Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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Ween

  • God Ween Satan--The Oneness [Twin/Tone, 1990] Dud
  • The Pod [Shimmy-Disc, 1991] Dud
  • Pure Guava [Elektra, 1992] C+
  • Chocolate and Cheese [Elektra, 1994] Choice Cuts
  • 12 Golden Country Greats [Elektra, 1996] Dud

Consumer Guide Reviews:

God Ween Satan--The Oneness [Twin/Tone, 1990] Dud

The Pod [Shimmy-Disc, 1991] Dud

Pure Guava [Elektra, 1992]
It's to the half-credit of these Bucks County wise guys that the studio amenities of their major-label debut impel them toward fucked-up sounds, which come hard, rather than fucked-up songs, which they write without thinking (and how). But I don't buy the claim that they'll do anything for a laugh. Ever since they went on about pussy for nine minutes (good idea) in a Princey blues-minstrel drawl (bad one), I've assumed they were the kind of rec-room gigglefritzes who enjoy a good nigger joke when they're sure their audience is sophisticated enough to enjoy it. And to be perfectly honest, I don't hear one of those here. C+

Chocolate and Cheese [Elektra, 1994]
"Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)" Choice Cuts

12 Golden Country Greats [Elektra, 1996] Dud