Chocolate and Cheese
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| Studio album by Ween | |||||
| Released | September 27, 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | ||||
| Length | 54:47 | ||||
| Label | Elektra | ||||
| Producer | Andrew Weiss | ||||
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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 the funk/psychedelic guitar pioneer Eddie Hazel, who died December 23, 1992. Ween originally wanted the cover to have a "gay sailor theme" but the studio thought it politically incorrect (possibly because of the "HIV Song" which is ironically cheery and upbeat), so they opted for the woman's body on the cover.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Take Me Away" - 3:01
- "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)" - 2:53
- "Freedom of '76" - 2:51
- "I Can't Put My Finger on It" - 2:48
- "A Tear for Eddie" - 4:50
- "Roses are Free" - 4:35
- "Baby Bitch" - 3:04
- "Mister Would You Please Help My Pony?" - 2:55
- "Drifter in the Dark" - 2:32
- "Voodoo Lady" - 3:48
- "Joppa Road" - 3:03
- "Candi" - 4:03
- "Buenas Tardes Amigo" - 7:07
- "The H.I.V. Song" - 2:10
- "What Deaner Was Talkin' About" - 2:00
- "Don't Shit Where You Eat" - 3:20
[edit] Related releases
I Can't Put My Finger on It is an EP released by Elektra Records in 1994, and included the tracks "I Can't Put My Finger on It", "A Tear for Eddie", "Now I'm Freaking Out" and "Bakersfield".
Voodoo Lady is an EP released by Flying Nun Records (as a 7") and White Records (as a CD) in 1994, and included the tracks "Buenas Tardes Amigo", "There's a Pig" (CD version only), and "Vallejo" (CD version only).
Freedom of '76 is an EP released by Flying Nun Records in 1995, and included two versions of the title track plus "Now I'm Freaking Out" and "Pollo Asado".
[edit] Personnel
- Dean Ween - Guitar, Vocals
- Gene Ween - Vocals
- Greg Frey - Engineer
- Howie Weinberg - Mastering
- Andrew Weiss - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Kirk Miller - Live Sound
- Danny Clinch - Photography
- John Kuezala - Photography
- Reiner Design Consultants - Design
- Patricia Frey Stephan
- Mean Ween
- Claude Coleman
- Scott Lowe
[edit] Charts
[edit] Album
- 1994 Chocolate and Cheese, Heatseekers No. 10
[edit] Singles
- 1994 "Voodoo Lady", Modern Rock Tracks No. 32
[edit] Miscellanea
- Ween say they never got to meet the attractive cover model, Ashley Savage.
- The song "Voodoo Lady" can be heard in the films Road Trip and Dude, Where's My Car?. The album cover is also seen on the wall of a dorm room in Road Trip.
- "Roses Are Free" was played several times by Phish notably as a 35 minute jam during the "Millennium Bash" in the wee hours of the morning on January 1, 2000.
- "Buenas Tardes Amigo" features in the German movies Lammbock and Herr Lehmann.
- CKY guitarist (and dedicated Ween fan) Chad Ginsburg appeared in the "Freedom of '76" video as an extra shouting at Gene and Dean after they stole the Liberty Bell. According to Chad, he was screaming "You stole my song!" due to the similarities of his song (Rudy + Blitz "Loaf") and Ween's "Spinal Meningitis."
- Ash covered the song in 1997 in b-face of the single A Life Less Ordinary. This track also features on Ash's live album Live at the Wireless".
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Ween discography [1]
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