White Pepper

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White Pepper
White Pepper cover
Studio album by Ween
Released May 2, 2000
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Alternative Rock
Length 39:28
Label Elektra
Producer Christopher Shaw, Ween
Professional reviews

[1]
Ween chronology
Craters of the Sac
(1999)		 White Pepper
(2000)		 Live In Toronto Canada
(2001)
This article is about an album. For the spice, see Black pepper
Falling Out redirects here. For the album by Peter Bjorn and John, see Falling Out (album)

White Pepper was Ween's seventh full-length album, and the last album they would release on Elektra Records. It was released on May 2, 2000.

White Pepper is by far Ween's most polished album, and probably the group's most accessible. Songs like "Even If You Don't" feature powerful, radio-friendly production and musicianship. Ween's bizarre sense of humour is still intact (such as on the Steely Dan satire "Pandy Fackler") and their hard rock roots still show ("Stroker Ace" is possibly the most hard rocking song the group have recorded to date), but for the most part, Ween play the album much more subdued than usual, using pop (especially Beatles-based pop) and AM radio staples for its inspiration. Its title is said to be a tip of the hat to two Beatles albums, Sgt. Peppers and The White Album.

The band helped promote the album by performing "Exactly Where I'm At" on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ween. Published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Ver Music/Browndog Music, BMI.

  1. "Exactly Where I'm At" - 4:31
  2. "Flutes of Chi" - 3:30
  3. "Even If You Don't" - 3:25
  4. "Bananas and Blow" - 3:34
  5. "Stroker Ace" - 2:08
  6. "Ice Castles" 2:05
  7. "Back to Basom" - 3:46
  8. "The Grobe" - 3:32
  9. "Pandy Fackler" - 3:57
  10. "Stay Forever" - 3:32
  11. "Falling Out" - 2:28
  12. "She's Your Baby" 3:00

[edit] Singles

  • "Even If You Don't" was released as a single on Mushroom Records with the B-side "Cornbread Red"
  • "Stay Forever" was released as a single on Mushroom Records with "The Grobe" and "Who Dat?"

[edit] People who played on the record

[edit] Personnel

  • Chris Shaw - Producer, engineer, mixer
  • Danny Madorsky - Engineer
  • Phil Painson - Engineer
  • Damian Shannon - Engineer
  • Kirk Miller - Live Sound Engineer
  • Ween - Producer
  • Howie Weinberg - Mastering
  • Gregory Burke - Art direction
  • Danny Clinch - Photography

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

2000   White Pepper        Heatseekers             No. 2
2000   White Pepper        The Billboard 200       No. 121
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