Rue Nouveau: "Beatles with a girl singer"

“Rue's graceful plaintive melodies give pulse and punctuation to Ball's literate bittersweet lyrics and turns them into highly theatrical songs."
Minneapolis Star Tribune

“From the opener on, Rue’s music sets sharp hooks…”
San Francisco Examiner

“…songs carry the craft and know-how of someone who has listened to and learned from some of pop’s best lyricists and melody makers."
(Twin Cities) City Pages

"…vibrant, catchy, exciting melodies.”
(San Francisco) Bay Area Express

“…these songs are a clear cut above the usual…each one features at least one major-league moment, phrase or hook…”
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Super songs…coarse, energetic poetry and unexpected vulnerability.”
San Jose Mercury News

"Some of the best music I’ve heard in eons.”
Golden Gate (San Francisco)

Press photo for what might have been the 3rd collection, "Say Goodbye"

The Columbia Sessions

Rue Nouveau

Recorded in 1985, Creation Audio, Minneapolis. Chopper Black, enginer

Producers Rue Nouveau and Chopper Black

All songs by Gary Rue and Leslie Ball Arrangements by Rue Nouveau © 1985 Rue/Ball Loose Canon Music Group BMI International copyright secured, all rights reserved

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