Artist.......: Ween
Album........: Chocolate And Cheese
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: May-22-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
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track title time
01. take me away 03:00
02. spinal meningitis (got me down) 02:53
03. freedom of '76 02:51
04. i can't put my finger on it 02:47
05. a tear for eddie 04:49
06. roses are free 04:35
07. baby bitch 03:04
08. mister, would you please help my pony 02:55
09. drifter in the dark 02:32
10. voodoo lady 03:48
11. joppa road 03:03
12. candi 04:03
13. buenas tardes amigo 07:07
14. the hiv song 02:10
15. what deaner was talkin' about 02:00
16. don't shit where you eat 03:20
Runtime 54:57 min
Size 69,7 MB
Release Notes:
Chocolate and Cheese was Ween's fourth studio
album, originally released by Elektra Records in
1994. It was the first Ween album to eschew the
four-track recordings of their first three albums
and utilize a professional recording studio.
However, most of the instruments were still played
by Dean and Gene Ween, including their drum
machine.
The album is dedicated to comedian John Candy, who
died while Ween was putting the album together. A
Tear for Eddie was dedicated to to the
funk/psychedelic guitar pioneer Eddie Hazel, who
died December 23, 1992.
A brilliant fusion of pop and gonzo humor, 1994's
Chocolate and Cheese is arguably Ween's finest
moment. Building on Pure Guava's more focused
approach, the album proved for once and all that
along with their twisted sense of humor and wide
musical vocabulary, Dean and Gene are also
impressive songwriters. Over the course of
Chocolate and Cheese, Ween explore virtually every
permutation of pop, rock, soul, and funk, from the
opening song "Take Me Away"'s rootsy rock to "Roses
Are Free"'s homage to Prince's shiny Paisley Park
era. On the dreamy, British psych-inspired "What
Deaner Was Talking About," the Afro-Caribbean funk
of "Voodoo Lady," and "Freedom of '76," their
funny, sexy tribute to '70s Philly soul, Ween don't
so much parody these styles as reinvent them.
Indeed, "Drifter in the Dark"'s surprisingly
traditional country and "Joppa Road"'s spot-on soft
rock foreshadow 12 Golden Country Greats and White
Pepper, respectively. Despite Chocolate and
Cheese's polish and prowess, Ween prove they're
still proudly politically incorrect with "Spinal
Meningitis (Got Me Down)" and "Mister Would You
Please Help My Pony?" two of the creepiest songs
about childhood ever recorded. "The HIV Song"
revels in its questionable taste and "Don't Shit
Where You Eat"'s laid-back pop is one of the
album's subtler jokes. Old-school Ween weirdness
surfaces on "Candi" (the shouting in the background
was recorded from the trunk of Dean Ween's car) and
the crazed stomp of "I Can't Put My Finger on It."
"Buenas Tardes Amigo," an epic, spaghetti
Western-inspired tale of murder and revenge, and
"Baby Bitch," a wry but stinging retort to an
ex-girlfriend, show how good Ween are at taking
silly things seriously and serious things lightly.
That's exactly what makes Chocolate and Cheese such
a fun, exciting album.