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- Summary: The debut full-length solo release for Ween's Mickey Melchiondo features four instrumentals.
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- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Comedy Rock
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Positive: 4 out of 7
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Mixed: 3 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Nov 7, 2016"Charlie Brown" is a swirling circle of doom, "I'll Take It and Break It" punishes with its stomping riff, "Bums" races along, while "Nightcrawler" revels in its menacing depravity. All this makes The Deaner Album sound a little excessive but there are also moments of madcap pop ("Bundle of Joy," "You Were There"), twisted country ("Tammy"), and funk ("Mercedes Benz"), all parceled out with expert pacing, so the album plays like a drunken, giddy party.
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Nov 7, 2016While Ween’s subtlety was never their selling point (but instead a delicious present undertone that added to the comedic effect) The Deaner Album also makes it clear that any poignancy and lightness of touch they did deploy came from Gene.
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MagnetNov 16, 2016Worth a listen, for Ween fans and armchair guitar heroes alike. [No. 137, p.61]
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Nov 7, 2016His technical skill and workmanlike approach to grimy, delightfully vulgar subject matter is on full display here.
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Nov 7, 2016It makes you feel like you are in on a longstanding inside joke with an old friend. Even if the joke is super dumb and at times problematic, it is strangely comforting to know that the guy responsible hasn’t changed one iota.
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Nov 7, 2016Some tracks don’t develop as much as you might hope, and as a whole The Deaner Album is a bit of a mixed bag, albeit with some winning flavours.
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MojoNov 22, 2016Any fears that Deaner may have matured during his absence are summarily nipped in the bud by the most puerile collection of ditties since, well, Ween. [Jan 2017, p.94]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Apr 26, 2022Does honestly feel like half of Ween. This album does have some bangers tho.
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