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Ween - The Pod Audio CD

A fair review of the Ween "The Pod" 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 Ween reviews here, or go back to the Ween tabs.

Ween Band: Ween
Title: The Pod
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-02-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Strapon That Jammy Pac 2: Doctor Rock 3: Frank 4: Sorry Charlie 5: Stallion, Pt. 1 6: Pollo Asado 7: Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World 8: Captain Fantasy 9: Demon Sweat 10: Molly 11: Can U Taste the Waste? 12: Don't Sweat It 13: Awesome Sound 14: Laura 15: Boing 16: Mononucleosis 17: Oh My Dear (Falling in Love) 18: Sketches of Winkle 19: Alone 20: Moving Away 21: She Fucks Me 22: Pork Roll Egg and Cheese 23: Stallion, Pt. 2

I don't care what Deaner says -- brownest album EVER.
It is by far my favorite Ween album. I know there might be some debate about this statement -- but "The Pod" is easily the brownest album ever. I totally get all those people that give it 1 star -- the first time I listened to it (which, incidentally was after hearing the radio-friendly "Chocolate and Cheese"), I'm pretty sure I cursed myself for purchasing it. But the more times I go through it, the more I love it. Now I want to hear Frank give Gene a pork roll egg and cheese with some gravy fries every chance I get. Kudos, Ween, for being the brownest act in town.


Revolutionary Insanity
The music is crazy, the lyrics are unexplainable, and the melodies are so twisted listeners can't tell which way is up. Ween's 2nd album, The Pod, is completely insane. And WOW is it original, daring, and brilliant. The Pod is a huge leap forward from their debut, GodWeenSatan, but continues on the same path. It's a musical collage of demented sounds that transcends genres. The only way to describe Ween is to listen, and when you come back to planet Earth reflect on what you just heard, then listen again. There are several Ween albums I'd recommend before this one, but The Pod is a classic and must-have for any Weenhead. Standout tracks include Dr. Rock, Capt Fantasy, and Stallion 2.


Just 'cuz it's WEEN, don't mean it's good.
I want to get that out before I get some truth all over you. I am a big fan of WEEN. This album is practically unlistenable. I know we all want to be cool and in-the-know with a cult band, but gimme a break! I'm sick of albums that "challenge the listener. " It's not fine art - it's bad music. I was told the album was made when Dean and Gene locked themselves into a studio, got way high and started recording. I don't know if that's true, or even close to true, but the album seems to back up the story. I get the feeling that, to this day, the WEEN boys are laughing at the joke they pulled on their fans.


Good Clean Fun ?
Equally sinister and silly, soothing and shocking, this is the sort of lo-fi walk through genre-hopping that only Ween can pull off. The Pod is the aural equivalent of a weekend drug bender. And the obscenities of tracks like "the Stallion, part 1" and "She F**ks Me" would sound like nothing more than exercises in juvenille boundary pushing if it weren't for the challenging and often brilliant music underneath. "Pollo Asado" alone makes the Pod worth buying. The hilarity of Gene Ween ordering Mexican take-out using the fakest Spanish accent since Pink Floyd's "A Spanish Piece" is not to be missed.


Two crazy cats give us a history of music through their drug-soaked eyes
As scary, ugly, and primitive as these 23 schizophrenic pop-genre dabblings are in retrospect once the initial anti-musical gimmickry may have worn off for those revisiting, it would be hard to deny Ween did not sound destined for greater things with this self-contained, profound mess complete with underlying hints of mild brilliance spanning well over an hour of purely tweaked, self-mocking, and always eclectic genre interpretations. This treasure trove for junkies shows just how severe the Ween bros were addicted to hardcore substances, particularly brain-melting inhalants from the sound of things in these early recording daze.


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