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Chocolate And Cheese

Ween Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Take Me Away
2 Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)
3 Freedom of '76
4 I Can't Put My Finger on It
5 A Tear for Eddie
6 Roses Are Free
7 Baby Bitch
8 Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?
9 Drifter in the Dark
10 Voodoo Lady
11 Joppa Road
12 Candi
13 Buenas Tardes Amigo
14 The HIV Song
15 What Deaner Was Talkin' About
16 Don't Shit Where You Eat

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Media Type: CD
Artist: WEEN
Title: CHOCOLATE & CHEESE
Street Release Date: 09/27/1994
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Genre: ROCK/POP

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Those of us who worship at the Church of Ween (Hail to the great god Boognish!) know that skinny blond twerp Beck stole his whole shtick from New Jersey musical geniuses Dean and Gene. Always ahead of their time, the brothers Ween have responded by abandoning their traditional lo-fi four-track recording methods and giving us their lushest album yet, Chocolate and Cheese. Not that Ween's fourth effort is polished; that adjective could never describe an album that veers wildly from acoustic Mexican folk songs, to pure '70s disco, to the appropriately named single, "I Can't Put My Finger On It." But Chocolate and Cheese may come even closer than "Push Th' Little Daisies" to fulfilling Dean's goal of establishing Ween as the next Counting Crows. --Jim DeRogatis

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.92 x 5.63 x 0.47 inches; 3.25 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Elektra Off Roster
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1994
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 21, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Elektra Off Roster
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000002HFE
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 274 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Jon Boy
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024
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This is the Ween album with the most variety, and among that variety is some of their best songs. What Deaner Was Talking About, Buenas Tardes Amigo, Voodoo Lady, Freedom of '76, Roses Are Free, some really great stuff. It's not quite as brown as The Pod, Pure Guava, or Shinola Vol. 1, but still, easily their second best album.
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Jonathan Guarriello
5.0 out of 5 stars Their Best Album
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017
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Here we have the 3rd album by the eccentric duo known as Ween. This album has almost hit classic status having come out in 1996. I'll give a warning ⚠️ to the reader: if you like to laugh at the strange and off the wall quirks of life than you will probably enjoy this album if you're more into the straight ahead rock pop stuff than proceed with caution.

This album is very diverse stylistically going from tunes like the opener "Take Me Away" which sounds like an outtake from The Doors Strange Days album to chilled out instrumentals like "A Tear For Eddie". Ween also presents some slick pop on tunes "Jappa Road" " Mister Won't You Please Help my Pony". They also have some pretty twisted tunes like HIV which sounds like a carnival or "Spinal Meningitis". If you've never heard these guys it's difficult to try and describe how they sound but I'll try by saying these guys do everything themselves so some of the album has more of an electronic vibe. The guy that plays guitar and bass on this has some decent chops but the focus is songwriting and production. These guys love modulation type FXs on almost anything and everything possibly do to the fact they were into huffing scotch guard and aren't shy about admitting it in the album notes. I think if you like stuff like Frank Zappa or Tom Waits album Rain Dogs then you'll probably like this. Check them out they're live albums are great too!
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M. T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Other Worldly
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2010
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So good, ...so very good. I don't what these guys were smokin', inhalin', eating and/or drinking when they conceived this masterpiece...but I want some.

I don't know about you but I had fun from the get go with this album and have never gotten tired of it since. From beginning to end there is something different happening. I imagine any listener will get something from this if they listen to the whole entire album. Mostly there is humor, but there is certainly so much more and it is just hard to classify this in any kind of way(much like it's creators), which I like.

Definately the best thing these two whackjobs ever put together, and they usually do very well. I mean what better way to say "I am not going to miss those brain cells" when something like this is produced in the process? Absolutely perfect! And if you like this one, try 'the Mollusk'. But I warn thee, it get's a right bit salty sea-sickly. Anything earlier than these albums can get a little painful for the average listener, though I still enjoy.
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Thomas Gartland
5.0 out of 5 stars The original Brown Album
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2019
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Such a cool collector item pressed on "Chocolate Brown" and "Yellow Cheese" vinyl. It sounds great too!!! If you've been causally dipping your toes in the Ween pool this may be their best album to listen to and take the full plunge. If you start with "GodWeenSatan" or "The Pod" you may freak out and get turned off, but they are truly one of the greatest and important bands of the 20th and 21st century!!! Hail Boognish!!! \m/
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gbronco
5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have album. This ain't no novelty.
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2010
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Well here's the deal. This album really covers the spectrum from goofy-silly cacophonous warped stabs like "Candi" to the smooth soul of "Freedom of '76". The opening track "Take Me Away" sounds like ZZ Top and Sinatra had a crack baby...and that's a good thing! Disturbing yet catchy jams like "Spinal Meningitis(Got me Down)" will have you wondering just how in the hell something so twisted could be this enjoyable."Voodoo Lady" shimmies to to a swampy groove and just ends with everyone sticky all over. "Baby Bitch" and "What Deaner Was Talkin' About" are heartfelt yet also humorous. These dudes prove that just cuz something is funny, doesn't mean it can't be taken seriously. Trust me, if you have never checked out the boys from New Hope, this is the perfect introduction. Then maybe after awhile see if you can handle GodWeenSatan:The Oneness
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Sophie
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Ween's best
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2019
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Gene and Dean really broke out into the indie rock scene of the 90s with Chocolate and Cheese. This album is weird in the best way. Not one song sounds alike and that is just why I like it. Wanna get into Ween? Buy Chocolate and Cheese.
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Matthew Ebinger
4.0 out of 5 stars Great album, but package could be better
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016
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UPDATE!
AT First i thought everything was fine, but when i went to play the second disc, i noticed something had apparently smashed into it creating a scratch and crack! Very upsetting, and i hope this was just an accident due to shipping and handling and not a manufacturing issue. I'll be returning this one for another asap, and will update this review further.

