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Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 20 votes
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Album Info
Label: Capitol
Release Date: 01 August 2000
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): rock
Summary
The third album from the Portland, Ore. indie-rock band failed to elevate their standing in their home country, although they continue to sell well (and receive favorable press) in Europe.
Also By This Artist: Earth To The Dandy Warhols Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars The Dandy Warhols Are Sound Welcome To The Monkey House
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
MTV.com
A real piece of art, with an unmistakably original sound and incisive storytelling.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
While their previous albums have always had great songs, with this latest set they've managed to place them in the right order, creating a truly impressive journey...
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
An 800-pound gorilla of winning, eclectic rock 'n' roll.... Thirteen Tales may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year.
Read Full Review >Spin
A rousing, enjoyable pastiche from start to finish, Thirteen Tales is an awful lot of fun...
Read Full Review >Sonicnet
They may not always transcend their influences, but even when they don't, they make wallowing in them a helluva lot of fun.
Read Full Review >L.A. Weekly
There isn't the slightest pause between any of the tracks on Thirteen Tales, just one big schmeer of good-rockin' vibes cresting and troughing for the length of this ode to, well, hipness.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
A bakers' dozen of their most focused and cohesive songs. Where their earlier albums were eclectic to the point of being scattershot, this release manages to limit the band's style-switching to dreamy, sweeping epics like "Godless" and "Nietzsche"; sussed, sleazy power pop like "Horse Pills" and "Cool Scene"; and country and gospel ventures like "Country Leaver" and "The Gospel."
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
A scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of maniacal depth and vision. [#146, p.86]
Ink Blot Magazine
Akin to a perfectly plotted soundtrack to an unplanned psychedelic journey - multi-dimensional and anything you want it to be.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
After a while, the whirling atmospherics give way to the Dandys' dorkier tendencies: the jaunty chuggers, Taylor's dissolute mannerisms, the quirky little twists and tricks.
Read Full Review >Neumu.net
One-upping their previous masterwork, 1997's The Dandy Warhols Come Down, Thirteen Tales... will trip you out, especially when listened to on headphones in the post-midnight hours.
Read Full Review >Spin Cycle
The band nearly succeeds in messing with your head. However, front man Courtney Taylor's hamming like Jagger on "Bohemian Like You" and the country schlock of "Country Leaver" are definite buzzkills.
Read Full Review >Checkout.com
Being that the band's name is derivative, so are many of these Thirteen Tales they tell.
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Intermittently successful... [July 2000, p.107]
Rolling Stone
Dandies can still harmonize you into a trance, but they've replaced the dreamy drone of 1997's . . . The Dandy Warhols Come Down with more diverse atmospherics.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.8 (out of 10) based on 20 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Daniel W. gave it a10:
Brilliant.
Vidar T. gave it a9:
One of the best releases in 2000, an album spanning from the mellow and alternative to pure rock and roll, always melodic and almost annoyingly catchy.
Nik T gave it a10:
Great album. Every song is amazing. My favorite is Bohemian Like You
Joseph B gave it a10:
This album is beautiful. It's such a shame that so few people have ever listened to it before writting the Dandys off as a one-hit-wonder. Every song is brilliant, this album inspired me to start making music
Sean D. gave it a10:
One of the top albums of the turn of the century.
Chris W gave it a10:
Best album ever!
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
My first and currently only Dandy Warhols album, but I don't think that will last once I have some cash. Definitely the best CD I bought this year. It's a particularly nice listen on a long car trip.
