Apples (album) Apples (album) Apples is a 1989 album by Ian Dury, it was the soundtrack to his short-lived stage-show of same name though it was recorded before the show opened, it contains twelve of the twenty tracks from the show. The album was reissued on 31 October by Edsel. Apples was a stage show written by Dury with music co-written by Blockheads member Mick Gallagher on the request of Max Stafford-Clark. The show opened for ten days of previews on 6 October 1989 and to the public 12 days later, all the shows were held at the Royal Court Theatre in
Apples to Apples year. It was also named "Party Game of the Year" in the December 1999 issue of "Games" magazine and received the National Parenting Center's seal of approval in May 1999. The popularity of the game led to an increased interest in similar card-matching/answer-judging party games. On September 8, 2007, Out of the Box Publishing sold the rights for "Apples to Apples" to Mattel. The original boxed set contained: Four expansion sets were available adding 72 extra green apple cards and 216 extra red apple cards each. In 2002, "Expansion Set 3" won the Origins Award for "Best Card Game Expansion