''The Cognitive Rules'' is the 2011 EP by British singer-songwriter

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. It was released on 4 December 2011 and serves as the follow-up to his 2007 EP, Acoustic Sessions. The EP was recorded at Trinity Heights in Newcastle upon Tyne and mastered by Geoff Pesche at

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Singles

RJ released two singles in the year, 2011 (''A Better Life'' and ''When I Get Old''), and both tracks were released on the EP The Cognitive Rules later that same year. The single ''A Better Life'' received airplay on

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, while opening track ''Fables'' was featured on

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Track listing

References

2011 EPs {{EP-stub