Ween / The Pod
Artist Ween
Album Title: The Pod
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format CD
Released 00/00/1991
Reissue Date 03/16/1993
Label Elektra Entertainment/Warner Communications Inc.
Catalog No 61713-2
Bar Code No 0 7559-61713-2 8
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Strap On That Jammypac (3:03)
2. Dr. Rock (3:10)
3. Frank (3:45)
4. Sorry Charlie (3:49)
5. The Stallion (Pt. 1) (2:51)
6. Pollo Asado (2:44)
7. Right To The Ways And The Rules Of The World (5:04)
8. Captain Fantasy (3:18)
9. Demon Sweat (4:11)
10. Molly (4:47)
11. Can U Taste The Waste? (1:36)
12. Don't Sweat It (4:01)
13. Awesome Sound (2:21)
14. Laura (4:35)
15. Boing (1:33)
16. Mononucleosis (3:00)
17. Oh My Dear (Falling In Love) (1:56)
18. Sketches Of Winkle (2:43)
19. Alone (3:12)
20. Moving Away (3:05)
21. She Fucks Me (3:57)
22. Pork Roll Egg And Cheese (3:00)
23. The Stallion (Pt. 2) (4:36)
Date Acquired 07/15/2005
Personal Rating
Acquired from JSR Direct
Purchase Price 14.00

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This Elektra version sounds better!

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Review by Heather Phares
Another collection of inspired pop pastiche and four-track dementia, 1991's The Pod is nearly as long as GodWeenSatan: The Oneness but even weirder and more deranged, due in large part to the band's Scotchguard habit and the severe cases of mononucleosis Gene and Dean Ween contracted while recording the album. As a result, The Pod is dark and murky, with a slightly distant, fuzzy feel. On some songs, such as the cryptic, prog-inspired "Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World," the psych-tinged "Dr. Rock," and the mystic hard rock of "Captain Fantasy," this sound works well, but on others -- like the opening track "Strap on That Jammypac" -- it just doesn't fit. Ween flexes their stylistic chops a bit on "Sorry Charlie"'s country-rock, "Sketches of Winkle"'s crazed speed metal, "Oh My Dear"'s cute four-track, and "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese"'s Beatlesque psych-pop, but the majority of The Pod, for better or worse, focuses on sludgy weirdness like "Molly," "Awesome Sound," "Laura," and "Can U Taste the Waste?" That most of these songs are grouped together in the middle of the album makes them even more strange and impenetrable -- though they may make more sense under the influence of Scotchguard or other, heavier, chemicals. Where GodWeenSatan: The Oneness' sense of fun and experimentation was contagious, The Pod is insular; you can tell that Dean and Gene had a fun -- or at least bizarre -- time making the album, but it doesn't translate. Though it does feature a few of Ween's best songs, The Pod is easily their most difficult work. However, hardcore fans will still find digging through its messy sprawl worthwhile.
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