subsequently re-issued on
Warner Bros. Records
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.
Synopsis
The first side (tracks 1–20) was recorded at
Madison Square Garden
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with the second side (tracks 21–39) being recorded in a smaller, more intimate club setting (Rascals Comedy Club in New Jersey). The closing track, "Brooklyn Bad Boy", is an original song by Clay which was also heard during the end credits of the
''Dice Rules'' film.
Film adaptation
It was also a film of the same name which came out in May 1991, which received mostly negative reviews from critics and was nominated for three
Razzie Awards
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including Worst Picture,
Worst Actor (Andrew Dice Clay) and
Worst Screenplay. The film holds a 7% rating on
Rotten Tomatoes
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based on reviews from fourteen critics.
Track listing
# "Intro"
# "How Are Ya?"
# "Birds"
# "Phone Sex"
# "Ya Can't Be Nice to Them"
# "Christmas Presents"
# "Hoidy Toidy Chicks"
# "Opportunity in America (Al Capone's Safe)"
# "Japs"
# "Handicaps & Cripples"
# "Don't Move"
# "Double Parking"
# "The Car Ride (Goin' to a Party)"
# "The Driveway"
# "Subway Travel"
# "The Grocery Store"
# "Industrial Size"
# "The Urinal"
# "1989-A Review"
# "Bad Press"
# "Backwards"
# "Shakin' Hands"
# "Chicks Aren't Funny (Joey Will)"
# "Bambi"
# "3 Beautiful Dates"
# "Action"
# "Debbie Duz Everything"
# "Filthy in Bed"
# "Salt & Pepper"
# "Smokin' for Your Health"
# "The News"
# "Fat Orgasms"
# "Black Chicks"
# "A Vibrant Beautiful Woman"
# "Woman's World"
# "The First Blow-Job"
# "People Are Pricks"
# "Ya Hear?"
# "Apartment Life"
# "Brooklyn Bad Boy"
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References
External links
Dice Rules on Apple I-Tunes
Official YouTube playlist
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Andrew Dice Clay albums
1991 live albums
American Recordings (record label) live albums
Albums recorded at Madison Square Garden
Live comedy albums
Spoken word albums by American artists
1990s comedy albums
Warner Records live albums