Cheech and Chong (album)

Cheech and Chong
Studio album by Cheech & Chong
Released August 1971[1]
Genre Comedy
Label Ode, Warner Bros., WEA
Producer Lou Adler
Cheech & Chong chronology
Cheech and Chong
(1971)
Big Bambu
(1972)
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Allmusic [2]

Cheech and Chong is the 1971 self-titled debut album of Cheech & Chong, produced by Lou Adler. It features "Dave", one of their most famous routines. The album peaked at #28 on the Billboard 200 the week of March 4, 1972. The album was nominated for Best Comedy Recording at the 14th Grammy Awards, but lost to Lily Tomlin's This Is a Recording.

At Christmas that year, a single was released with "Dave" on the B-side and with "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" (a sketch not available on any LPs) on the A-side. The single peaked at #38.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1 (UNO)

  1. "Blind Melon Chitlin'" - 4:22
  2. "Wink Dinkerson" - 2:58
  3. "Acapulco Gold Filters" - 2:50
  4. "Vietnam" - 3:07 (Cheech & Chong, Jimmy Cliff)
  5. "Trippin' In Court" - 5:56

Side 2 (YE)

  1. "Dave" - 1:25 (Cheech & Chong, Chick Corea)
  2. "Emergency Ward" - 3:34
  3. "Welcome to Mexico" - 2:48
  4. "The Pope: Live at the Vatican" - 1:55
  5. "Cruisin' With Pedro De Pacas" - 3:56
  6. "Waiting for Dave" - 5:05

Production

References

  1. ^ ("...four-month old first album..." from an issue published December 14, 1971) Fong-Torres, Ben (January 6, 1972). "Cruisin' at Holy Cross with Cheech and Chong". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.) (99): 8. 
  2. ^ Allmusic review