Earth To the Dandy Warhols

Dandy Warhols

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: May 19, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: World's Fair
• ASIN: B001ATO9KC
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,056 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Now acting as masters of their own destiny, The Dandy Warhols are back and ushering
in a rockin return to form with Earth to the Dandy Warhols, the band s debut on their
newly minted label, Beat The World Records. The album is quintessential Dandys, pulling
together the diverse sounds and influences that have always characterized their music,
and full of the same dry vigor that s made them world famous.
From the Some Girls-era Rolling Stones-meets-Talking Heads Welcome to the Third
World, to the campy Mis Amigos, to the psychedelic rock of Beast of Saints, Earth
to the Dandy Warhols is pleasure ride that allows you to fully enjoy the trip while still
keeping you on your toes. The band reached out to their friends, too, inviting Dire Strait s
Mark Knopfler and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell to join in on the rollicking
Love Song. Earth to the Dandy Warhols serves as a stunning platform into a new era
of the Dandy Warhols career and places the band firmly in the ranks of rock s elite class.
The Dandy Warhols first album, Dandys Rule OK? came out in 1995 on Tim Kerr records.
Soon thereafter, Capitol records signed the band to a long-term deal, releasing The
Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997), 13 Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000), Welcome To The Monkey House (2003) and Odditorium
or Warlords of Mars (2005). Over the course of their career, the band have collaborated with the likes of Nick Rhodes (Duran
Duran) and David LaChappelle (who directed the Dandy s video for their hit Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth ), as well as
supported major artist arena tours, from Tom Petty and David Bowie, to summer treks in Europe with the Rolling Stones.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Repeated plays reveal the album's secrets. Honest and natural., August 20, 2008

By	lovebeauty (San Diego,CA) - See all my reviews

The Oregon quartet have finally found their way to their psychedelic spiritual home.
Dumped by their label after 2005's almost unlistenable Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, the Dandy Warhols have wisely refocused and have mostly ditched the doodling and childish shouting.
For their first independent album, they have fashioned a back to the future space-age scenario which can sound overcooked and out of date ("Mission Control").
The first track "The World The People Together (Come On)", is far from the tuneless dirge you'll initially suspect, "Welcome To The Third World" takes you on a naughty funk odyssey, while they've somehow managed to rope in the usually elusive ex-Dire Straits mainman, Mark Knopfler on "Love Song".
As on their previous albums, the songs consistently flow into one another, but this heavily-crafted sequencing is also the band's undoing, since the lack of variation eventually becomes wearing.
This is by far the band's least accessible album to date - not necessarily be a bad thing, depending on your tolerance levels - and although perseverance is rewarded in large patches, the final third somehow feels like an elaborate in-joke.
The first time listener may be horrified. Taylor-Taylor's production is swaddled in layers of guitar, indecipherable lyrics and Zia McCabe's unsympathetic keyboard.
Repeated plays reveal the album's secrets.
It is not catchy, for sure, but this is The Dandy Warhols at their most natural and honest.
The presence of Mark Knopfler and Heartbreakers' ace guitarist Mike Campbell shows the band still exert pulling power and, even at their messiest, the Portland Oregon-based outfit can still deliver, while remorseless metal piledriver Talk Radio would put many heavy rockers to shame.
All is not wholly well: the final third of the album is clogged with stodge but there's enough here to keep them going.
Pick of the album:"World the People Together (Come On)", "Welcome to the Third World", and "Mis Amigos".

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DISSAPPOINTED, September 15, 2008

By	J. Smith - See all my reviews

I am a Dandys Junkie. Cant get enough.Really love Odditorium despite the critics. Their dreamy/psychdelic retro sound is something to groove on. But I must say I was truely dissappointed with Earth to Dandy Warhols. Maybe the wait and build-up/expectations was too much. Truely dissapointed with Taylors vocals. Too synthetic and difficult to hear at times.This disc sounds more like monkey house though not as good.I think they strayed from the essence of their sound. Still looking forward to seeing them this month for the first time though.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Dandy Warhols Deliver...Again!, September 20, 2008

By	Michael J. Elza "eclectic audiophile" (Mechanicsville, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a loyal Dandy Warhol fan, it's no surprise that this album doesn't disappoint. It's range in songs is typical Warhols and I just love it! BUY THIS ALBUM!!!