12 Golden Country Greats
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| 12 Golden Country Greats | ||
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| Missing image Ween-12GoldenCountryGreats.jpg Album cover | ||
| LP by Ween | ||
| Released | July 16, 1996 | |
| Recorded | November 2-8, 1995 | |
| Genres | Alternative Rock, Country | |
| Length | 32 min 33 s | |
| Record label | Elektra | |
| Producer | Ben Vaughn | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 4 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47918D24EA47320D09A3A7BC7BD7DE60CD044FF8017355975C5B43947824375EE51E9AA96F48E02D718FCB32FA4450CD2D5EC56FCD82A39378EE9AC653A2E2B7B&uid=MIDMR0410311637&sql=10:fbh1z88aoyv5~T1) |
| Rolling Stone | 2 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/207285/ween?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1) |
| Q Magazine | 3 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=128539&resource=128539&fixture_artist=146428) |
| Ween Chronology | ||
| Chocolate and Cheese (1994) | 12 Golden Country Greats (1996) | The Mollusk (1997) |
12 Golden Country Greats (named not for the number of songs on the album, but the number of session musicians involved) was Ween's 5th album, and third for Elektra Records.
This album marked the first time Ween limited themselves to a specific genre of music. Bringing in a wide variety of seasoned (and sometimes legendary) Nashville musicians (including Buddy Spicher, Bobby Ogdin and The Jordanaires), the album sought to recreate the sound of golden-age country music with a great amount of success, while also combining this sound with classic Ween on such tracks as "Piss up a Rope." Later, Ween would assemble many of the session musicians again into a touring band dubbed The Shit Creek Boys.
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Tracklisting
- I'm Holding You in My Arms
- Japanese Cowboy
- Piss up a Rope
- I Don't Wanna Leave You on the Farm
- Pretty Girl
- Powder Blue
- Mister Richard Smoker
- Help Me Scrape the Mucus off My Brain
- You Were the Fool
- Fluffy
Singles
Piss up a Rope was released as a single by Elektra and features the tracks "You Were the Fool" and "So Long, Jerry" (a track recorded during the 12 Golden Country Greats sessions that was never used on the album.)
Personnel
Dean Ween - Guitar
Gene Ween - Vocals
The Jordanaires - Vocals
Pete Wade - Dobro, Guitar, 6-String Bass
Bob Wray - Bass
Kip Paxton - Bass
Buddy Blackman - Banjo
Russ Hicks - Pedal Steel
Buddy Spicher - Fiddle, Mandolin
Bobby Ogdin - Piano
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Piano
Dennis Solee - Clarinet
Charlie McCoy - Organ, Banjo, Bass, Harmonica, Percussion, Trumpet, Tuba, Vibraphone
Gene Chrisman - Drums
Buddy Harman - Drums
Bobby Bradley - Engineer
Ben Vaughn - Producer
Chuck Dehaan - Art Direction
Charts
Album
1996 12 Golden Country Greats Heatseekers No. 23