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Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live '90-'98 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ween
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 119339
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
UPC: 755962264242
EAN: 0075596226424
ASIN: B00000JC6A
Release Date: June 22, 1999
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Condition: PRIVATE COLLECTION. CD(s), case and all inserts/booklets in great condition. We ship daily.
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Mushroom Festival in Hell | | • | Japanese Cowboy - Ween, Ween | | • | Mountain Dew - Ween, Ween | | • | Bumblebee | | • | Voodoo Lady | | • | Ode to Rene | | • | Mister Richard Smoker | | • | Doctor Rock | | • | I Can't Put My Finger on It | | • | Cover It with Gas and Set It on Fire | | • | Awesome Sound | | • | Tender Situation | | • | Mister Would You Please Help My Pony? | | • | I Saw Gener Cryin' in His Sleep | | • | Marble Tulip Juicy Tree | | • | She Fucks Me |
Disc 2
| • | Poop Ship Destroyer | | • | Vallejo - Ween, Ween | | • | Puffycloud |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Ween is often dismissed as a novelty band, but those who stoop to such judgments should check out this shaggy document of Gene and Dean bringing it to the people. Paintin' the Town Brown captures the brothers Ween in their early days playing to DAT accompaniment through their full band stints. The strongest cuts on this release come from their 1996 country tour; backed by a crackerjack band of Nashville studio legends, Ween saddles traditional honky-tonk with politically incorrect lyrics and the whole package seems to make a lot of sense. Longtime fans will be thrilled at the inclusion of obscure Ween cuts like "Mountain Dew," "Vallejo," and "Ode to Rene." Casual fans will have a hard time with disc two, a spotlight on Ween's overindulgent Boredoms-like jams. Still, it's hard not to admire a band that tackles French cabaret music, Middle Eastern drones, funk, punk, and demented children's music. --Jason Josephes
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| Customer Reviews:
 this is our best gig ever... October 27, 2006
Richard E. Horan (Bangor, PA United States)
Then what happens, there is a mix up and then you hear "I knew you'd f* it up". Ween is one of my favorites. I really like disc one. i am not a big fan of the long "phish-like" jam sessions, therefore the four star rating. As others have written a 3 or 4 disc set would have been way cool since there is a lot of material they can choose from as the ween internet radio proves. favorites:
1. bumblebee what a great guitar and its a stich how quiet the audience is.
2. doctor rock- this is a given.
3. awesome sound- great guitar again.
4. mountain dew- pretty funny how they play with the sound on this one.
5. richard smoker is great recording is real clean.
6. mister would you please help my pony?- always a crowd pleaser.
It was this record when i first got it in early 2000 that i realized what a great guitar player dean is. If you like this record the live at stubbs is really good too, plus its 3 cds.
Brown is good September 17, 2004
C. A. Owensby (Chattanooga, TN)
Every Ween enthusiast should own this, but it is definitely not their best cd (nor their best live cd - buy Stubb's first). However, true fans will not want to miss out on owning the prayer-call intro to ICPMFOI. I saw that preformed live once and it was beautiful! So that song in itself makes it worth buying this cd.
 For fans... February 27, 2001
Rob Damm (Brick, NJ USA)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
I remember when I bought this CD... it was during my post-college, pre-employment phase. I woke up at about 3:00pm, swallowed a handful of asprin to stave off a bad hangover, went to pick up the CD, came home, popped it in and sat on my couch with a bowl of fruity pebbles... the full Ween experience! Anyway, I was pretty disappointed. I mean, I had sprung for the CD instead of another fifth of Early Times whiskey!! The first disc is listenable, with some great moments from their awesome '96 tour (best Ween tour ever??), but also some really badly recorded early stuff. There is a great version of "Mountain Dew" though, that will make this disc worthwhile for hardcore Ween fans. The vastly varying sound quality is what ruins my enjoyment of the first disc overall... if it was all lo-fi (a la "The Pod") I could have dealt with it, but going from crisp, pro-engineered multitrack recordings to amature DAT stuff is just annoying. The second disc has the best version of "Poopship Destroyer" and a hell of a lot of noodling that doesn't sound so good when one is sober.... hmm... A few years down the road, and I'm a respectable member of society. I still love Ween, but this is definitely the disc I reach for the least. This is aimed squarely at serious fans, and newcomers or general listeners should definitely start elsewhere... Not bad, but certainly in the "For Fans" category.
 If you don't know WEEN, you ain't brown... January 28, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lets face it -- if this album is your first exposure to Dean & Gene Ween's music, your response will probably range from mild annoyance to outright cringing. But for us Ween officianados, and especially for those who have been fortunate to be blessed with a 4-hour live show or two, this album is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Early super-sloppy inclusions such as "Mushroom Festival in Hell" and "Mountain Dew" demonstrates the band's remarkable ability to really rock without really worrying about how they sound (you'll see what I mean). But before you dismiss them as just another over-indulging garage band, check out the hard-as-rock licks by Deaner in "Awesome Sound" or Gener's soaring vocals in "Can't Put My Finger On It" or Claude Coleman's other-worldly drum solo in "Vallejo". Ween rules. God bless the Boognish.
one star off because.. November 16, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i swear i have bootlegs that are longer and better than this, but you have to love it since ween lovingly handpicked the songs themselves. the 26 minute poopship is a masterpiece, and i wish they had the hour long vallejo on another disc making it three but this is just fine. for a live album, ween has so many great live shows and some very old funny ones back in the days when 23 to 12 people were at a live concert, most were held in parking lots, they should have put out a 5 or 6 disc boxset, including all the old concerts, some more nashville material and all the funny stuff. but this is fine, get it or die!
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