Quebec [Explicit Lyrics]

Ween | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B0000ADXEC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,774 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #94 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Comedy Rock

Track Listings

1. It's Gonna Be A Long Night

2. Among His Tribe

3. Tried and True

4. So Many People In The Neighborhood

5. Captain

6. Hey There Fancy Pants

7. Happy Colored Marbles

8. I Don't Want It

9. Chocolate Town

10. Transdermal Celebration

11. The Fucked Jam

12. Zoloft

13. The Argus

14. If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)

15. Alcan Road

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

How does one encapsulate the mischievous musical conceits of Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo, aka Gene and Dean Ween? Infinitely less self-conscious than the smirky They Might Be Giants, yet possessed of a downright Zappa-esque sense of the perverse, Ween returns here from the problematic, if illusory, mainstreaming that characterized 2000's White Pepper to embrace an artistic tack that seems as focused as an errant cluster bomb. While eclecticism for its own sake has often yielded painful self-indulgence, G&D's is sublime enough to seem virtually pre-conscious. The white-trash thrash of "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" dispenses with the expected parody quotient early on, shrewdly clearing the stage for moody doses of psychedelia that are variously driving ("Transdermal Celebration"), dirgy ("Among His Tribe"), and languorously eerie ("Captain"). But, perhaps conscious of reputations to be maintained, those dreamy, chem-friendly spells are variously broken by the perfect '70s country-pop of "Chocolate Town," the pocket epic "The Argus," and tracks that somehow recall both Captain Beefheart and their own haphazard side-career scoring cartoons and other TV fare. There's something here for everyone, to be sure--but closer to Ween's antic hearts, something to annoy everyone as well. --Jerry McCulley

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Rack it up and suck it down July 25, 2006

By Noddy Box

Format:Audio CD

For over three months now I've had to endure Brainless from New Jersey's nauseating "Review of Each Song" on this magnificent album and dude, I just can't let you be the first thing unsuspecting online punters bump into any longer so here's my own hastily assembled five-star review, which I'm hoping will be approved and posted instamatically: Quebec is quite simply and without question a large French-speaking province in Eastern Canada. Well, my work here is done.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Making musical genre-bending look like child's play... August 9, 2003

By Dan Chappell

Format:Audio CD

I had no idea what to expect from "Quebec". I'd been hearing about it for months, and after the very pop-rockish and suprisingly commercially-accesible "White Pepper", I didn't know where the boys were going to take us now. "Quebec" seems to be along the same vein as "Chocolate and Cheese", a collection of category-defying songs that shouldn't all work together, yet do. Ween's respect for other bands shines thru on many tracks <the album starts off sounding like Motorhead and ends with something that could have been on Pink Floyd's "Meddle" if Roger Waters had decided to show a little more gusto> while still reminding us of why a Ween Album is an experience all it's own. "Zoloft" is an absolutely brilliant track, at first seeming like a sugar-coated piece of elevator music, with Gene's voice calmly lulling the listener... but like the Zoloft user, the listener's bliss becomes slightly disturbed by an almost drowned-out voice begging you to be true to your own mind and soul. Ween takes several other dark steps with the lost-at-sea wailings of "Captain" and the introverted city dweller's nightmare that is "So Many People in the Neighborhood", which I would say is one of Ween's best layered and chaotically-fueled songs to date. But the album manages a beautiful balance of moods and rhythms, with songs like "Transdermal Celebration" being certain to become powerful and driving live favorites. Ween has given the faithful fans something truely wonderful to sink their teeth into for years to come.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!! March 8, 2005

By J. Rodd

Format:Audio CD

I've had it for a couple of weeks now (after putting off buying it for ages, and not hearing one jot on the radio) and let the songs sink in. I've read all the other reviews and here's what I think. Speaking as a musician, Ween are a band that make me want to play...they continue to sustain my interest in music through their ability to compose and craft songs that are honest, true and not intended to make oodles of cash or cash in on a trend. You can't ask for more than that. All the tunes are great, listen for yourself and pick a favorite... I can't. It's just WEEN. Who could ask for more? These guys had it in truckloads on GODWEENSATAN and its still there.