Pure Guava

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Pure Guava
Pure Guava cover
Studio album by Ween
Released November 15, 1992
Recorded 1992
Genre Alternative Rock
Length 55:46
Label Elektra
Producer(s) Ween
Professional reviews
Ween chronology
The Pod
(1991)		 Pure Guava
(1992)		 Chocolate and Cheese
(1994)


Pure Guava was Ween's third studio album, and the first to be released on a major label. Originally released in 1992 through Elektra Records, it features what is perhaps Ween's most well-known song, "Push th' Little Daisies," which ended up becoming a minor alt rock hit. (The song even reached the Top 10 in Australia in 1993.) It should also be noted that Pure Guava marks the last album the group would record on a four-track.

Many of the songs on this album have an almost psychedelic quality in that they disorient listeners.

Many of the songs on this album come from two tapes that the band made for friends, the first being titled "Springtape", and the second titled "The Caprice Classic Tape", as stated by Dean Ween on JJJ radio in 1993.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Little Birdy" – 3:30
  2. "Tender Situation" – 3:40
  3. "The Stallion (pt. 3)" – 3:30
  4. "Big Jilm" – 2:10
  5. "Push th' Little Daisies" – 2:48
  6. "The Goin' Gets Tough from the Getgo" – 2:08
  7. "Reggaejunkiejew" – 4:51
  8. "I Play It Off Legit" – 3:20
  9. "Pumpin' 4 the Man" – 1:30
  10. "Sarah" – 2:09
  11. "Springtheme" – 3:00
  12. "Flies on My Dick" – 3:26
  13. "I Saw Gener Cryin' in His Sleep" – 1:48
  14. "Touch My Tooter" – 2:23
  15. "Mourning Glory" – 5:14
  16. "Loving U Thru It All" – 2:28
  17. "Hey Fat Boy (Asshole)" – 1:53
  18. "Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)" – 3:23 (referenced on Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs)
  19. "Poop Ship Destroyer" – 2:16

[edit] Singles

Push th' Little Daisies was released as a single on August Records, including both the Album and Radio Edit versions of the song (the latter replacing the word "shit" with a sample of Prince squealing) and the tracks "Ode to Rene," "I Smoke Some Grass (Really Really High)" and "Mango Woman."

[edit] Personnel

Dean Ween - Guitar, Vocals, Engineer
Gene Ween - Vocals, Engineer
Mean Ween - Vocals
Scott Lowe - Vocals, Whistle (Human)
Larry Curtin - Vocals (bkgr), Whistle (Human)
Howie Weinberg - Mastering
Andrew Weiss - Mixing
Patricia Frey Stephan - Digital Editing
Ween - Producer
Tom Nichols - Photography
Reiner Design Consultants - Design

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Singles

1993    Push th' Little Daisies   Modern Rock Tracks                    No. 21
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