Main menu
Fretplay home Submit tabs

The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols tabs The Dandy Warhols discography

Channels
Guitar channel Bass channel Guitar videos Reviews

Message Forum
Guitar forum Bass forum Bands and artists Promote your band Recent discussions All categories

Fretplay.com

The Dandy Warhols guitar tabs

CD reviews

The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols - The Dandy Warhols Come Down Audio CD

A fair review of the The Dandy Warhols "The Dandy Warhols Come Down" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Dandy Warhols reviews here, or go back to the The Dandy Warhols tabs.

Band: The Dandy Warhols
Title: The Dandy Warhols Come Down
Rating:

Release Date: 1997-07-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Be-In 2: Boys Better 3: Minnesoter 4: Orange 5: I Love You 6: Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth 7: Every Day Should Be a Holiday 8: Good Morning 9: Whipping Tree 10: Green 11: Cool as Kim Deal 12: Hard On for Jesus 13: Pete International Airport 14: Creep Out

The Dandy Warhols at their finest
This is the album that set the hook for me. By far one of their best efforts. I had come across some tracks in a special book and cd from a product called difi. That left me wanting more which led me to this monumental album from real legends.

[. . . ]

.

Weird, just the way I like it...
With song titles ranging from "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" to "Hard On For Jesus," that should be your first guess that this is going to be a weird journey. . in a good way. Subject matter includes loner sex, self loathing, regret, drug abuse, and questioning oneself.

"Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" really put the Dandys on the map and rightfully so. The song reflects some dark subject matter set to a poppy, catchy melody that still sounds fresh today, 12 years after its original release.

Other gems include "Every Day Should Be a Holiday," "Cool as Kim Deal," "Minnesoter," "Hard On For Jesus," and "Good Morning. " You will not get bored with this album and the strange thoughts it provokes.

.

Come down from where?!
They've borrowed the wall of sound from Phil Spector and harmonies from the Beach Boys but they've massaged droning fuzzy guitars and catchy synth leads into a new sound all their own. The Dandys are one of those singular sound outfits, in that after you're familiar with them, upon hearing an unfamiliar song from another Dandy album, you'll recognize it in a few short notes. The infectious "Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" is clearly the hit on the CD. Rent 'DiG!' the must-see 2004 Dandy documentary film companion piece, depicting the Warhols' rise contrasted with the sometimes sad, always animated floundering of friendly rivals The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

A solid album-one good single, but otherwise engaging all round
It was for the song "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth".
My first exposure to this band would have been on an Australian music video show, probably Rage. Found it a really catchy, poppy song, and Zia McCabe was really cute! She's the keyboardist for the band. I'm sure girls would find the lead singer, a man, sexy too. Many years ago, an internet portal (Excite), along with a soft drink manufacturer, was offering a free mix tape cd where you could choose the songs you burned onto the cd. "Junkie" was one of my picks. Only bought the album that song came from last week. Here's what I think of it:

Even though the album doesn't have another song which screams "single release" like "Junkie", there are lots of nice and pleasant songs to like here, like:

Minnesoter: a catchy song with a simple sound, a guitar introduction that reminds me of the later song "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba, and a vocal sound not unlike Neil Diamond. Has a cool mouth harp sounding instrument.

Orange: one of a number or languid, eerie sounding songs. Has a sort of out of tune guitar sound to it, not a million miles from the classic Chris Isaac song "Wicked game". Features a breathy vocal, with female accompaniment.

Everyday should be a holiday: has a Billy Idol kind of introduction. Not sure if this song is another one featuring the mouth harp or a similar sounding instrument. The sound if not a million miles from a Daft Punk kind of song. The vocal sound/rhythm reminded me of Duran Duran's "Hungry like the wolf", I think. This is a nice pop song and has nice backing vocals too.

Good morning: has an ethereal/ghostly guitar introduction. In fact, I kept taking my headphones off thinking that my listening was being interrupted by a truck slowing down. . . there's that kind of sound in the song! The vocals sound a bit like a Lou Reed or Jim Morrison song. At one stage there is a very fuzzy sounding guitar, but it settles down afterwards.

Whipping tree: has a Pink Floyd sound, guitar wise (think "Wish you were here", I think). A delicate, ethereal sound.

Green: a contender for the second best song on this cd, along with Minnesoter. If this band ever release a compilation, this song would make a welcome addition to it. Has a pretty melody and a delicate sound, like the song above. Just totally btb, this is also the name of a song I consider to be the best song ever written, perhaps, in the pop field for sure: Alex Lloyd's different song with the same title.

Over the last half or more of this cd, the album has a more coherent feel and sound to it. In other words, from the song "Good morning" to the final two songs, which are both, pretty much, instrumentals, there is a sort of psychedelic feel to this cd. These songs are better than filler and make really good "chill out" music.

Maybe the sound on this cd could have been "brighter" if you know what I mean, but otherwise no complaints. The Dandy Warhols are band that on this album like to experiment with sounds. . . it sounds like they are twiddling lots of knobs in this album and the effect is quite good-lots of experimental type sounds between songs. Didn't really seem to notice much bass sound in this album, so, if you like music with bass guitar etc, you may want to explore a band like Pixies. On which. . .

There is a song called "Cool as Kim Deal" on this album. Just discovered Pixies the last few months and love them. Deal was their bassist and occasional backing singer/lead singer. Good band for bass guitar, Pixies. This song has 60's style harmonies with an organ type sound to it too. Has a bit of a "Mammas and the pappas" sound to it (that's a band from the 60's). The organ also reminded me of an organ melody for the song "Jerk it out" (I think that's the name of the song).

There is a song on this cd called "Hard on for Jesus". It doesn't seem blasphemous to me, though I'm an atheist and wouldn't really care too much if it was (within reason).

If you like this album, you may also want to check out The Vines' cd "Highly evolved" which also has a retro sound to it, albeit more rock at times. Reviewed that here a while back.

Good album this.

Pretty Good CD
While lacking the musical depth and lyrical expansiveness of 13 Tales, it's still a darn good listen.

You can see a complete list of all The Dandy Warhols discography, or go back to the The Dandy Warhols tabs. There is also a good guide on how to read guitar tabs here.