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Chocolate and Cheese | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ween
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 6118
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 61639
UPC: 075596163927
EAN: 0075596163927
ASIN: B000002HFE
Release Date: September 27, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Take Me Away | | • | Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) | | • | Freedom of '76 | | • | I Can't Put My Finger on It - Ween, Ween, Dean | | • | A Tear for Eddie | | • | Roses Are Free | | • | Baby Bitch - Ween, Ween, Dean | | • | Mister Would You Please Help My Pony? - Ween, Ween, Dean | | • | Drifter in the Dark | | • | Voodoo Lady - Ween, Ween, Gene | | • | Joppa Road | | • | Candi | | • | Buenas Tardes Amigo | | • | The H.I.V. Song | | • | What Deaner Was Talkin' About | | • | Don't Shit Where You Eat |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Those of us who worship at the Church of Ween (Hail to the great god Boognish!) know that skinny blond twerp Beck stole his whole shtick from New Jersey musical geniuses Dean and Gene. Always ahead of their time, the brothers Ween have responded by abandoning their traditional lo-fi four-track recording methods and giving us their lushest album yet, Chocolate and Cheese. Not that Ween's fourth effort is polished; that adjective could never describe an album that veers wildly from acoustic Mexican folk songs, to pure '70s disco, to the appropriately named single, "I Can't Put My Finger On It." But Chocolate and Cheese may come even closer than "Push Th' Little Daisies" to fulfilling Dean's goal of establishing Ween as the next Counting Crows. --Jim DeRogatis
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 One of the best albums ever made... November 5, 2007
400 Spurs in Brain (Nitro, WV USA)
Almost every song on this album is a classic, except for a couple of interuptions of squeaks and clangs. Ranks up with St. Pepper for uniquness and melody. Its a little on the weird side, which makes it unique. Every song sounds like a different band. Ween is amazing here. You'll either love or hate it. In my opinion, this is Ween's best album, or at least one of their best albums. Did I mention Ween is amazing. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pennsylvania representin'!!!!!!! Don't play loud at Congressional sessions.
 This is Actually a review for: La Cucaracha (But It's Not Out Yet) October 8, 2007
Myles Byrne-Dunhill (Dallas, TX)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sorry if you were expecting a review for this fine album Chocolate and Cheese. La Cucaracha, Ween's latest outing, is a very very good effort from them, and even accompanies Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam as being a great recent pop album. They do a lot of genre hopping as usual, and the music has never sounded better. Very good production. The humor of course is dealt in shades of bizzare. Usually the lyrics deal with love, and the cruel songs (there are a few) show love in a more brutal manor, which IS a part of life for some of you as well...
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"Smile on mighty Jesus, Spinal Meningitis got me down." September 9, 2007
Matt Jacobs (Trumansburg, NY)
I had never heard of Ween until this summer when a couple friends started listening to them. It's a unique band. They aren't afraid to be goofy or experiment with different sounds and styles of music. If you only listen to a couple of their weirder songs, you might think they're just talentless hacks messing around, but they really do have genuine songwriting and musical talent. I'm not sure what exactly constitutes "traditional" Ween, but Chocolate and Cheese is probably pretty close. Dean, Gene and friends use guitars, a drum machine, and various other instruments to create a bunch of catchy, enjoyable tunes. A lot of the songs have a 70's vibe, and it's the kind of album you can really chill out too. I imagine it's the kind of thing I'd enjoy more if I got high.
"Take Me Away" opens with some nice little pop-rock as Gene sings in a fake voice, thanking his fake audience. "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)" has more vocal manipulation and distorted guitar. "A Tear For Eddie" is a very nice instrumental, basically being a really good five minute guitar solo. "Roses Are Free" is a bit of a psychedelic song with some female backup vocals. "Drifter In the Dark" is a perfect encapsulation of that slow, older western song you sometimes hear in Coen Brothers movies, and is maybe, along with "Buenas Tardes Amigo", a forerunner to Ween's country album. The later is funny if you listen to it, and has a pretty great guitar riff near the end. "Voodoo Lady" is another entertaining genre piece and a fun single. I'm not as big of a fan of seemingly pointless, musically uninteresting songs like "Candi", even if they provide the album's namesake. "The HIV Song" is in the same mold, although a bit easier to listen to. There are a few clunkers, but most of the tracks work well together to create an entertaining album.
Fractured brilliance August 19, 2007
OneLove (so fla)
Quintessential Ween. More genres are covered on a single album then they have any right to get credit for...but they do it, and well. Song after song, the brothers Ween competently mock, and perhaps pay warped tribute to so many different stylings, and as silly as some of it may seem, there is a staggering solidness to each fractured composition inside the warped masterpiece. Certainly a little too much if you have never acclimated yourself to the band's musical philosophies but a must have for anyone remotely interested in the art of Ween.
Awesome January 5, 2007
Film Fan (Behind you...)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first Ween album I hve ever bought, and I am very impressed. Mix Zappa-esque song titles with sometimes silly, very weird inspiration and college kid songwriting and you have a very funny, well done, interesting and strangely nostalgic sound. This is what happens when your high school garage band sticks to their roots and does well.
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