''Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue'' is the first album by the

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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 by

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. Several distinct musical techniques were implemented on the album. Most songs use

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lead vocals, usually between

Nico Audy-Rowland Nico Audy-Rowland is a French musician, originally from Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean. He is founder of experimental rock band, Trocadero. Born in Saint Barthélemy, he moved to the US as a teenager. He has also been involved in writing ...

and Wendy Mittelstadt. Many of the electric instruments have a recognizable

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effect. The album contains genre elements influenced by the

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narrative and types of

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Track listing

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

Personnel

Nico Audy-Rowland and Jeff Williams (5791014950)

Trocadero

* Nico Audy-Rowland – vocals,

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baritone

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; keyboards and pedals on "A Girl Named Tex", drums on "Steady Ride (Gun Metal Green)" * Wendy Mittelstadt – vocals, Moog,

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, Kurzweil

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EP,

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; string arrangement on "Half Life" * Brandon Erdos –

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pedals

Guest musicians

*Jeff Williams (under the pseudonym "Philadelphia Telepants") – Fender guitar solo on "Steady Ride (Gun Metal Green)" *Sandy Casey – chorus vocals on "A Girl Named Tex" *Susan Hsia – vocals, Moog Opus, Casio keyboards on "Superhero" *Karen Langlie –

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on "Half Life"

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 debut albums Trocadero (band) albums Rooster Teeth