...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

…The Dandy Warhols Come Down
Studio album by The Dandy Warhols
Released July 15, 1997
Recorded 1996
Genre Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, power pop
Length 66:23
Label Capitol
Producer Tony Lash, The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols chronology
Dandys Rule OK
(1995)		 …The Dandy Warhols Come Down
(1997)		 Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
(2000)
Singles from ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
  1. "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Every Day Should Be a Holiday"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Boys Better"
    Released: 1998

…The Dandy Warhols Come Down is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in July 1997 on Capitol Records. The album features a change in style from the garage rock- and shoegaze-influenced sound of their previous album, 1995's Dandys Rule OK, to a more psychedelic, Britpop-influenced alternative rock sound with elements of power pop. It features the single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth", which helped to establish the band's popularity.[1] It is the final album with founding member Eric Hedford, who was replaced by frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent DeBoer in 1998.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Be-In"     7:00
2. "Boys Better"     4:31
3. "Minnesoter"     3:03
4. "Orange"     5:41
5. "I Love You"     4:12
6. "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth"     3:11
7. "Every Day Should Be a Holiday"     4:02
8. "Good Morning"     5:01
9. "Whipping Tree"     3:49
10. "Green"     3:10
11. "Cool as Kim Deal"     3:03
12. "Hard On for Jesus"   Taylor-Taylor and Peter Holmstrom 4:36
13. "Pete International Airport"   Taylor-Taylor and Holmstrom 5:57
14. "The Creep Out"   The Dandy Warhols 8:59

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Alternative Press (favourable)[3]
The Austin Chronicle [4]
NME (favorable)[5]
Piero Scaruffi [6]
Pitchfork (6.5/10)[7]
Q [8]
Q [9]
Rolling Stone (favorable)[10]
Select [11]

The album has received a mixed critical reception. Allmusic criticised the album's consistency, writing "The band has talent for not just punchy hooks, but for layered sonics as well, but they don't know how to meld the two together."[2] Rolling Stone, on the other hand, called the album "the most exhilarating '60s-into-'90s excursion yet attempted by an American band", following with "if this is the Dandy Warhols coming down, the mind boggles at the thought of them flying high."[10]

It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[12]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Dig!. 2004. 
  2. ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Dandy Warhols Come Down - The Dandy Warhols". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r278311. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  3. ^ Jeremy Helligar (1 September 1997). Alternative Press. 
  4. ^ Raoul Hernandez (29 August 1997). "Record Reviews". The Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1997-08-29/529516/. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  5. ^ NME. 
  6. ^ "Dandy Warhols". scaruffi.com. Piero Scaruffi. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/dandywar.html. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  7. ^ James P. Wisdom. "Pitchfork's ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down review (6.5 stars out of 10)". Pitchfork. http://www.slabtown.net/albums/reviews/album_pitchforkcomedown.html. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  8. ^ Steve Malins. Q (June 1998). 
  9. ^ Danny Eccleston. Q (December 2000). 
  10. ^ a b Rolling Stone 764 (July 10, 1997). 
  11. ^ Steve Lowe. Select (June 1998). 
  12. ^ 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. 2008. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.htm. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 

External links

The Dandy Warhols
Brent DeBoer · Peter Holmström · Courtney Taylor-Taylor · Zia McCabe
Eric Hedford
Studio albums
Compilation albums
EPs
Little Drummer Boy · Tales from Slabtown · Tales from Slabtown Vol. 2 · Bohemian Like You Australian Tour · Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume One · Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume Two
Singles
"The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song" · "Ride" · "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" · "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" · "Boys Better" · "Get Off" · "Bohemian Like You" · "Godless" · "We Used to Be Friends" · "You Were the Last High" · "Plan A" · "Smoke It" · "All the Money or the Simple Life Honey" · "Horny as a Dandy" · "Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)" · "Good Luck Chuck" · "The World Come On" · "Mission Control" · "Blackbird"
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