Dice Rules Explained

Dice Rules is a comedy double album by American comedian Andrew Dice Clay, released in 1991. It was released on record producer Rick Rubin's record label Def American and subsequently re-issued on Warner Bros. Records.

Synopsis

The first side (tracks 1–20) was recorded at Madison Square Garden 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.^[1]

Film adaptation

It was also a film of the same name which came out in May 1991,^{[2] [3]} which received mostly negative reviews from critics^{[4] [5]} and was nominated for three Razzie Awards including Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Andrew Dice Clay) and Worst Screenplay. The film holds a 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from fourteen critics.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "How Are Ya?"
3. "Birds"
4. "Phone Sex"
5. "Ya Can't Be Nice to Them"
6. "Christmas Presents"
7. "Hoidy Toidy Chicks"
8. "Opportunity in America (Al Capone's Safe)"
9. "Japs"
10. "Handicaps & Cripples"
11. "Don't Move"
12. "Double Parking"
13. "The Car Ride (Goin' to a Party)"
14. "The Driveway"
15. "Subway Travel"
16. "The Grocery Store"
17. "Industrial Size"
18. "The Urinal"
19. "1989-A Review"
20. "Bad Press"
21. "Backwards"
22. "Shakin' Hands"
23. "Chicks Aren't Funny (Joey Will)"
24. "Bambi"
25. "3 Beautiful Dates"
26. "Action"
27. "Debbie Duz Everything"
28. "Filthy in Bed"
29. "Salt & Pepper"
30. "Smokin' for Your Health"
31. "The News"
32. "Fat Orgasms"
33. "Black Chicks"
34. "A Vibrant Beautiful Woman"
35. "Woman's World"
36. "The First Blow-Job"
37. "People Are Pricks"
38. "Ya Hear?"
39. "Apartment Life"
40. "Brooklyn Bad Boy"

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External links

• Dice Rules on Apple I-Tunes
• Official YouTube playlist

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06JN0ur3HpE Brooklyn Bad Boy (Live at Rascals Comedy Club (NJ) / 1990) by Andrew Dice Clay – Topic on YouTube
2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101726/ Dice Rules (1991) – IMDb
3. https://archive.today/20130419190854/http://movies.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9D0CE7DC1431F93BA25756C0A967958260 Review/Film; Andrew Dice Clay Essence: Misogyny, Insult and Sex – The New York Times (subscription required)
4. https://siskelebert.org/?p=3006 Thelma & Louise, Hangin' With The Homeboys, Dice Rules, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, 1991 – Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
5. https://siskelebert.org/?p=5296 Worst of 1991 — Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
6. Web site: Dice Rules (1991) . . Fandango . March 26, 2020.
7. https://www.allmusic.com/album/dice-rules-mw0000263356 AllMusic