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First off, I'm a huge fan of both ween and this album, so five stars on both. However, having owned the cd version of this album for some time now, I was surprised to see this recent pressing of the vinyl (by plain) was so sparse in album art and content. It's a single opening that houses both discs, and a single liner notes with lyrics on one side and the picture of them under the water fall on the other. Not even the ween middle finger on the vinyl stickers. In my opinion it should have been a double gatefold with the rest of the artwork on the inside or at least the middle finger on the discs. However, all gripes aside, this is still a great album and a fair pressing. 4 brown stars.
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Ryan J. Vanacker
5.0 out of 5 stars WEEN!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2014
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I LOVE Ween!! This was the first album I ever heard by them and fell in love with it instantly!! Used to listen to this back in my college days with my roomate and some "herbal supplements" :) GREAT album from start to finish!! Some highlights: "Take Me Away", "Baby Bitch", "Voodoo Lady", "What Deaner Was Talking About", "Spinal Menegitis" (creepy on the album, awesome live in concert!),Mister Won't You PLease Help My Pony" (hehehehe), and "Buenos Tardes Amigo". MUST OWN!!
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Nina
5.0 out of 5 stars Kaufen !!!
Reviewed in Germany on February 20, 2017
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Platte kam ohne Mängel an....und ich liebe sie!!!!! Voodoo Lady! Baby Bitch! Freedom of 76, A tear for Eddie!!!! Oh jaa <3!!! Und auch i cant put my Finger on it ;))

Habe auch THe mollusk, Quebec,Shinola und white Pepper... bis auf die letzte liebe ich sie heiß, aber schlecht ist diese auch nicht.
Danke Ween und Amazon!
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Mateo
5.0 out of 5 stars Clásico disco de Ween
Reviewed in Mexico on January 15, 2016
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Este disco demuestra lo mejor de ween, cuando staban en el cumbre de su creatividad y cuando mejor compusieron las canciones. Mis favoritos son "Roses are Free" and "Baby Bitch".
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Remy
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2015
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one of the best ween cd - definitively one the most accerssible
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餃子ペンギン
5.0 out of 5 stars I think I must be Dreaming Please Don't Let me Die
Reviewed in Japan on October 29, 2013
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オールド・スタイル・ロックンロールの01.Take me Awayで威勢良く始まり、02.Spinal Meningitis(Got me Down)では突然ダウナーに
レジデンツぽくもある小さな娘さんの声で“Am I gonna see God, mommy? Am I gonna die?”と悲しくなること言われてしまった後には、
プリンスがしっとり歌ってるみたいな03.Freedom of ’76、ベックみたいにやさぐれた04.I Can’t Put My Finger on it、
メロウなギターインストの05.A Tear for Eddie、13.Buenas Tardes Amigoでは何考えてやがんのか拙い英語でメキシカン・ブルースを
７分もかけて切々と歌い上げ…と曲想がバラエティに富んでる、つーか分裂し過ぎやろ！振れ幅広過ぎるわ！
そういう連中やって予備知識なかったら、絶対ついて行かれへんで！　しかも、このジャケットやし…。

まあ、そうツレひんこと言わんと、まずは07.Baby Bitchを聴いてみて欲しい。って、タイトルからしてビッチて…。
なんでそうやって自分らから敷居を高くするかね、この変態どもは？　そんなハードルや障害物を乗り越えて進めば、
珠玉の名曲がそこにはあるんだけど。この曲も歌詞の内容はともかく、音だけ聴けば間違いなく名曲。
マークが必要な言葉遣いはともかく本当に美しい名曲。素晴らしいです。ポウジーズのジョン・オウアもカヴァーしてたっけ。

15.What Deaner was Talkin’Aboutがまた07に匹敵する、いや、それ以上の超名曲。
たったの２分しかない短さに全てが凝縮されている完璧なポップソングの一つ。これ、大好き。
I do not think I will ever return again my friend.
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Vancouverite
5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy for any Ween fan
Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2018
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Classic Ween! One of their best.
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