Welcome to the Monkey House (album)
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| Welcome To The Monkey House | ||
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| Studio album by The Dandy Warhols | ||
| Released | September, 2003 | |
| Recorded | September 11, 2001-December 2, 2002 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 48:27 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Nick Rhodes | |
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| The Dandy Warhols chronology | ||
| Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000) |
Welcome To The Monkey House (2003) |
The Black Album (2004) |
Welcome to the Monkey House is the fourth album by The Dandy Warhols. It was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor unless otherwise stated.
- "Welcome To The Monkey House" – 1:04
- "We Used To Be Friends" – 3:20
- "Plan A" – 4:01
- "The Dope (Wonderful You)" – 4:37
- "I Am A Scientist" (Taylor-Taylor/Bowie) – 3:13
- "I Am Over It" – 3:50
- "The Dandy Warhols Love Almost Everyone" – 1:54
- "Insincere Because I" – 3:49
- "The Last High" (Taylor-Taylor/Dando) – 4:46
- "Heavenly" – 3:36
- "I Am Sound" – 4:00
- "Hit Rock Bottom" – 2:53
- "(You Come In) Burned" – 7:24
"I Am A Scientist" contains a sample of "Fashion" by David Bowie.
[edit] Personnel
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor - Vocals, guitar
- Zia McCabe - Keyboards, bass, vocals
- Peter Loew - Guitar
- Brent De Boer - Drums, vocals
- Nick Rhodes - Synthesiser on "We Used To Be Friends", "Plan A", "I Am A Scientist", "I Am Over It", "The Dandy Warhols Love Almost Everyone", "Insincere Because I", "The Last High", "Heavenly" and "I Am Sound"
- Tony Visconti - Bass on "The Dope (Wonderful You)" and "Hit Rock Bottom", backing vocals on "Hit Rock Bottom"
- Nile Rogers - Guitar on "I Am A Scientist"
- Simon LeBon - Backing vocals on "Plan A"
- Yoad Nevo - Guitar on "Welcome To The Monkey House", "Plan A" and "Heavenly"
- Adam Flick - Bass on "Plan A", "I Am Sound"
- Mark Tinley - Guitar on "I Am Over It"
- Jamie Jackson - Piano on "I Am Sound"
- Parker Posey - Mandolin on "I Am Sound"
- Sally Boyden - Backing vocals on "We Used To Be Friends"
- Sam Dodds - Backing vocals on "We Used To Be Friends"
- Cloudia Tinley - Giggles on "We Used To Be Friends"
[edit] Miscellanea
- Welcome to the Monkey House is also the name of an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut.
- Ron English painted the cover art for the album.
- "We Used To Be Friends" is used as the theme song for Veronica Mars and is featured on Music from The O.C. Vol. 1 as well as the Fox series Wonderfalls. It was also used as the theme song for the Australian reality TV show, My Restaurant Rules, and is one of the tracks on FIFA 2004. It was also mashed-up with Beastie Boys' "Intergalactic" under the title "Intergalactic Friends".
- 9 Songs movie has live performance of "The Last High" as one of its episodes.
- The song "I Am A Scientist" is used as the opening theme to the radio show This Week in Science, and was used on Sky's Brainiac: Science Abuse.
| The Dandy Warhols |
| Courtney Taylor-Taylor | Peter Holmström | Zia McCabe | Brent De Boer |
| Eric Hedford |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Dandys Rule, OK? | ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia | Welcome to the Monkey House | The Black Album | Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols | Odditorium or Warlords of Mars |
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