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Game Theory

Dead Center
Released: 1984
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Distortion of Glory
Released: 1994
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Distortion of Glory is a 1994 CD compilation of all of 1982's Blaze of Glory and most of the two following EPs, 1983's Pointed Accounts of People You Know and 1984's Michael Quercio-produced... Continue[+]
Blaze of Glory
Released: 1982
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Game Theory's 1982 debut is about as D.I.Y. as it gets. Blaze of Glory was recorded in leader Scott Miller's old bedroom at his parents' house in Sacramento, CA, and you can just barely hear his... Continue[+]
Pointed Accounts of People You Know
Released: 1983
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According to Miller, bands like the Dream Syndicate and Thin White Rope caught his imagination around the time of this release's appearance. While things aren't as completely fried as those two... Continue[+]
Distortion
Released: 1984
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With production from fellow '60s music appreciator Michael Quercio, who would end up in the band himself in its final days, on Distortion, Game Theory continues its musical quest with some... Continue[+]
Two Steps From the Middle Ages
Released: 1988
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Many fans of 1987's sprawling and often bizarre masterwork Lolita Nation felt that 1988's comparatively concise and straightforward Two Steps From the Middle Ages was a step backward for Scott... Continue[+]
Real Nighttime
Released: 1985
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While Game Theory had released three EPs between 1982 and 1984, their first full-length album, Real Nighttime, was where the band truly found their voice on vinyl. With Mitch Easter on board as... Continue[+]
Big Shot Chronicles
Released: 1986
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Scott Miller broke in a new Game Theory lineup on The Big Shot Chronicles (a revolving-door cast of musicians was something he would get used to over the next decade or so), and if the album lacks... Continue[+]
Tinker to Evers to Chance (Selected Highlights 1982-1989)
Released: March 1990
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Scott Miller compiled and annotated this career-spanning retrospective of his band Game Theory, and anyone looking for a convenient introduction to the band's arch and intelligent power pop could... Continue[+]
Lolita Nation
Released: 1987
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Game Theory leader Scott Miller has never made much of a secret of his fondness for Big Star, but while Real Nighttime favored the sound of #1 Record and The Big Shot Chronicles suggested the... Continue[+]
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