...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

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This article is about the album by The Dandy Warhols. For the Gigolo Aunts song, see Tales from the Vinegar Side.
…The Dandy Warhols Come Down
Studio album by The Dandy Warhols
Released 15 July 1997
Recorded 1996 at Sound Impressions, Stiles Recording, Falcon Studios and Courtney Taylor-Taylor's apartment, Portland, Oregon
Genre Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, power pop
Length 66:23
Label Capitol
Producer The Dandy Warhols, Tony Lash
The Dandy Warhols chronology
Dandys Rule OK
(1995)		 …The Dandy Warhols Come Down
(1997)		 Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
(2000)
Singles from ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
  1. "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Every Day Should Be a Holiday"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Boys Better"
    Released: 1998

…The Dandy Warhols Come Down is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in July 1997 on Capitol Records. The album features a change in style from the garage rock- and shoegaze-influenced sound of their previous album, 1995's Dandys Rule OK, to a more psychedelic power pop sound. It features the single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth", which helped to establish the band's popularity.[1] It is the final album with founding member Eric Hedford, who was replaced by frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent DeBoer in 1998.

Contents

[edit] The Black Album

The band's first effort for Capitol Records was an album was recorded before ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down called The Black Album. It was rejected by Capitol and dismissed by the band themselves.[2] It was released as a double album in 2004 along with Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols, a second album comprised of B-sides and previously unreleased material.

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[3]
Alternative Press favorable[4]
The Austin Chronicle 2/5 stars[5]
NME favorable[6]
Piero Scaruffi 6/10[7]
Pitchfork 6.5/10[8]
Q 3/5 stars[9]
4/5 stars[10]
Rolling Stone favorable[11]
Select 3/5 stars[12]

The album has received a mixed critical reception. Allmusic criticised the album's consistency, writing "The band has talent for not just punchy hooks, but for layered sonics as well, but they don't know how to meld the two together."[3] Rolling Stone, on the other hand, called the album "the most exhilarating '60s-into-'90s excursion yet attempted by an American band", following with "if this is the Dandy Warhols coming down, the mind boggles at the thought of them flying high."[11]

The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Be-In"     7:00
2. "Boys Better"     4:31
3. "Minnesoter"     3:03
4. "Orange"     5:41
5. "I Love You"     4:12
6. "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth"     3:11
7. "Every Day Should Be a Holiday"     4:02
8. "Good Morning"     5:01
9. "Whipping Tree"     3:49
10. "Green"     3:10
11. "Cool as Kim Deal"     3:03
12. "Hard On for Jesus"   Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom 4:36
13. "Pete International Airport"   Taylor-Taylor, Holmstrom 5:57
14. "The Creep Out"   The Dandy Warhols 8:59

[edit] Personnel

The Dandy Warhols
Additional personnel
  • Tony Lash – keyboards, percussion
Production
  • Aquaman – additional production
  • Stephen Birch – sleeve design and art direction
  • Jeff Bizzell – sleeve photography (larger live photos)
  • Tchad Blake – mixing on tracks 1–7 and 10–12 at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, White Horse Studios, Portland, Oregon, and Bundy's, Los Angeles, California
  • Mario Caldato Jr. – mixing (at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, White Horse Studios, Portland, Oregon, and Bundy's, Los Angeles, California) and additional production on track 14
  • S. Husky Hoskolds – engineering assisting
  • Lisa Johnson – sleeve photography
  • Mario Lalich – album cover photography
  • Tony Lash – mixing on tracks 8 and 13, production, recording
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland
  • Mickey Petralia – mixing on track 14
  • David Schiffman – additional recording
  • Clark Stiles – additional recording
  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor – mixing on track 9, sleeve design and art direction, production

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dig! (Motion picture). 2004. 
  2. ^ Clare Kleinedler (8 September 1997). "Lounging Out With The Dandy Warhols". Addicted to Noise. http://www.slabtown.net/articles/article_atnlounge.html. Retrieved 9 March 2012. 
  3. ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Dandy Warhols Come Down". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r278311. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  4. ^ Jeremy Helligar (1 September 1997). Alternative Press. 
  5. ^ Raoul Hernandez (29 August 1997). "Record Reviews". austinchronicle.com. http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1997-08-29/529516/. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  6. ^ "Dandy Warhols: ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down". NME. http://www.slabtown.net/albums/reviews/album_nmecomedown.html. Retrieved 9 March 2012. 
  7. ^ Piero Scaruffi. "Dandy Warhols". scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/dandywar.html. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  8. ^ "Pitchfork's ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down review (6.5 stars out of 10)". slabtown.net. http://www.slabtown.net/albums/reviews/album_pitchforkcomedown.html. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  9. ^ Steve Malins. Q (June 1998). 
  10. ^ Danny Eccleston. Q (December 2000). 
  11. ^ a b Rolling Stone (764). 10 July 1997. 
  12. ^ Steve Lowe (June 1998). Select. 

[edit] External links

The Dandy Warhols
Studio albums
Compilation albums
EPs
  • The Little Drummer Boy
  • Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume One
  • Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume Two
  • Daytrotter Studio 09-01-2011
Singles
Promotional releases
  • "The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song"
  • "Nothin' to Do"
  • Tales from Slabtown
  • Tales from Slabtown Vol. 2
  • Welcome to the College EP
  • "Mission Control"
  • "Mis Amigos"
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