Two Steps from the Middle Ages (1988) is the final album of original material released by Game Theory

Game Theory (band)

Game Theory was an American rock band from 1981 to 1989. The group's lead singer, Scott Miller, went on to front the band The Loud Family. Game Theory is best known for its double LP Lolita Nation. The band favored hyper-literary references, a la Jean-Luc Godard, including the evident...

 before breaking up. Band leader Scott Miller

Scott Miller (Californian musician)

Scott Miller was formerly a member of the 1980s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Both bands were based in the San Francisco Bay Area...

 went on to form The Loud Family

The Loud Family (band)

The Loud Family is an American band based in San Francisco that began in 1991, went on hiatus in 2000 and returned in 2006. The band is named after the real-life Loud family, stars of the 1973 TV show An American Family, the first reality TV show...

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The album's title has at least a double meaning, referring to both dance steps from the historical period known as the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

 as well as to a person who is "two steps" from middle age.

The title of the song "Room For One More, Honey," is a reference to an episode of the American television program The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...

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Track listing

1. "Room For One More, Honey" – 3:03
2. "What the Whole World Wants" – 4:29
3. "The Picture of Agreeability" – 0:57
4. "Amelia, Have You Lost" – 3:23
5. "Rolling With the Moody Girls" – 3:09
6. "Wyoming" – 3:24
7. "In a Delorean" – 3:11
8. "You Drive" – 4:09
9. "Leilani" – 3:02
10. "Wish I Could Stand or Have" – 1:59
11. "Don't Entertain Me Twice" – 3:59
12. "Throwing the Election" - 4:16
13. "Initiations Week" - 2:29

Personnel

• Guillaume Gassuan - bass and backing vocals
• Gil Ray - drums, backing vocals and guitar
• Donnette Thayer
  Donnette Thayer
  Donnette Thayer is a vocalist and guitarist most active in the 1980s and early 1990s underground rock scenes. Thayer has been described as "the enchantress" , "a suave successor to California flower-pop" , and "Gaea personified"...
  
   - guitar and vocals
• Shelley LaFreniere - Synthesizers and backing vocals
• Scott Miller
  Scott Miller (Californian musician)
  Scott Miller was formerly a member of the 1980s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Both bands were based in the San Francisco Bay Area...
  
  - vocals and guitar