The Deaner Album
by The Dean Ween Group
  • Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Oct 21, 2016
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74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. AllMusic
    Nov 7, 2016
    90
    "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.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    Nov 7, 2016
    80
    While 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.
  3. Magnet
    Nov 16, 2016
    75
    Worth a listen, for Ween fans and armchair guitar heroes alike. [No. 137, p.61]
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  5. Slant Magazine
    Nov 7, 2016
    70
    His technical skill and workmanlike approach to grimy, delightfully vulgar subject matter is on full display here.

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  1. JimWaffle
    Apr 26, 2022
    7
    Does honestly feel like half of Ween. This album does have some bangers tho.
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