Short-Staffed At The Gene Pool

Ruby released their second studio album Short-Staffed At The Gene Pool much belatedly in April 2001, on new labels Thirsty Ear Recordings in the US and Wichita Recordings in the UK. Three singles were put out for Short Staffed... all of which had music videos made for them: "Grace" and "Beefheart" released in 2001, and finally "Lamplight" in 2002. This album was produced by Lesley Rankine and Mark Walk.

Rankine went out on tour again in support of this album; Walk did not. Ruby also released a remix album of Short Staffed... in July 2001 called Altered and Proud, the Short Staffed Remixes.

Track listing

 * 1) "Beefheart"  (3:57) Rankine, Walk
 * 2) "Queen of Denial"  (3:13) Rankine, Walk
 * 3) "Lilypad"  (3:27) Rankine, Walk
 * 4) "Waterside"  (3:54) Rankine, Walk
 * 5) "Lamplight"  (4:26) Rankine, Walk
 * 6) "Roses"  (4:18) Rankine, Walk
 * 7) "Grace"  (3:31) Rankine
 * 8) "Fly"  (4:14) Rankine, Walk
 * 9) "Cargo"  (3:35) Rankine, Walk
 * 10) "Sweet Is"  (4:17) Rankine, Walk
 * 11) "Fuse Again"  (5:00) Rankine, Walk
 * total length: (43:52)